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Daily Method of Operation (DMO)

As Gordon Hester notes in his Blog, "effective time management is one of the biggest challenges for people in society today. Time management evolves around two words – plan and control. In short, you need a plan in order to meet your needs in all areas of your life and you have to remain in control of your time as much as possible. However, awareness is only the first step in the process. You can build a better plan and even figure out how to gain more control, however without integration change will be minimal at best. One of the best integration systems is your DMO. This is the routine or discipline that drives the process. While a DMO is different for everyone, I have found 5 critical tenets of any successful DMO that MUST be in place if you want to maximize the value of your DMO. Those are as follows:

1. Productive Tasks

2. Scheduled Communication

3. Collection of Information

4. Proactive Time Planning

5. Self Communication Time

A good DMO may well be the most useful and simple tool that anyone can use to improve time management. If you build in the five tenets of a DMO that I outlined above, I am confident that this strategy will make a profound difference in your life." You can listen to Gordon's voicecom message on this subject.

The Virtual Franchise Owner's Manual (Chapter 6) gives us some excellent tips on what to include in our DMO, especially if we are determined and committed to success with our business:

1. Pass out two CDs/DVDs a day, five days a week and follow up (and get people to watch a video online).

2. Listen to team training calls each week (ours are on Monday nights)

3. Host Wellness Presentations( for yourself or your teammates).

4. Identify customers who would be ideal business prospects (discuss them with your sponsor/coach).

5. Attend all trainings and special events with guests.

6. Check Voicecom daily.

Speaking of 'balance', Getting Things Done by David Allen is an excellent book for those wanting to make the most of their time, and wanting to simplify their lives, restoring balance in the process - who wouldn't want that?! We've used his simple system to great effect. David's GTD rests on the principle that we need to move tasks out of our minds by recording them externally. That way, the mind is freed from the job of remembering everything that needs to be done, and can concentrate on actually performing those tasks. Freedom is one result, another is, well, efficiency.

Go to work on your plan and as you complete each week, take time to evaluate your activity and your progress. Track your results. Adjust your plan as needed.
 

Gordon Hester's Blog    ●     2x2x2x2 Planning Sheet    ●     Virtual Franchise Owner's Manual Chapter 6

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