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Answer Upon - Why Wasn't I Awake - Dealing with the Morning Factor
It happens to all of us: the pressing personal problem or concern that takes center stage, leaving little energy or attention for anything else, including work. Examples are a family member’s prolonged illness or death, facing the prospect or reality of divorce. Although most of us are practiced at putting on the “game face” and getting on with work, events of this magnitude may make it difficult or impossible to manage that. Each person is, of course, different, and no solution will fit everyone. Here, however, are some useful c
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In this article we try to cut through some of the printing red tape and try to provide you with a better understanding of the jargon and the pitfalls, ensuring your expectations are more closely matched to the end product you will be receiving. The following points should be of help,If you want a close colour match between colours on the designs you see on the computer monitor and the printed cards speak to the printer. Depending on the type of monitor you use and the colours involved, there could be a huge difference between
What I have seen in my travels is that many entrepreneurs, managers, and key employees miss opportunities simply because they were not awake. They are exhausted from the long hours of work, lack of appropriate sleep or suffer from just plain unawareness of their surroundings. The lack of awareness is the hardest one for me to grasp, especially for business owners.
There are many aspects to personal success in business, from enthusiasm of what you do, proper diet, proper rest, not spending time in front of the television (that is time you never get back), continuous study/personal development and many more. The one area I would like to expand upon is the morning factor. The morning factor means getting up ahead of everyone else so that opportunities do not pass you by.
Just like in a horse race, getting out of the gate early is critical to finishing the race successfully. If a horse leaves the gate late, he is forced to work harder by the rider to try and make up lost ground. Same in business, those who decide to sleep in that extra hour may find themselves having to play catch up or even worse, have “the boss” breathing down your neck to find out why you are behind. My personal example of being a business owner in the Mountain Time Zone automatically puts you behind two hours from your counterparts in the Eastern Time zone. In North America, most of the business schedules correspond with being in the Eastern Time zone, from the stock markets, political centres and many of your upstream vendors work on Eastern Time. So why is it that many western-based businesses fail to realize this?
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You say you want a new career, you say you want to start your own business, you say you'd love to be a freelance writer and travel more but are you serious? Can I really believe you? Are you investing in your dream?When you want something badly enough, you're willing to work hard, make sacrifices, and invest in your dream.Most people who've made a career change didn't have lots of money from which to draw. They simply made the choice to find the money they needed to make the change they always dr
What I have seen in my travels is that many entrepreneurs, managers, and key employees miss opportunities simply because they were not awake. They are exhausted from the long hours of work, lack of appropriate sleep or suffer from just plain unawareness of their surroundings. The lack of awareness is the hardest one for me to grasp, especially for business owners.
There are many aspects to personal success in business, from enthusiasm of what you do, proper diet, proper rest, not spending time in front of the television (that is time you never get back), continuous study/personal development and many more. The one area I would like to expand upon is the morning factor. The morning factor means getting up ahead of everyone else so that opportunities do not pass you by.
Just like in a horse race, getting out of the gate early is critical to finishing the race successfully. If a horse leaves the gate late, he is forced to work harder by the rider to try and make up lost ground. Same in business, those who decide to sleep in that extra hour may find themselves having to play catch up or even worse, have “the boss” breathing down your neck to find out why you are behind. My personal example of being a business owner in the Mountain Time Zone automatically puts you behind two hours from your counterparts in the Eastern Time zone. In North America, most of the business schedules correspond with being in the Eastern Time zone, from the stock markets, political centres and many of your upstream vendors work on Eastern Time. So why is it that many western-based businesses fail to realize this?
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For the longest time I have been uncomfortable with the various labels we place on our customer facing activities. They are referred to as:Customer ServiceCustomer CareCustomer SupportCustomer Relationship ManagementClient ServicesClient Relations.Most of these titles and designations focus on what we DO without focusing on the results we are hoping to achieve.We engage in these activities, presumably to promote:Customer SatisfactionClient RetentionCustomer
Just like in a horse race, getting out of the gate early is critical to finishing the race successfully. If a horse leaves the gate late, he is forced to work harder by the rider to try and make up lost ground. Same in business, those who decide to sleep in that extra hour may find themselves having to play catch up or even worse, have “the boss” breathing down your neck to find out why you are behind. My personal example of being a business owner in the Mountain Time Zone automatically puts you behind two hours from your counterparts in the Eastern Time zone. In North America, most of the business schedules correspond with being in the Eastern Time zone, from the stock markets, political centres and many of your upstream vendors work on Eastern Time. So why is it that many western-based businesses fail to realize this?
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Your logo is the most important graphic element in which you will invest for your business. You should own the logo in many file formats. Having a library of logo files will enable you to send vendors the types of files they need (for example, other designers, printers, or other service providers).There are two major categories that I will cover in this article — color variations and file-type variations.Color VariationsYou should receive your logo graphic from your designer in all of the file types listed be
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If you feel like you are in a dead-end job, or that your career is headed nowhere, then you need to focus on your career goal setting!Just like you make resolutions for New Years, you should make resolutions for your career too! To get the ball rolling, set yourself some short-term goals and then set out to achieve them. You want to be careful to set goals that are attainable, but that will also present you with some satisfaction when you achieve them. Make yourself a list so you can check off as you accomplish each goal.<
I continuously receive messages and emails from my friends at my upstream vendors expressing surprised views of why am I corresponding with them so early. Simple questions get a simple answer. It is because they are working at this time, and if I want to work with them I need to schedule myself into their time zone. The benefits of this are endless. Now when my colleague in Toronto or Montreal has an opportunity in the west, they can feel comfortable knowing that they can send it to me because I am on their clock and not forcing them to work on my time. This is an excellent example of the worm and I am the early bird.
Brian Tracy says in his book “Getting rich your own way” that “early to bed, early to rise does seem to make people healthy, wealthy and wise.” There is a tremendous amount of truth to this statement. Getting a good night’s rest allows you to be fresh and fully aware completely throughout the following day. On the other hand, it is plain to see, that those of us who stay up late and then force ourselves out of bed to make it into the office on time the next day are not fully aware of opportunities in our environment, lack simple comprehension skills as well as develop adverse health issues.
So here are my simple tricks to leading a successful, healthier business lifestyle:
•Rise and Shine – No earlier or later than 5 am
•Spend one hour until 6 am – reading paper, emails or other trade related bulletins
•6 – 7:30 am – Workout, preferably at your local gym. The majority of professionals work out in the morning, so besides being good for your health, it is also good for your business because you can connect to a
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