It's all about the little things.
Time slips away quickly - even if you're watching all of your minutes!
What’s even more odd is that there are some days where I’m really good about getting up on time. I’m out the door, I have energy and yet still – my day slips away and somehow chaos follows me like a rain cloud. Ever get that feeling too? I’ve planned plenty of schedules for myself over the years. Do you think that’s ever helped? NO!
When I hosted my morning show I was up every morning on time (well, maybe just a few times I pushed it a little). Now that I’m my own boss I make sure I’m up and at ‘em by 8:00a. That’s still a good time but at the end of the day no matter if I keep to my schedule or not – chaos follows me and it seems like my day has somehow slipped away. I mean, c’mon, really?!
Here’s what I’ve come to love to do to help me get over that chaotic feeling whether I keep to my schedule or not: I plan to accomplish little things. Whether it’s simply paying a bill or spending all day to organize a feature story for a client. If I remind myself of a few things to accomplish – things that I can truly say they’re done – no matter how big or how small, I feel much less chaotic and suddenly that rain cloud turns to sunshine.
Do you have a simple trick to stay on top of your day? Sometimes I have to count a dozen or so emails as being my little tasks for the day. Sometimes business is at full throttle and other times it’s creeping through a school zone. How do you keep it all motivated? For a Monday, thinking about organizing your work and your strategy makes for a very accomplished day. It does for me anyway!
Come back by on Wednesday – I’ll have something juicy for you then!
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TZ
Tony Zazza, a 15-year media, marketing and advertising expert, is the Principal of Zazza Media Strategies, a Dallas Texas Marketing Firm, that specializes in growing small to medium sized businesses to their fullest potential.
