It’s scary to step up – to think bigger about what you’re capable of. There’s very little motivation in the daily grind: check Facebook, post to Instagram, send a newsletter, write a blog post, work in studio. If you’re not careful, you’ll continue to go through the motions of life without doing something extraordinary for […]
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Today’s article is short and sweet because you should be enjoying Christmas day. But . . . tomorrow it will be time to get back to work and start thinking about how you want to start the New Year. Here is an idea for finishing up 2013 and preparing for a prosperous 2014. I’m fairly certain that Santa uses a similar process to keep track of the many deliveries he must make today.
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You will encounter all kinds of roadblocks that test your resolve to achieve your goals.
Here are seven tips to help you maneuver around those barriers.
Dang it! You wrote them down somewhere. Where are those priorities?
You shouldn’t have to look them up. You should know your priorities and trust in them. They are beacons that guide your every move.
Your top business priorities are those things that will have the biggest positive impact on your career and business. Then you have essential personal priorities like family, health, and spiritual practices.
You need both business and personal priorities to do your best work and live your best life.
Those who love you should want to support you in reaching your goals, but they won’t know how to do that until you have explained it.
Telling people what you want for yourself will make it easier to set boundaries around your time. When you say, “I’m sorry I can’t have lunch, that is my studio time,” they will better understand why.
Saying Yes to your big goals means that you must say No to other things. Decide what can or should be eliminated from your schedule.
This might be socializing, spending time on social media, getting caught up in funny videos on YouTube, or watching television.
But it might also be that you need to pull back from venues that aren’t serving you or marketing methods that haven’t paid off after consistent effort.
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