Posts Tagged ‘Time Management’

Separating Work and Family Time in a Home Office

• August 9th, 2007
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Found this article on Ideas for Women. How many of us have trouble setting boundaries with our families regarding business time and family time? I for one am still trying to help my husband understand that even though I have a full-time day job, I view MK as my part-time job. It is so difficult making it clear that I take it seriously as a business endeavor. He calls it “playing with makeup.” OK. It is. But guess what? It pays! He also says my day job is just “playing on the internet…” Uh…yea…riiiight. As you can see there can be issues as to how a spouse or other loved one perceives one’s career choices and/or business endeavors. This has been a long-time struggle for me. I think this article that follows is awesome. I am, however, open to any suggestions out there from those with experience! Please, share! (more…)

Balance

• August 9th, 2007
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This is a long article, but it so says what I am trying to portray in my blog(s). Originally, when I started this blog, I wanted to include everything in one blog to illustrate that life has many different defining aspects for each individual. What I have learned is that in order to truly balance one’s life, these all must be managed separately. At least, for me they do. My point is, you can’t eat, sleep, and breathe one thing all the time or you will drive others away. Sometimes, we have to do that to reach a certain goal. I used to eat, sleep, and breathe ballet. I wouldn’t call it obsession. It was more like strong determination. And dance instructors will drive you and drive you especially if they see you have potential. (Does this sound like something else? Anyone? Anyone?) I may elaborate more on this at another time. For now, please enjoy this article about balancing life. (more…)

Beating Procrastination

• August 7th, 2007
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The biggest obstacle I face in my business is procrastination. I am notorious for putting off today what can be done tomorrow. Sound familiar? Shouldn’t it be why not do today what could be put off til tomorrow? I think the biggest problem I have is fear and the fear pushes me to make excuses why I don’t really have to call anyone right now; or why it can wait til tomorrow. Do you know how many customers I have probably dis-serviced? Probably many. (more…)

Hitting That To-Do List

• August 1st, 2007
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I don’t know about anyone else, but I sure have trouble actually DOING my 6 Most Important Things List. Sure, I can right my things down, but to actually do them; well, that’s a different story. This is a awesome article I found on Zen Habits. It makes some excellent points!

How to Actually Execute Your To-Do List: or, Why Writing It Down Doesn’t Actually Get It Done

Have you gotten good at organizing your tasks in a to-do list, but have trouble actually executing them? You’re not alone. (more…)

Booking 101

• July 11th, 2007
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Tonight I was fortunate enough to be at my meeting for about an hour. It felt good to be back. Eventually, when things calm down and normalize at home, I can go back regularly. :)  Sadly, I didn’t get my purse. My director hasn’t ordered them yet. I hope she orders soon. I remember one time she waited too long and the ones she showed were no longer available. I’m sure she’ll do it soon.
In spite of not getting my prize (I need a new purse. I’ve been carrying the same one for awhile); I got some great booking advice that I’d like to share. I cannot take credit for these ideas. They are from my director’s senior. (more…)

Investing for the Future

• June 1st, 2007
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This came in my email from Unit Coach. If you like their stuff, you can visit their website and sign up for the newsletter.

“Building Passive Income”

What tasks are you doing right now in your business that will bring you an income for the rest of your life? That’s a heady thought. As you go about your day selling and recruiting, you are probably focused on the immediate benefit of finding the perfect customer or consultant.

But the payoff is much bigger than you can imagine.

Most people spend their days trading time for money. They work 8 hours and their employer pays them an hourly wage or a salary to compensate them for their time. End of story. There is no long term benefit, at least not one that will continue to pay them over and over again for each hour of work that they invested.

Your business is not a 9 - 5 job. You don’t work three hours and get compensated for three hours. Sometimes you work fifty hours without getting paid at all. And shortly after that, you may work just one hour and get paid for a hundred. If you are used to an “employee” mindset, this business of being paid for your “investment of time” instead of just for the actual time itself takes a little getting used to. (more…)