5 Easy Habits To Make The Most Of Your Day

Good habits create successful businesses. What success strategies are a part of your routine?

“Habit: a tendency to do something as part of a routine.”

After interviewing Misty Gibbs of www.myinspirationlounge.com yesterday, I realized again the importance of daily routines as a way of not only meeting business goals but leveraging your effort and time.

Misty just naturally incorporated a few of the following habits into her work every day and is receiving the benefits in the fast-paced growth of her business.

1.  Focus on 3 tasks that must get done everyday for the business to grow. Do these first so your day does not get away from you! Maintenance tasks like checking email, checking stats for your business and keeping up with Facebook and Twitter can easily use up your work time. They are important to keep up with so schedule 15-30 minute increments 2 times per day so you don’t get caught in the time terminator!

2.  Be aware of when you are the most creative and use that time to write or plan new initiatives for your business. Think boldly and visualize by taking time away to dream and step back from your work. It does not happen in front of a computer!

3.  Read, research and connect with others outside of your office space.  It will help your creativity, keep you up on current trends in other businesses and give you the opportunity to better serve your clients. Be sure to choose people that are positive and passionate or online destinations that inspire and are free from negativity.

4.  Ask for support from friends or a business partner to brainstorm new ideas or create synergy in a new joint venture project as part of your marketing strategy and outreach plan. Women are extending themselves and giving of their knowledge and time in unprecedented ways. Connect with other feminine leaders to find out new trends and feel inspired by their energy.

5.  Stand in your truth and value yourself! Every business is unique and the way that women juggle work and family is awe-inspiring. Look at what is working well in your business and put your energy and time in that direction. Don’t drain your energy on what is not working. Let it go! Celebrate the small successes and be able to honor yourself and your gifts.

Take a bird’s eye view of your business and observe what good habits you have in place. Focus on what is effortless and makes work joyful!

Lydia

The Cure for Facebook Overload (cost $2)

The way I maximize my efforts to make connections on Facebook and Twitter is to set up appointments over the phone with people who I want to get to know better. The hardest part about this is the difficult task of deepen the budding friendship with follow-ups.  As my list of friends and contacts gets longer, many slip through the cracks and I don’t like leaving people in the dust.
So, I finally remembered what I did when I tried to keep up with networking in the past.  After I had bought expensive software and finally learned how to use it, I ended up using an index card box !!! Yes, not too hightech, but sometimes it’s just nice to get away from typing.

So, here is the deal.

1) When you make a contact, type in all the information in your contact management software like Outlook or Entourage.

2) Create a subfolder under your inbox.  

3) Then buy the 31 divider-pack for a small index card box and create a card for each new person you just contacted, got to talk to etc.
4) Fill out the card with name and phone number (remember you have the rest handy in your mailing list) and mark down the last activity.  If it was an email, say so. If it was a call, also and if you sent something worthwhile, mark that down too.

5) Then decide when you want to contact the person again and simply place the card under the appropriate date. Then every day just look under that day, and do what you have set out to do last time.  

I hope that works.  I really liked this simple system when I used it.

Committed to your business success and life sanity,

Christiane