Author : David Askaripour
Time…oh… time… how I wish that I had more of you. Don't you wish that you had more time, too? The one thing that all students definitely lack is, of course, time. We have to make time for homework…time for our social lives…time for our girlfriends…time for those study groups…time for those nasty part-time jobs that we all hate… And on top of all that we have to make time for building our companies. Almost seems impossible, right? Well it isn't as long as you manage your time well. I never really did, but I at least started to at some point.With the proper time management, any student entrepreneur can balance their school work with their business work. Sure it takes a lot of discipline and devotion but I'm confident that it can be done with the proper desire.When I first started my company in my sophomore year of college, I found myself in complete disarray when it came to starting a business and concentrating on my school work. There would be days when I left class to go to business meetings and days when I decided to skip classes to work on something to do with…take a guess….my business.I saw myself beginning to drift more away from school as most of my hours were being spent working on my business. I was an entrepreneur torn between two worlds. World #1 trying to be a normal college student and maintain my high GPA and World #2 as a young budding entrepreneur trying to take over the world. Let me tell you, it wasn't easy and my grades inevitably suffered.I knew that is wasn't the end of the world when my grades dropped a few points here and there, especially knowing that the national average age that a millionaire received in college was a C. So when my straight A's turned into A's, B's, and one C, I wasn't fazed. I knew that my slightly lower grade was just a tradeoff for being a devoted entrepreneur in college.I'm not sure if I ever fully got back on track with my school work after I started my company in 2004. Writing down business ideas just became more important that reading poetry and studying for exams. About the only classes that I was able to stay interest in were my business classes, now they were actually fun (but I still didn't like doing the homework).Looking back at my college years (well I graduated 2 months ago, so I won't have to look too far) I definitely could've managed my time better. But I'd have to say that my last few semesters of college I was able to at least get halfway back on track as I started to manage my time better between business and school work.I began doing my school work days and sometimes weeks in advance. So for instance, I would check the syllabus for a class and see what's due and when. Then between classes (I usually had 3 hour breaks here and there), I would spend my time doing homework way in advance so that I wouldn't have to cram it all on the night before it was due.Doing this allowed me to spend my nights and weekends working on my business. I tried to schedule my business meetings for the days that I actually had off of school (makes sense, right?), usually Thursdays – Sundays, instead of blowing class for a meeting.On the weekends during the day I would spend my time brainstorming, making calls, making plans, and implementing ideas. Then, of course, like any college student I would go out at night and have a blast. When I went out I not only partied hard, but I made sure to network hard. I was constantly engaging other students in conversations about my business, spreading the word as much as I could. This was and still is my favorite part about being an entrepreneur: the networking side of the business.Talking to other students about my business and their interests at a social gathering was always an awesome experience for me. Remember that if your business deals with students, then you have to constantly study other students and to spread that buzz.Once I began managing my time better, I was able to get better results with my business and school work, things were definitely looking better for me during my last few semesters at college.So for all of you student entrepreneurs out there, remember to balance your time properly between your business and your school work and if your grades suffer a bit in the process, then don't worry about it too much – it's not the end of the world. Have fun, work hard, party hard, and never stop building your business.related articles:* 6 Ways to Study the Student* Buzz Buzz Buzz* Networking HubsGo here to read the rest of my articles: www.cashcampus.com/fttDavid Askaripour
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