Recapture Your Time

Don't just save your time-invest it

Michael Van Horn

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English

Business Group
02 May 2025

Entrepreneurship; Management & management techniques; Time management

Series: Grow Your Business Without Driving Yourself Crazy

""I don't have enough hours in the day!"" is one of the most common complaints of business owners.

Lack of time ranks far above lack of money as a barrier to growth. After all, you can borrow money, but your hours are fixed in number.

But this workbook book is not about time management. You should focus not on ""saving time"" but on ""investing time"" strategically.

- Where can you get the highest return on each hour of your time?

- What should you be doing to focus on growing your business to the size and profitability you want?

The exercises in this workbook help you answer these questions.

I give you a 4-tiered approach to recapturing your time and using it strategically:

Level 1. Triage Your Time. Generate some ""right-now"" benefits. How can you stop the time hemorrhaging? Where can you recapture a small amount of time, to give you the space to focus on longer-term improvements in your time use? Level 2. Recapture Your Time. Make some near-term improvements. Restructure the way you do things. How can you permanently change the demands on your time, so that you can focus on strategic priorities? Level 3. Invest Your Time. Undertake longer-term restructuring. See how you can leverage your time and creativity. Over the next year or so, how can you restructure your business to help you make your greatest contribution to its success, have the workstyle you want, and achieve your long-term objectives? Level 4. Leverage Your Time. Maximize the return on your creativity (ROC) by putting together products or services from your unique solutions to client problems, and building an ongoing revenue stream.

By: Michael Van Horn
Imprint: Business Group
Volume: 6
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 145g
ISBN: 9781965191033
ISBN 10: 1965191037
Series: Grow Your Business Without Driving Yourself Crazy
Pages: 52
Publication Date: 02 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

I've been advising owners of small businesses for over thirty years. I also write science fiction. Which do you think is more fun? I love all my work. I've worked with just about every kind of small business-ranging from solopreneurs up to a hundred or more employees. I have an MBA, but please don't hold that against me.I've learned a lot about the issues most every small business faces-marketing, finances, hiring good people, managing growth, dealing with their own management style. I have to talk with them in their language-no high-falutin professor terms. Sometimes I see their eyes begin to glaze over when I say ""strategic planning,"" so I've learned to keep it concrete and real.Out of this experience working with biz owners, I've written a number of books and workbooks. They are all described on my website. For many years I conducted business owner groups, where eight to ten owners met each month to get feedback on the problems they were facing, and to stay accountable for the goals they set. Each year we held an Annual Plan Workshop.My wife BJ and I worked together for many years. She was a human resources consultant, the perfect complement to my consulting skills. Some of my workbooks are co-authored by her. Even though we lived and worked together for fifty years, we were still best friends. Alas, she recently passed away.I'm a strong advocate for small business owners. I've had three businesses over the years, so I've made every mistake in the book. But I've never looked back. Having my own business has been by far the best life track for me. Hey, it leaves time to write science fiction.

Reviews for Recapture Your Time: Don't just save your time-invest it

""I've been part of Mike Van Horn's business group since 2005, and his guidance has consistently helped me gain clarity and make smarter decisions. Mike has a unique ability to zero in on what matters most, ask the tough but necessary questions, and create a space where business owners feel both supported and challenged. His insight and leadership have been invaluable to me over the years."" -Lorna Beukema, Owner, Nursing & Rehab At Home / Agility Health I was part of Mike Van Horn's business group. As a small and new business owner I found his suggestions about invoicing, marketing, time use, and a whole host of other things useful. He was also helpful and kind. Mike's group was one of the reasons my business was a success. Susanna Solomon, electrical engineer