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Time Management is so important

April 4th, 2010

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How often do you hear yourself say “I wish I had more time”. Really knowing how to effectively manage your time is so important when trying to get the things you want out of life. Time management is the key to your personal and career success, yet this subject is often overlooked or not taken seriously. If you apply these principals I promise you that you will notice such a huge difference in your life and you will be that much closer to reaching your goals.

It is important to understand that time is limited. You cannot pause, rewind, or fast forward time. Everyone gets the same amount of time each day. Remember that if you don’t use your time wisely or effectively you will never get it back. Please imprint this principal in your brain. Time is limited.

Do not blame time. A lot of people complain that they don’t have enough time! I am very guilty of this! But some people blame lack of time for everything!! There’s not enough time to exercise, not enough time to sit and cold call, not enough time to spend time with my family…etc. Remember, time management helps you use the time that we have in better ways. So instead of blaming everything on time, look at what you are doing with your time and fix it.

You need time to do almost anything worthwhile in life! Waiting for my time is a loose situation always. You need to learn how to make time for those things that are important to you! Even if you only can give a small amount of time each week or each day, this helps. You will be surprise how much progress you can make when you make time for something, even if it is just an hour a week.

Being organized is another important took in time management, planning out your days, and your weeks in hourly increments. For example, from 8am to 4pm I know that I am a sales representative for the company I work for. But from 430pm-930pm I am a mother to my kids, and a wife to my husband. From 930-1030pm I know this time slot I read a book for personal development, maybe reading a book that will enhance my skills as an entrepreneur. These time slots change from day to day. I love to play guitar, it is my passion so I set aside an hour each day of the week (Saturdays) to play guitar! If you use your time wisely and if you are organized about it, you will get more out of life and be able to do things that you always wanted to do, and you won’t stress or complain about not having enough time. There are too many choices. In this day and age, there are so many ways you can spend your time, which you need some sort of plan to make intelligent choices.

Time management helps you make conscious choices so you can spend more of your time doing things that are important and valuable to you.

Cheers to your time management success,

on the Island Crete, Greece

Vanessa

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You’re actually closer to success than it seems…

February 6th, 2010

The reality is; you are actually closer to success than it seems.

It seems that most successful people have some sort of opinion or advice to offer in terms of what it takes to achieve success, or simply what success even means. There are all kinds of personal development books, blogs, training programs, and even consultants out there that all focus on the keys to becoming successful. However there is one message that seems to pop up no matter where you look, and it happens every day. You’re actually closer to success than it seems, and it shows all the time.

Its simple, almost too simple however it is very important. One of the biggest mistakes people make is giving up when they are so close to succeeding! It doesn’t matter if it is a large corporation, small business, personal relationship, or playing a sport. The same challenge exists, and more often than not, most people are actually closer to success than it seems

2009 was a real eye opener for me when it comes to realizing how crucial this mistake can be. It was just today that a peer told me they lost over six thousand dollars because of a mutual fund that was hit by the recession. The problem here wasn’t that the fund took a dive, the problem is the cold feet kicked in and they got out of their investment and put the money into savings at a much lower interest rate! Since the time that the fund dropped and the loss took place, the mutual fund has regained almost 40%! That money would not have been lost had it be left in the fund.

You don’t have to be taking part in investing, or making crucial business decisions to learn from this mistake. You just need to be human. Everyone makes mistakes, in fact that’s one of the best ways to learn. The message here is that too many times when something is a little out of our comfort zone, we panic and react. Most of the time if we would take a little extra time, or get a couple more opinions, we would realise the reality that around that corner usually lies success! Don’t let cold feet set in, you’re actually closer to success than it seems.

Cheers to your future success.

Mike Perrin