Use It! Reminder!

You have called your prospect. He tells you that he is out of town and he will come back after two days. You need to call him after two days. You get busy in some activity and ten days pass. Suddenly you remember that you had to call the prospect. This time he says that he has already closed the deal with someone else. 

Payment is due from one of the customers. You call him to ask him about payment. He tells you that some fund problem is there and you should call him after 3-4 days. You forget to call him and it is now 10 days. He again makes some excuse. Then after fifteen days pays you. 

You need to bring something while coming to office the next day. But you just forget about it due to your daily routine. All these things happen because you are not able to remember that you have to do them. You can improve your efficiency if you can remember to do the task. However, it is not as easy as it seems. There is something that you can do about it. As soon as there is some task, you can immediately take out your calender and enter that. For example, you need to call for order or payment after two days. Take out your calender, go on the date and enter - call 'customer 1'. The time should be put as such when the customer is free or most likely to heed you. 

You will get an alert just before that time. You will be able to take action. Don't remove the reminder until the work is done. If it has to be pushed to some different slot, change the date or time by going on edit. You will definitely do better by using this calender - a time management technique.