Home topics small-business-resources hot-tips Hot Tips Managing Hot Tips Beating the top 10 small business time wasters Jessica Reid April 24, 2012 In a five-part article series, we look at the 10 most common ways small business owners waste time, and deliver solutions for combating this damaging behaviour. Part two looks at goal setting and keeping a clean desk. How do you manage your goals? Do you even have goals – whether personal or work related? And how is your desk looking these days? Is it the picture of perfection and looking simply serene? Or are you in a devastatingly disorganised state? In part two of our five-part series, we’re going to look at how having no clear goals can be the cause of a major black hole as far as time wasting is concerned. We’re also going to consider the state of your work space. Don’t be scared, this one is a fun one and will be so rewarding when you come out the other side. So, let’s soldier on, shall we? Problem 3: No clear goals I always, always say – if you don’t know where you are heading how can you get there? You don’t drive to your new friends place without first having an address, and you certainly can’t do the same thing with your life. Of course that’s a large scale example, but the principals remain the same. A goal is a goal, whether it relates to how rich you want to be, how much