No Matter What Your Career Aspirations Are,

No Matter What Your Career Aspirations Are, You Should Begin By Thinking Carefully About Why You Are Engaging In Any Activity And What You Can Expect To Get Out Of It.

You Need To Agree With Your Boss About What You Need To Get Done That Week, What Are The Metrics Of Success. Sometimes You Need More Hours, Sometimes You Need Fewer Hours.

The Night Before, Go Over Your Schedule And See What You're Going To Do And What The Purpose Of What You're Doing Is. I Advocate Having A Two-column Schedule. On The Left, Put Down All Your Appointments And Phone Calls. On The Right, Put Down What The Purpose Is.

It's 5 P.m. At The Office. Working Fast, You've Finished Your Tasks For The Day And Want To Go Home. But None Of Your Colleagues Have Left Yet, So You Stay Another Hour Or Two, Surfing The Web And Reading Your E-mails Again, So You Don't Come Off As A Slacker. It's An Unfortunate Reality That Efficiency Often Goes Unrewarded In The Workplace.

The Classic Problem As An Entrepreneur Is That They Have A Hard Time Delegating. But That's Really Crazy. Recruiting Other Executives Is Critical, So Is Dealing With Customers And Dealing With Regulators. Those Are Functions That Only The Top Founders Can Do.