Try Something New to Save Time!

Your time is important. So you want to do all that you can to use it wisely, because once it's gone, it's gone. So here's a bright idea... try something new using your technology.


Seriously! Try reading the instruction manual for your smartphone--which, by the way, you purchased to help you be more organized. Or... how about actually visiting the manufacturer's web site of your smartphone to find new software updates and releases that may further your productivity.  I'm almost certain that you will find several time management applications already on your phone that you didn't know were there and/or have ever used.


I had my Blackberry two years before I realized that I can actually go online and upgrade all the software to look and feel like the brand new blackberry that a friend had just purchased. Keep in mind that the body of your phone may get old and rusty, but the computer software it uses is upgradeable. More importantly, those tasks that used to take 3 steps now only took one.

Here's another time saving technical thought... sync all of your calendars! When you are managing multiple calendars (phone, computer, desk) and having to re-enter data from one to the other, you're wasting more of your valuable time.


There are lots of great ways to save some of your valuable time for more useful occasions, look for new ways--using technology-- to help you save.

Have you lost your WHY?

The Fall is a time to reflect. So the question is, have you lost your WHY? You know the true reason why you do what you do... Sometimes we are so caught up in the "doing" of the thing that we forget “why” we are doing it in the first place. Taking a step back to enjoy the fruits of your labor is a great time to recharge-readjust-and work harder. The old saying "do what you love and the money will follow" is true. Have you ever noticed that when you work in your passion, it is not work? You can go all day every day. 24-7. But when you don’t stop to look at history, the impact you have made, and the blessing it is to have the talent and skills you have, you start to take it for granted. At that point, it becomes a chore. Just ANOTHER to be done- on the- to do list. It happens to us all. Therefore, to battle that level of laziness, put a reflection day on your calendar so you can evaluate your game plan and make adjustments. Then get gassed up about what you’re doing, or change how you did it. But at all cost don’t lose your WHY. Because once it is gone, you will be asking yourself, what was I doing for such a long time and why was I doing it.....

The Speaker Man

Get Back On Defense

Having played sports growing up and now enjoying the thrill of cheering for my children as they play, I have a tendency to illustrate life's lessons through sport analogies.  There was one that I repeated to myself on a regular basis after I started my business that I'd like to share and it's "Get Back On Defense!"

It is instinctive to want to celebrate after you put the ball in the air and score a 2-pt jumper; even more exciting with a 3-pointer or a drive to the goal through several defenders to a score.  I can only imagine how I would celebrate actually dunking on someone (on a 8 ft goal and not a trash can).  The thrill of the moment sends you in the air for a high five or as guys do it, bump chest.  But you must realize that the game is still being played... IT'S NOT OVER til the final buzzer.  If you stop to have a party every time you score a couple of points, you can lose focus and lose the game because while you celebrate, your opponent is scoring.

I'm saying this to say, as you progress towards your life's goals, you will undoubtedly hurdle an obstacle or two or three.  Acknowledge the victory, but KEEP MOOVIN4WARD!  Graduating from high school is a big, BIG deal.  But some enjoy it so much that they stop there, not realizing they are but half way, if that.  Others get excited about actually making it to college.  Maybe the goal was to be the first in the family to achieve that goal.  But many fail to stay the course and don't reach graduation because too much attention was on actually getting there and not on getting out. 

By all means enjoy your milestone successes, but don't allow those successes to take you out of the game.  There are many more 3-pointers, drives, and maybe even an unanticipated dunk in your future.  Until the buzzer sounds, stay in the game.  Don't lose focus!  Hustle back down the court!  Get back on defense!

-Sharon A. Myers