Still reflecting on last year and envisioning 2011 using Reverb10 prompts.  I hope you are playing along.  The greatest success of any year are the lessons learned and the new paths forged.

December 10 – Wisdom Wisdom. What was the wisest decision you made this year, and how did it play out?

Oh this is a no brainer.  Partnering with Amy Posner has by far been the wisest decision I’ve made this year.

How’s it playing out?  Yahoo!  Is how it’s playing out.  Sometimes you connect with someone and the energy of 1 + 1 = 3.  Lucky me, I get have that kind of energy with my husband Tom as well as with Amy my new biz partner.  I don’t have a handy example to share with you about my husband (but I’ll fix that soon).  But I have a couple of things you can check out to see how things work at Savvy Sponsoring now that Amy is on board.

Amy and I are doing a coaching call (free) December 16 at 9:00 am pacific (Noon eastern) and I’d love it if you would join us.  You won’t be sorry either. Click here to sign up

Have you ever met someone and thought: I’d love to talk with them for a minute.  You just knew they were a professional and a go getter and you’d love an opportunity to chat with them.  But… But… You were nervous, felt unsure or whatever…bottom line you didn’t make a move.  Want to get past that?

That is exactly what this coaching call is about.  Come see why I believe the wisest decision I’ve made this year is partnering with Amy.

During the call you will learn to open a conversation with anybody and build a bridge during the call to get their information and make an appointment to call (at a more appropriate time).  Promise.  And you are NOT doing the three foot rule.  NOT EVER.  You will not mention your company or your product – nada.   And it is not bait and switch either.

Instead, they will be curious, at ease and open to you and what you have to say.  I told you it was a wise decision partnering with Amy Posner! Come join us.  It’s is our Holiday Gift to you  –  a complimentary coaching call.

You’re going to meet lots of people that you both know and don’t know over the holidays.  How about setting the stage to comfortably call them back after the holidays.  Don’t be disappointed again because you didn’t say anything.  Get your business off to a great start in 2011.  Join us for the call.

Other than joining our coaching call, what is the wisest decision you’ve made this year?  How that playing out?

Can you believe that another year is drawing to a close? Remember when you were a kid, and it was forever before summer vacation arrived? It seems that only yesterday we were both worried about and celebrating the turn of the century and this next year is the last year in the first decade of 2000!

Whoosh! And the time is gone.

For those of you who have worked with me, you know that I am known to harp…yes I’ll admit it, harp on the importance of how you spend your time. Reflect for a moment about what is more important to you than your time here on earth?

What is the most important thing to you?

In my years of coaching I’ve heard people put forth the argument that their children or their mate are the most important thing to them. I understand that feeling. Tom and I are together now for five years. It is very hard for me to imagine my life without him. I’m sure you feel the same way, but I’m married to the nicest guy on the planet!

Which is all the more reason that I need to put him second to my time on this planet. Why? The quality I bring to the time I have here is the key to living my rich full life with him.

I refuse to “beat time” and do things because I have to. I refuse to get into bed at night tired but not feel that I’ve enjoyed my day and made the most of my time.

Ok enough preaching. Here’s the deal. A little planning goes a long way during these busy holidays. If you want to take the best care you can of all those around you and you have terrific holidays, plan your exit from work.

Then plan your re-entry into work.

Simple idea and a sure bet way to enjoy your holiday. How do you do that?

Exit Strategy

Make a list of what must get done before you walk away from your office. Do your best to keep it short and sweet. Put only those things that really must get done on your list (and only those things that you have to do go on your list – delegate where you can).

Prioritize and schedule time in your calendar for each of these items. Don’t work on anything else until these are complete. If you still have office time left, then work on the “B” and “C” things. But get the most important things done first.

Sometimes we can be moving so quickly we let the basics go. Work out of your calendar. Make sure you’ve allotted yourself enough time. Get that “to do” list out of your hands and give everything a time in your calendar. Not only will you get more done…you’ll have some sanity to enjoy all those important people in your life too.

The Re-Entry Strategy

This is really easy to do but most of us don’t do it.

One of the biggest issues I hear after any prolonged holiday is how difficult it is to get back to work. Often it is mid-January (or later) before people are back into full swing. I don’t have a problem with that as long as it is what you planned. Because if you didn’t plan this extra time out of production, you are most likely spending that extra time fretting and feeling guilty about what is not getting done. And typically, the longer you are in this limbo the more difficult it is to get a handle on yourself and get back into work.

Don’t leave to go on vacation until you have booked at least one money making activity in your calendar for the first Monday or Tuesday (at the latest) that you are due back to work. In other words make sure that you have something booked in your calendar that requires you to show up on your first or second day back from vacation.

There is nothing like an important appointment to bring us back to work.

The more you book your calendar right after your vacation with strong money making events the more likely you are to get back into the swing of things right away.

Why not start the year out right living your time rather than just spending it.

Warmly,

Jillian

Good Morning,

I hope that all of you here in the United States had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I did.  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and terrific 10 days with my Mom.  But I love what I do and it’s always good to get back to work  However, I must be getting old, time appears to be moving much more quickly than ever before!  It’s hard to believe that those 10 days are over already .. and so is November and 2008 is closing fast.

And even though I love what I do, if I’m not careful I find it easy to fall into ‘feeling behind’ and then want to start pushing, pushing, pushing to get more done faster.  Not a great combination for success or sanity.

I found Seth Godin’s blog this morning really helpful to bring things back into focus.  He reminded me that it’s not about faster and it’s not about pushing.  Once again it’s about savvy. 

Are you thinking through what strategy will work and how to implement that strategy?  Is your current marketing plan for the long haul?  Or are you moving with momentum and expecting short term results?  Or are you doing both?  (Great idea!)  If you’d like a wonderful quick lesson in marketing your product or business check out Seth Godin’s blog.

Cheers and welcome back to your office this Monday morning.

Warmly,

Jillian