Let’s go back to what can make or break your dreams. This week I want to talk about your attitude in adversity.
It is really easy to follow your dreams and remain committed to your goals when all is well and going your way. The real test comes in time of adversity… when things are not going so well and you are hurt, very hurt. This is where your mind is testing you to see how bad you want that dream to come true.
When times are hard and you don’t feel like anything matters anymore, it’s when you need to press forward and make it happen. You need to reach a point in your determination that, even when you don’t feel like you want to put the energy, your mind and body feel like it is not a choice; they must get up, keep on going and make it happen.
What happened is, if you do not keep on going, when that moment of adversity end (yes I am implying that it will end) you will find yourself so far behind that discouragement will kick in and rub you of your goal; however if you keep working on your goals despite how you feel, you’ll be glad when its all over.
Winston Churchill said it best “if you're going through hell, keep going.”
Be blessed,
Jephtee
Monday, March 24, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Time-stealers
As promised, here are a few tips on how to free up more time in your day:
1)Emails: emails are one of the best communication tools ever and the worst time-stealer. People spend too much time checking “unnecessary” emails. Stop reading those forwards (poems, jokes, stories, scams). The average person (not too popular) received 5 forwards a day. They all take on average 5 minutes to read and forward, which represent 25 minutes of your day. Do yourself a favor, start hitting the delete button as soon as you spot them. Ok ok! If you really like to read them, create a folder for them. When you receive them, put them in there and one of these days you happen to be totally bored out of your mind because you are rich and been sipping Pina colada all day on the beach, you can go back and read them.
2)Telemarketing calls: Simple, stop answering them and if you do, kindly ask them to remove you from list. Good news! The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced on December 21, 2007 that it has awarded a five-year contract to Bell Canada to operate the National Do Not Call List (DNCL). The list should be launched by September 30, 2008. Soon you will be free of telemarketers, if you wish. For our Americans friends, this service already exist, www.donotcall.gov
3)Instant messengers (Msn, Yahoo, Aol etc.) & Social networks (Facebook, Hi5, My Space etc.) are a great way to network and stay in touch but the average person can spend easily an hour a day just chatting and checking other people profiles. Great tools but need to manage them wisely.
4)Say no: learn to say NO to everyone little request. You cannot be everything to everybody and its okay. Your time is precious, if you had something planned and somebody comes up to you and ask you to do something that will stop you from working on what you had planned. Simply say no and Don't feel guilty.
5)Plan your week: Have a to do list. When something comes up, simply add it to that “to do” list. The list should be arrange in priority order. Priority is from most important to least important. NOT from most urgent to least. Why: Things that are urgent are not always important.
As you can see, it really come down to prioritize! Try these 5 tips and if you don't manage to save an extra hour a day, send me a comment and I will give you some more tips.
So once you have that extra hour a day (7 hours a week), what are you going to do with it?
You guess right! Put it toward the achievement of one of your goals.
“Treat your time like gold - invest carefully. It's your most valuable asset and once it's gone you can't have it back. If you use it wisely it reaps dividends like well invested money.” Author unknown
Jephtée Elysée
1)Emails: emails are one of the best communication tools ever and the worst time-stealer. People spend too much time checking “unnecessary” emails. Stop reading those forwards (poems, jokes, stories, scams). The average person (not too popular) received 5 forwards a day. They all take on average 5 minutes to read and forward, which represent 25 minutes of your day. Do yourself a favor, start hitting the delete button as soon as you spot them. Ok ok! If you really like to read them, create a folder for them. When you receive them, put them in there and one of these days you happen to be totally bored out of your mind because you are rich and been sipping Pina colada all day on the beach, you can go back and read them.
2)Telemarketing calls: Simple, stop answering them and if you do, kindly ask them to remove you from list. Good news! The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced on December 21, 2007 that it has awarded a five-year contract to Bell Canada to operate the National Do Not Call List (DNCL). The list should be launched by September 30, 2008. Soon you will be free of telemarketers, if you wish. For our Americans friends, this service already exist, www.donotcall.gov
3)Instant messengers (Msn, Yahoo, Aol etc.) & Social networks (Facebook, Hi5, My Space etc.) are a great way to network and stay in touch but the average person can spend easily an hour a day just chatting and checking other people profiles. Great tools but need to manage them wisely.
4)Say no: learn to say NO to everyone little request. You cannot be everything to everybody and its okay. Your time is precious, if you had something planned and somebody comes up to you and ask you to do something that will stop you from working on what you had planned. Simply say no and Don't feel guilty.
5)Plan your week: Have a to do list. When something comes up, simply add it to that “to do” list. The list should be arrange in priority order. Priority is from most important to least important. NOT from most urgent to least. Why: Things that are urgent are not always important.
As you can see, it really come down to prioritize! Try these 5 tips and if you don't manage to save an extra hour a day, send me a comment and I will give you some more tips.
So once you have that extra hour a day (7 hours a week), what are you going to do with it?
You guess right! Put it toward the achievement of one of your goals.
“Treat your time like gold - invest carefully. It's your most valuable asset and once it's gone you can't have it back. If you use it wisely it reaps dividends like well invested money.” Author unknown
Jephtée Elysée
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