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                            September   2012

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Ready to roll-on towards 2013?  What do you need to get accomplished before it arrives?   You have 3 months, 4 days!  :)
V O T E
Early voting begins 27 October through 1 November - in Maryland. 
Goggle your County to find your specific early voting locations and go VOTE!  Dates and times are different across the country.  Some States have already started their early voting - INFORM YOURSELF and go!.
Talk about Time Management - it took me 6 minutes from parking, to voting, to pulling off  last time.       

"CONNECT" Somewhere

There are people on the move.  If you are ready 'to do' - let me introduce you to:

 

1.  Sisters4Sisters Network, Inc. ~ I am a Lifetime Member.

Our motto - "Women Helping Women to Connect..."

http://www.sisters4sistersnetwork.org/   Founder:  Peggy Morris.

 

2.  Women Empowered To Achieve The impossible (WETATi) ~ I am a Member.  Women daring to do the impossible!!  www.wetati.com  Founder:  Margaret Dureke

 

3.  GIEWE - Global Institute for Empowered Women Entrepreneurs (GIEWE).   I am a Member.  An entrepreneurial training organization. "Come ... Celebrate YOU!"   www.GIEWE.org  Founder - Marlena M.D. Kelley

 

4.  Smart Business Empowerment Group (SBEG) - Men and Women come and learn how to be a Contractor [Federal government; State; County ...] from a person 'who has been there, done that and has many t-shirts".  www.smartbusinessempower.com   Founder: Pam Knight

 

5.  Need a place to collaborate, study and work - Join the "Eat The Frog" Productivity Group [held on Monday and Thursday]   www.meetup.com/coworking101   at the CEO BUSINESS CAFE` - "Where Business Belongs"   Founders ~ Rick and Odessa Hopkins   www.ceobusinesscafe.com  6305 Ivy Lane  Suite 100 Greenbelt, Maryland 20770   

 

One of these has to meet the need you have -- so, the ball is in your court --- 'WHA CHA' Going DO??!!

CLEAR YOUR MIND!!!

I have shared this tidbit at least 6 times in the past month, so I am thinking others will benefit from this also. Time is moving and things are getting done that 'squeak'; BUT, what to do with the rest.  Taper this as you need for you, but: 

 

 

 

Take a deep breath and grab a notebook or few pieces of paper.  Be determined that you WILL allot sometime EACH DAY to do something with the items you are about to write - it can be as little as 10 minutes; 30 minutes - what 'free' time do you have?  USE IT!!!  This is for YOU.

 

1.  Go room to room and write down what needs to be taken care of [preferably each room on a separate piece of paper].  Use a loose-leaf binder or a notebook - when you are in that room or area, turn to that page and do something [anything] on your list - IT IS ALL GOOD.

 

2.  You will find that you will need to give-up some time on something else to get a good start at this but, it will be worth it.  The list is the key.  You won't feel so overwhelmed and random thoughts will not be running through your mind - once you have done the list.  You can always be doing something positive to reduce the list; whenever and wherever [work or home, anywhere].

 

3.  Do the hardest FIRST - even if it is only a few minutes a day. Saturday and Sunday - definitely devote an hour towards 'the elephant' in the room.  But, you can choose where you devote your time - from your list of necessary to-do's - IT IS ALL GOOD.  

 

Do the hardest pieces during your best energy period - if you are a morning person:  get up half hour early and tackle the "elephant" in a time space where you won't be disturbed.  I do my 'most important'  before the phone can ring - you never know what is needed of you - on the other end of the line when you answer.  So, if it turns out that your  day 'takes off' - at least, you can made a conscience dent on your project, with a clear head.  If you are an afternoon/evening person:   save your 'most important' until employees have left for the day [you won't be stuck in rush hour traffic!!] Or, at home - after the children have gone to bed -- perhaps, a little early.  (Smiles)

 

4. SET maintenance systems in-place so you won't have to do this again!!   Example:  throw away/or shred junk mail when you bring in the mail.   Have 1 designated place to place bills you need to pay (whether by check or online) - do the 'paying' weekly or setup your online automatic paying on a 2-week or monthly basis.

 

5. Very Important - build in time to - do nothing!!  Do something fun; restful.   You personally need time to re-generate. After a 'big' project or several 'small'  - take a mini vacation:   Night out {Dinner and movie};  a drive to the mountains or the beach; go to an exhibit you want to see or a sporting event.

 

 

 

 

Last Words

 

  

"I don't know the key to success; but,

the key to failure is trying to please everyone." 

--  BILL COSBY

 

 

"Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years;

people grow old by deserting their ideals.

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt;

as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear;

as young as your hope, as old as your despair."
 

-- Douglas MacArthur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I am an Inscape Publishing, Inc. Authorized Distributor; Member of CoachVille;  Member of International Association of Coaches [IAC]; Lifetime Member of Sisters4Sisters Network, Inc.; Member of Women Empowered To Achieve The impossible (WETATi); Member of dc Coaching Consultants, LLC; Member of DMV-Businesses; Member of the CEO Business Cafe`; Member of NAPW and Member of NAFE.  Member of Association of Black Entrepreneurs.  Time Management Expert for the Smart Business Empowerment Group (SBEG).  Programs Director for Global Institute for Empowered Women Entrepreneurs (GIEWE).


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Sincerely,

Gloria-Jean Brown
www.CoachingbyGJ.com