Time is on your side

YES, THERE ARE only 24 hours in a day, but there are ways that you can stretch the hours you're in the shop to be productive.

First, according to the Web site Time-Management-Guide.com, know what you want from your time. It's also important to differentiate between important tasks and urgent tasks. Important ones help you achieve your goals, while urgent ones are not always important.

Other suggestions include knowing and respecting your priorities, planning your actions to achieve your goals and scheduling time for your tasks.

Finally, you need to know how you spend your time. One suggestion is to keep a log for a set period of time – such as a week – and examine it. By seeing on paper where you spend the most of your time, you can adjust your priorities and time spent on various tasks.