Time Poor: The Day to Day Running of a New Business

You were probably working for someone else when inspiration struck. “I can do this myself and make more money! I’ll have more free time and no boss.” A year later you don’t sleep, worry about paying the bills, and haven’t been outside in over a week. Where did it all go wrong? Was there a … Read more

Mindset Upgrade To Boost Productivity

As entrepreneurs, especially if you are starting out and running a one-(wo)man show, finding enough time to do everything can be challenging (or downright impossible!)

To solve their time problem, many turn to “productivity” trainings available on the market.

Many of these “gurus” offer great tips and strategies, even an entire routine planned out. But frankly I never had much success with them…

Whenever they say – for the first 90 minutes in the morning, keep everyone out so you can meditate, exercise, make green juice, journal till you turn blue and set intention for your day – I laugh.

Reality is, my kids wake up at some ungodly hour like 5.30am and no, I don’t have it in me to drag my ass up at 4am to meditate.

Do the highest priority tasks in the morning? Fat chance – try that as you pack lunches for son and husband, while running after a 2.5-year-old who drops whatever he eats on the floor and demands food every 5 minutes, very loudly.

Do the income generating projects first thing? Yeah right – try it with Happy Feet in the background and “mommy play doh open” every 5 minutes.

I don’t follow the rules because if I try, I would fail miserably. Yet most people I interact with are impressed by my productivity.

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6 Ways to Avoid Distractions in Your Home-Based Business

You’re working on your home-based business. You have a plan. You have the passion. You’re about to take one more step toward making your dream a reality. And then, distraction strikes: the phone rings the baby cries a friend texts you your spouse barges in to ask you a question your dog needs your attention … Read more

A Smart Goals Template

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A smart goals template is a means to scientifically layout and track your plan with precision.

There is a plethora of information pertaining to this topic, so I will try and make it specific and practical.

a smart goals template

To begin and well before the smart goals template is created one must be sure that the project or purpose for the goal is solid.
This means an examination or inventory of who you are, what you are, and why you are. Some insight to this here. [Ref Project Mayhem]

So let’s assume that part is behind you. Here’s a short story.

In 1979 I came to the US, by 1982 I had my first opportunity as a line manager.

a smart goals templateI was appointed manager of the Turning Department at Western Gear Corporation a manufacturer of precision transmissions for both commercial and military aircraft.

The era was that of the “One Minute Manager” [Ref One Minute Manager Video With Ken Blanchard] and “Thriving on Chaos”.

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Priority Management System – More Than Managing Your Time

I looked up at the clock and 45 minutes had already gone by, those minutes certainly were not in line with the priority management system I had put in place for myself. Like so many other people, I had donated 45 minutes of my time to a Facebook news feed that was blowing up with … Read more