Are You Creating Your Own Economy……..?
I can’t believe it is already the middle of the first month of the year. A lot has happened in my neck of the woods in the past days. The country has been on a lock down literarily due to national strike action. There are various issues that have affected the economy for too long and our standard of living is on a constant down turn.
This is where you and I step in; it is said that the best economy is your own economy. The only way to have your own economy is to create one. How can you create your own economy if you do not have a goal or a plan? Have you been able to set some goals for the New Year? If not don’t waste any more time.
The goals you set are what will set the tone for you and help you enjoy a rich personal economy. These goals will give you direction and help you to channel your energy in a productive way daily.
I would like to share some of my plans with you. This year I will continue with my main message which is helping women discover and live a life of purpose in business. In line with this, I will be appearing in series of radio interviews and programs. As part of continuously creating awareness for my books I will be featured weekly in the Naijasista on air book club on www.inspirationradiong.com every Saturday. Also a radio station is requesting my up coming book content for their women’s program. I will be using every opportunity to promote my book and workbook with the aim of helping women create a new life style.
My publicist is working on school tours for my book ‘How to Raise Kids without loosing it’ published last December. The school tour is being planned with the main theme being parenting and quality family life. You would agree with me that no one can live a purposeful life without taking care of every issue that affect them as a family.
Also during the year I will be launching an online ecourse , more on that to come in my subsequent posts.
I want to re affirm that my message remains the same which is helping women discover and live their purpose and I will continue to promote this both online and offline through my posts, books, ecourse, radio interview and audios. I will be doing a lot of audios this year.
I look forward to reading your comments and contributions. And guest posts are encouraged and welcomed. Contact me on editor@ladiesnetworking.com for guest posts
To Your Success,
Pamela Evbota
4 Steps to Achieve Success in the New Year
The Energy and zeal to achieve success in the New Year is still up in the air, why not cash in on this and hit the road running. When we set goals and don’t achieve them we move the due date forward until it is achieved or forgotten. As an entrepreneur and a business owner let this trend not be your line of action in the New Year.
It is easy to dream up ideas and see possibilities but the most important part is moving these wonderful ideas that could make a world of difference in our lives and business to the realities we desire to see. No matter how wonderful the ideas may seem there are four things that could hold us back from succeeding in the New Year
Running without a Goal – There are people who still believe they don’t need to have goals to achieve a purpose in business. Without a goal there can be no plan and without a plan all we have is busyness. Just because you engage daily in various task doesn’t mean you have a goal. With a goal you have a plan and how to achieve your plan. A goal gives direction and meaning to your activities.
A simple scenario is a football game. Without a goal post the players just roll the ball round the field and so there is really no purpose to the game and nothing to measure the players. If you measure with how often player posses the ball it is the same thing as saying how busy an entrepreneur looks in his business. But then you ask busy with what? How do these activities affect the business and how do you ascertain when you have achieved a purpose or goal when none was set in the first place. The importance of having a written goal and plan cannot be over emphasised. Without a goal there cannot be a yard stick to measure success.
Lack of Focus – Another factor that can hold back your success in the New Year is lack of focus. Without focus the best goals and plans in the world cannot be full accomplished. Find out what time of the day you are most productive and build your most important activities around this period. Make sure you are able to make maximum use of it. I have a friend whose product time is the midnight period. She is a blogger so when everyone is off to bed she is most productive. But the down side here is the fact that, she a wife as well as a mother. She cannot possibly go on for 7days in a roll to work at this period of the night with other aspect of her life having to pay for it. The best thing here is to be flexible. When your productive period is not realistically possible for you to put in the required work it is important you work on getting a time that will work better as a result of other factors in your life. The idea here is for you not to allow room for excuses to hold you back from achieving your business and personal goals.
Leaks and Time Drainers – Every one of us has got habits that take productive time from our already crowded schedules. Until you look closely you never really notice theses time drainer and leaks in your business. They are; continuous BB chat, email checking, unnecessary phone calls and chats. These activities alone can take at least 3 productive hrs off your day. The way to know for sure what your time drainers are is to list your hourly activities for at least a 3 hour period. What activities do you engage in? How often do you check your Smartphone for email or chats. Make a written list of these activities. You will be shocked how your time is spent. The first step is turning off the sound of the BB alert sound that way you are not tempted by every sound. When engaged in your productive hour, turn the face of the phone and take only important calls. This is a habit you need to develop. Set specific time of the day when you check your mails and social media accounts. Every mail is important I understand but you will succeed in distracting the flow of work when you are interrupted by every new mail and chat alert on your phone or on your computer. Turn off the email when using the computer. Learn to achieve maximum result for the time you are work on your business. When you manage your time wisely it shows you value your time and productive. To achieve your desired business success this year, it is important you eliminate all time drainers and leaks especially caused by technology gadgets.
Lack of Commitment – Without commitment from the first day you start to work on your plan, there may not be a celebration of achievement. Commitment leads to achievement. To show commitment write out your goals and achievement timeline and paste on the wall somewhere you can see it daily. This serves as a remainder of what you are committed to achieving in your business and Life.
Commitment is the glue that holds all our planning and visioning. Show up daily with commitment to achieve the activities you have lined up in your business.
To Your Success,
Pamela Evbota
