Are you overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff that needs to be done? Do you feel bogged down by all the different things you need to do to make sure that your business runs smoothly?

As an entrepreneur, time is of the absolute essence.

The more you spend doing stuff that is a waste of time, the less you will have to use on the processes and actions that bring you results. There are a number of good resources on the Internet to help you to get started on the road to true time management for entrepreneurs, and we point to our earlier articles:

http://www.planningforlife.org/coffee-shop/magazine/features/time/item/5-a-simple-market-based-method-of-valuing-your-time

and

http://www.planningforlife.org/coffee-shop/magazine/features/time/item/4-do-you-value-your-time?

as good sources. But this article is concerned primarily with how you use your time in direct relation to the kind of money you make. In other words, filling your time with meaningless or trivial pursuits is the very last thing you want to do.