What can you do in the next 15 minutes that will take you closer to your goal?
One of the hardest things for me has been getting sidetracked with stuff that needs done, but it really isn't going to get me closer to my goals.
It seems like I always have a gazillion things to do, but which one of them is really going to help me reach the goals in my life?
One thing I love to do and I am very good at is selling on ebay. I love to buy at yard sales and sell the stuff on eBay. I love taking pictures, writing the descriptions, uploading the auction and watch the bidding wars start and end!
I took pride in my auctions and to satisfy my personal best I put time into alot of detail. I uploaded 10 pictures for 1 item, and a description about the slightest detail.
I made a lot of money doing eBay, but it was a the expense of having a personal life, family time, time to devote to my personal development and life coaching business, etc. I also had a very disorganized house, messy and cluttered,but clean. People kept telling me it was not worth it, but to me it was at the time.
Finally I closed up my eBay store because we were doing a total remodel on our house for at least 6 months, inside and out. After we moved back into the house, I had no desire to get started again.
Maybe after I get closer to other goals and have more free time, I might list a few high ticket items now and then, but not spend hours and hours of my life doing it.
Why am I telling you all this? Because I was making money, I thought I was doing good. When I looked at my goals, I was way off. I was doing what I wanted to do, not what I needed to do.
Now before I do something, I ask myself:
What can you do in the next 15 minutes that will take you closer to your goal?
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Is It Important Or Or Is It Urgent?
Monday, May 5, 2008
A Mentor is a Friend For Life
A mentor is only a phone call away.
A friend sees you as you are, and does not try to change you, but a mentor loves you too much to let you stay the same.
When my husband had a heart attack in 1998, the first calls I made were to our mentors. I knew they would pray for us, and help us make important decisions.
I actually went to a leadership training seminar the day after his heart attack. I figured I could sit and cry all alone all day or at the hospital, or I could go to the seminar and stay focused on what I needed to do, since I would be the only one making money for awhile. It helped to be around my mentors and people that loved us. After the seminar, several people went with me to the hospital and hung out with me.
We have been through some pretty severe financial struggles and we could always count on sound advice from our mentors. We could also count on them telling us to get off the bench and get on the team. They don't mince words.
We could either look at all that went wrong with our life, or get back on track with their help. One thing they never did was join our pity party. They always got us refocused on our dreams.
They never felt sorry for us and paid for our next seminar, but we knew they were expecting us to be there.
We did what it took to never miss anything, even when we were short on income. They didn't take our excuses and we don't take other's excuses.
A mentor is only a phone call away.
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