The Millionaire CEO
Here Is the Exact Time Blocking Template My Millionaire CEO Uses to Prioritise His Week
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Around 10 years ago, my CEO quit his 9–5 job to create his own company. He had always wanted to build his own project, and after he identified a major pain point in the industry he was working in, he decided to finally take the leap, work for his vision and not somebody else’s.
He built his company from the ground up with a small team of employees and a bunch of investors. Together, they navigated the sea storm of entrepreneurship and eventually sold the company for $30 million in 2020. The acquisition made my CEO an instant multi-millionaire, but he won’t retire just yet. He’s keeping his position, and he’s not planning on going anywhere anytime soon.
My CEO only has 2 priorities in life: family and work, period. As time went on and the company grew bigger, it became harder and harder to balance his priorities, but he’s always managed to stay on track, consistent with his time management technique.
In this article, we’ll take a look at how my CEO effectively practices time-blocking as en entrepreneur/business owner while keeping his sanity (and his family).
What is time blocking?
Time blocking is a time management technique where a period of time is divided into smaller blocks of specific tasks. The most basic approach to time blocking is to slice up your days in 1-hour blocks and assign specific tasks to those blocks. Typically, you start by writing down a to-do list outside of your calendar, and then see how each item can fit in your week.
The key to a well-executed time-blocking technique is to move from one task to the other when your time is up, regardless of the progress you made on the task you were working on. You make progress overall by dedicating 100% of your focus to something specific in each block, and if you have to get back to a task another day, it’s…