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9 Ways Entrepreneurs Organize and Manage Their Calendars ProperlyIgnore whatever and whoever is not scheduled.

ByJohn Rampton

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As an entrepreneur, it's your responsibility to plan how you're going to spend your time. You can watch binge-watch Netflix all day, but that's most likely not the best use of your time. Additionally, you also have to set boundaries and keep yourself motivated day-in-and-out. In some way -- you want to find a direction to follow to gain that balance between work and your personal life.

As overwhelming as that may feel and sound, it's not impossible. From my own experience, the best way to achieve a directional balance to your work and life goals is to organize and maintain your calendar correctly Here are 12 of the most effective ways to guide yourself to better choices with the resulting organization for your work/life balance.

1. Schedule everything.

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