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December 26, 2007

The Big Challenge is OVER, Keep that Energy Going ON

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 6:22 am

Sometimes Timing Is Everything

This week’s challenge in the the b5media Business Apprentice Team Challenge . . . Kay’s finally settling into her role as entrepreneur. Kay hardly has time to read the whole web. What one blog post or article might I recommend that will help her move forward at this point?

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In the apprentice story, Kay has made it through her first, and hugely successful, Christmas rush. Now Christmas is over and I’m guessing that Kay is only human. Sometime, win or lose, a big push in business can cause a dip in enthusiasm about the business we love.

The sheer investment of energy can leave feeling like we need a rest. Moving forward to face the next challenge can seem like something we have a right to put off. Unfortunately, a business won’t stand still while we’re resting and refueling. If we stop to do that we can find ourselves in crisis mode again when the new challenge rolls around.

The best business advice for a time like that is to have great habits to fall back on. An article over at LifeDev is just what this situation needs. It’s a simple method for time management. Simple is the key because, at a moment of regrouping, the way to entice ourselves back into involvement is by accomplishing little things that mean a lot.

Time Management, Simplified: How to Be Productive With No Worries simplifies the system and streamlines David Allen’s Getting Things Done for folks who want to reduce the time spent learning and maintaining Mr. Allen’s system. Leo Babauta who wrote the post says:

The fewer tasks you have, the less you have to do to organize them. Focus only on those tasks that give you the absolute most return on your time investment, and you will become more productive and have less to do. You will need only the simplest tools and system, and you will be much less stressed.

Boy do I agree.

In fact, that’s just what I’m going to start in today.

How do you keep your momentum going? Has a blog post ever made it easier for you?

Only 8 blogs are left in the Apprentice Challenge if you like my choice and this post, would you give Successful-Blog a vote in the poll in the sidebar at TAXGIRL?

The Blogs remaining in the challenge are:

Accounting Solver . . . Biz Chicks Rule . . . Greener Assets . . . Home Biz Notes
Leadership Turn . . . Small Business Boomers . . . Successful Blog . . . Yielding Wealth



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6 Comments to “The Big Challenge is OVER, Keep that Energy Going ON”

  1. December 26th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
    Mother Earth said

    business practices - defined things to do by date - for me monthly save me from my head - the gotta do by such and such may not be the same as i chose to do or i want to do, yet after the task is complete the feeling of I got it taken care of is worth so much more - i think DECIDING what to do is more of a stumbling block -

    This is where I feel I am at with the year ahead and blogging. However top of mind and heart, and lots of questions (thank goodness for this time of year ) will have my clarity up and running at the start of 2008

    Posts like these are sooooo very helpful

    Merry Merry Liz!!

    Mother Earth aka Karen Hanrahan
    http://www.bestwellnessconsultant.com

  2. December 26th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Mother Earth!
    Keep that energy going when it feels like time for slowing . . .

    That’s why I wrote it, because I need it too. :)

  3. December 27th, 2007 at 7:26 am
    Mary Emma Allen said

    Simplifying and getting better organized for 2007! That sounds great. I’ve been trying to put into practice author/speaker Mike Murdock’s advice of spending at least 20 minutes/day doing some organizing and decluttering…otherwise the task sometimes seems so overwhelming that we don’t even attempt it. I’m determined not to slack off this time until I can find everything WHEN I need it…not two weeks later.

  4. December 27th, 2007 at 8:05 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Mary Emma!
    Welcome!
    I know. It’s so easy to waste 20 minutes looking for something, but we don’t think to use 20 minutes to get our day straight before we start. Thanks for reminding me of that tip. I think I’ll do it too. :)

  5. December 29th, 2007 at 8:10 am
    Kristi Holl said

    These ideas apply to my own business of writing as well. We writers can get too many irons in the fire (novels, nonfic proposals, marketing, speaking, articles to submit, blogging, etc.) to the point where nothing is getting finished although we’re putting in plenty of writing time. I always liked that 80/20 principle of focusing 80% of your time on that 20% of your work that returns the most.

    http://www.Writers-First-Aid.blogspot.com

  6. December 29th, 2007 at 8:30 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Kristi,
    I so identify with your comment. I need more focus for 2008 myself. Thank you for adding this to the conversation. :)

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