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MakingThingsHappenManagingYourselftoSuccess

Howdyy’all!l  TexanandTexasA&MAggie,classof‘88(whoop!)

l  Wifeofafieldservicemechanic;motherof2cats&a9-montholdgiantpuppy

l  Daughterofanentrepreneur;smallbusinesslover

Whatisyourwhy?l  SimonSinek’sTedTalk,“HowGreatLeadersInspireAcSon”

l  Whatisyourpurpose?

l  Setyourgoalsbasedonyourwhy

l  MeasureyourprioriSesvs.yourgoals

KnowYourselfl  UnderstandhowYOUworkbest

l  Hearthatvoiceinthebackofyourhead

l  Coach,Mastermind,etc.

l  Knowyouraudience:DISCProfile

l  BerealisScofwhatyoucanaccomplish:Underpromise,overdeliver

IdenSfyYourClu]erl  Whatisinyourway?

l  Mentalclu]er

l  Physicalclu]er

l  Technologicalclu]er

l  Writeitdown

l  Ifindoubt,throwitout!

Se^ngGoalsl  Decidewhatyouwantorneedtoachieve:“Iwanttoworkless.”

l  Setgoalsbeforetheyearbegins

l  Evaluateonaregularbasis

l  Createnew/modifyoldasneeded

Se^ngGoalsl  SMARTGoal:“ByApril30,2016,myworkhourswillbeconstrictedtobetween8amand6pmMondaythroughFriday,everyweek.”

l  S=Specific

l  M=Measurable

l  A=Achievable

l  R=RealisSc

l  T=Timely

ImplementStepstowardtheGoal“ByApril30,2016,myworkhourswillbeconstrictedtobetween8amand6pmMondaythroughFriday,everyweek.”

l  Eliminatetheclu]er

l  Learntosayno

l  ManageinterrupSons

l  BuildaSmeline

Se^ngPrioriSesl  ScheduleyourGod,yourfamily,yourhealthFIRST

l  Yourwhy,thenyourgoals

l  Everythingcan’tbethemostimportantthing

l  Ifindoubt:ifitmakesyoumoney,makeitthehigherpriority

l  PrioriSzeindividualworklast(respondtoandkeepothersmovingfirst)

DailyTo-doListl  Themostoverwhelmedpeopledon’tstartwithaplan

l  Createadailyto-dolist,everyday,inpriorityorder

l  BaseitonSmelinesforprojectsandgoals

l  Calendarl  ReviewformeeSngsl  BlockoutfocusSme

l  BerealisSc

l  Workthelist

UseToolstoForceStructurel  Todolist(AppleReminders)

l  ProjectManagementSojware(Basecamp)

l  CRM(Highrise)

l  Calendar(Google,iCal)

l  ProcessManagement(Basecamp)

l  FileMaker

DevelopProcessesl  Whyarepolicies/processes/checklistsneeded?

l  HowcantheymakeyoumoreeffecSve?

l  Whattypesofprocessesshouldyouhave?

l  ModifythemasnewinformaSonbecomesavailable

ManagingInterrupSonsl  DecidingwhatcanwaitwheninterrupSonsoccuriseasierifyouhaveaplan

l  Gobacktothelist!

l  Doesitsupportyourwhyand/oryourgoals?

l  Knockitoutquickly,ifpossible

l  MiSgateit-Pushitofftosomeoneelseortoanotherday

l  Turnoffyourphone,emailandchat/texts

ManagingEmaill  ScheduleseveralSmesperdaytogothroughemails

l  Decisionmakingiskey

l  Respond,file,junk,flagordelete

l  Yourinboxshouldbeemptyajereveryreview

l  Scheduleoutgoingemails;setupautomatedresponse

DoNOTmanageyourprojectsthroughemail!

Resetl  ReprioriSzeandrescheduleattheENDofeveryday

l  Remove/deletethingsyouwillneverdo

l  Compareeachpushedoffto-dovs.theSmelineforthefullproject

l  Verifythatwhatyou’vechangedispossibletodoonthedayyoumoveditto

l  CommunicateinadvanceanychangethataffectsadeadlineorameeSng

MakeThingsHappenl  ClearcommunicaSonwithconsequencestoyourclients!

l  Removestress

l  Stopbeingoverwhelmed

l  Goforthandmanageyourselftosuccess

QuesSons

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