Time is money: 7 ways to use your ‘gap time’ more productively

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Agents, advisors and all other financial professionals share a common complaint. There is never enough time to get everything done. We are all missing a great opportunity – making efficient use of the small segments of time that drop in our laps throughout the day. If you have heard the saying, “The longest journey starts with a single step” you will understand how these little bits of time can be utilized to maximum impact.

What are these little bits of time?  You are called in from the field into the office because your manager wants to meet for your periodic performance review. You suddenly learn they are running 30 minutes behind. You have a client meeting you at the office for lunch. You are ready at noon, they are running 10 minutes late. Everyone is attending a sales meeting in the conference room, but the projector and the computer aren’t talking to each other. It winds up taking 10 minutes to get it fixed. You join into a video conference call on time, but they end up waiting five minutes for late arrivals. All this time adds up.