How many hours do you work?

**Entreprini** · 08-26-2008 12:36 AM

As an entrepreneur I find myself working 10-12 hours a day. I get six hours of sleep but I try for eight.

How many hours do you work and sleep? What systems do you use for time management?

**totters_traders** · 08-26-2008 02:59 AM

there is alreqady a thread like this or almost exactly the same going around right now!!

**adalia** · 08-26-2008 04:49 AM

Same like you @Entreprini

**teenbizcoach** · 08-26-2008 06:13 AM

4-5 hours a day M-F is how long I work (online and offline) and I sleep on average 6 hours a night.

It is crazy to work longer because you start duplicating efforts, forgetting stuff, becoming careless even when you don't realize it. I use social networking tools, resources within my community that I live in, freelancers and partnerships with other emerging and hands on small businesses to help with marketing, accounting and administrative support.

I have found that even if it is a break even proposition in the beginning to hire people to help you build your business, you quickly excel and grow your business because you can work on branding and ideas and other people can help you quickly produce those things. Otherwise the project you thought would take just a few weeks turns into 6 months and a loss of money or unfinished project. Use guru dot com or something to that effect to find people to bid on the tedious or timely projects you need to get done whether it's set up your blog or package and load your ebook to a website to be sold and while they are doing that you need to be marketing and networking. Get the projects out the way first that can make you money and worry about the other stuff later.

**Entreprini** · 08-27-2008 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by teenbizcoach

4-5 hours a day M-F is how long I work (online and offline) and I sleep on average 6 hours a night.

It is crazy to work longer because you start duplicating efforts, forgetting stuff, becoming careless even when you don't realize it. I use social networking tools, resources within my community that I live in, freelancers and partnerships with other emerging and hands on small businesses to help with marketing, accounting and administrative support.

I have found that even if it is a break even proposition in the beginning to hire people to help you build your business, you quickly excel and grow your business because you can work on branding and ideas and other people can help you quickly produce those things. Otherwise the project you thought would take just a few weeks turns into 6 months and a loss of money or unfinished project. Use guru dot com or something to that effect to find people to bid on the tedious or timely projects you need to get done whether it's set up your blog or package and load your ebook to a website to be sold and while they are doing that you need to be marketing and networking. Get the projects out the way first that can make you money and worry about the other stuff later.

I agree, outsourcing is the way to go if you are trying to grow your business or if business is coming at you at a fast rate. Thanks for the resources and information! I will check out guru.com.