Today's Focus: Give Yourself a Break!
Sometimes we can feel we have not made it far, when if we actually looked thru someone's eyes besides our own, we would see we have come far and accomplished much. We are harder on ourselves many times than others would be, because we expect a lot of ourselves. This is a good trait, to a point. Past that point it becomes a stumbling block and not a help. One must balance the demands and expectations we place on ourselves, with our abilities and the number of hours there are in a day. We cannot do it all in one day and should not expect that of ourselves. ... So, cut yourself some slack once in awhile and take some time to enjoy life as you work hard to reach your goals in life.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Today's Focus : Stay the Course
Good Tuesday Morning to you.
Stay the course is my motto for today.
Sometimes it seems there are so many things I want to do and accomplish in a day that if I allow myself, I can wander into a frazzle and not accomplish anything I set out to do initially. My goal is to pinpoint the important steps for my day and then walk that path and let nothing sidetrack me. If I complete my list for the day, then I can have a treat of being sidetracked for a while as a reward - but until then - FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS.
I think for me the main thing I always have to do, to remain on course through the day, is make a bullet list. No, not a bucket list (smile) ... a bullet list. These are the critical things that need done for the day. They can be personal, family or business related but things that I need to know at 5 PM they are done. (or whatever time I have chosen to end the day). These may be things like phone calls I need to make, appointments I need to make, followup emails I need to write, things I need to mail and places I need to go. There may also be updates to articles or postings to Facebook or Twitter, a review that needs to post today, etc. Anything that needs to be done - TOday. Then I can do my check offs and get them all done, without losing focus and ending up having a bunch of undone tasks because I allowed myself to get focused on something that did not need my attention today and should have waited until tomorrow.
Stay the course is my motto for today.
Sometimes it seems there are so many things I want to do and accomplish in a day that if I allow myself, I can wander into a frazzle and not accomplish anything I set out to do initially. My goal is to pinpoint the important steps for my day and then walk that path and let nothing sidetrack me. If I complete my list for the day, then I can have a treat of being sidetracked for a while as a reward - but until then - FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS.
I think for me the main thing I always have to do, to remain on course through the day, is make a bullet list. No, not a bucket list (smile) ... a bullet list. These are the critical things that need done for the day. They can be personal, family or business related but things that I need to know at 5 PM they are done. (or whatever time I have chosen to end the day). These may be things like phone calls I need to make, appointments I need to make, followup emails I need to write, things I need to mail and places I need to go. There may also be updates to articles or postings to Facebook or Twitter, a review that needs to post today, etc. Anything that needs to be done - TOday. Then I can do my check offs and get them all done, without losing focus and ending up having a bunch of undone tasks because I allowed myself to get focused on something that did not need my attention today and should have waited until tomorrow.
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