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Archive for July, 2010
Remember the song entitled “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”? Humorous? Yes, you couldn’t help but smile when you heard it! Wish you could do so? Yes. Realistic? Probably Not!
Steve Chandler, in his book 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself, states, “Don’t worry. Or rather, don’t just worry. Let worry change into action. When you find yourself worrying about something, ask yourself the action question, ‘What can I do about this right now?’ And then do something. Anything. Any small thing.”
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Subject: Are You Always Running Out of Time?
On our way to an important bank meeting, my client turned to me and said, “I wish I had more time to prepare of this – I’ve been so busy I didn’t do a thing for the meeting.” “Are you kidding?” I asked. Busy? Doing what? So we analyzed it: 84 hours per week at the dairy, 21 hours firefighting, and 18 hours in meetings!
In a typical week, the rest of his time was spent playing defense – filling out numerous forms, answering many “urgent” requests, and returning calls. He was spending about 6 of the 18 hours in meetings, listening to others talk about what they’re going to do or have recently done. He spent about 45 minutes actually doing work on new projects he’s currently involved in. And he spent exactly 15 minutes a week on inventing his next breakthrough.
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Subject: DECISIONS, DECISIONS!
The Business Confidence Maximizer™
July 2010 Issue
Published by John Ellsworth,
© Success Strategies, Inc.
We are all faced with numerous decisions every day. Simple as it sounds, your daily decisions begin with deciding what time you will be getting up in the morning, what you will wear and what you might have for breakfast. Then, I would suggest, the big decisions need to be made: What cows need treating today? Should I add another employee? Can I afford that new tractor? Sometimes you can defer these decisions. However, often they need to be addressed immediately.
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