Feature
Article...
Do You have Trouble Keeping Your Store Hours?
click
to play audio
Store hours
smore hours... I can put them down but what good does it do if
I can't follow them?
Store hours can
be tough, real tough. If you struggle don't feel alone. So do I
and at some time I think most of us do.
Getting a
handle on time is tough enough but keeping a handle can at
times be even tougher.
Many of you
heard my calendar story when I returned from my wonderful
holiday in Italy. I felt like I simply didn't know where to
begin... I mentioned it to one of my clients who very kindly
said to me, "Sounds like a calendar issue Jillian."
;-)
And it was...
I simply needed
to take a STOP: ("Inner Game" by Timothy Gallwey)
Step
back
Think
Organize my thoughts, and
Proceed
First I stepped
back from everything I felt "had" to do. Then I
thought a moment about what was important to me. Once I had
some ideas of what was really important I could list and
organize everything. Then I could move forward with my day
comfortable that what I was accomplishing was all a part of my
bigger picture.
In other
words I was back again on target for my goals.
Sounds perfect
doesn't it.
But what happens
once you get your calendar organized but you find yourself
doing everything (anything!) but what's on the calendar. The
time allotted to make prospecting calls, or follow up calls or
whatever you've allotted time for - well it seems to get used
for almost anything else except what you intended.
Your calendar
says this is the time you going to make follow up calls and
instead you're making the bed or training downline. You get
into bed feeling frustrated and maybe even scared, this will
never grow your business. But you seem unable to keep to the
calendar. At the end of the day you realize...you've done it
again.
What's the
answer...it's really simple awareness. Choice. Not kidding
yourself. And that's not nearly as tough as it might seem. You
may feel a bit foolish with this little exercise but if you
want to crack through this procrastination stupor it will
work.
The next time
you realize you're "off calendar" simply say the
following:
| I set my calendar up
to do (follow up calls, prospecting calls etc) at this
time, but
no one can make me do these calls - no one - even
though they are going to make me money. Instead I'm going to keep on doing (the
dishes, making the bed, training the downline,
organizing the files, answering email). |
Now this tool
only works if you're willing to use it - much like everything
else. But here's the deal. Awareness. Simply awareness.
Try this and see
how many times you can say, "I set my calendar up to make
calls this afternoon, but no one can make me do them, I'm
going to keep making the soup."
I'll bet
something changes!
|
Join us for a free teleclass:
Getting
Started with Store Hours
Manage
your day and build your business
With
Savvy Sponsoring Associate Coach Norine Arundell
>>
Click here to register |
|
One
big thing was it decreased my anxiety factor.