Today's Action Plan!

- Finish the Handout
- Practice!
- Clean my desk (and commit to keep it clean)

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Slack off

I slacked off. I implemented only about half of what I commited to in my action plan below. I never spoke to the TV or radio. I only have a handful of participants signed up for my presentation tomorrow.

Reason?

No real reason. yes, I did have a presentation to make for a group of insurance agents, on Monday; and I had a very important meeting with the manager of a resort with 400+ employees (I hope I'll earn their business, that'd be a few thousnand $$$s in my pocket, and hopefully it'd be a repeat business).

No. These are not real good reasons. The truth is that I simply couldn't stay focussed. I slacked off.

Lesson: STAY FOCUSED!!!

Cool Resource

Here's a few cool resources for you, where you can draw, write, and do a few other things, WHILE sharing it with others AND THE OTHERS CAN WRITE ON THE BOARD TOO. You basically share a white space where each of you can draw or write (typed or handwriten). Great for brainstorming or other purposses where you need to share ideas with others.

Isn't that cool?

Try www.skrbl.com and www.imaginationcubed.com

Both can be shared with your business partners or friends in other cities or countries, and you guys can brainstorm or explain things to each other while looking at the same board. I think this is really cool.

Slacking Off - Watch where your time is going!

Look at my post on Tuesday the 20th, regarding Marketing My Upcoming Workshop!

That should have taken me a few hours, or at most a day. And look at me now, two days later, I'm still only about half-way through.

We must be more focused if we want to succeed. Somehow need to become stronger and resist all the distractions.

OK... let's see if I can finish the list today.

Focus on Speaking!

One of the problems I face is that I try to do too many things at a time. I try to speak, sell assessments, sell consulting services, write my book, volunteer, do some side jobs to bring in cash... and who knows what else.

I'll focus from now on exclusively on speaking, and at the events I'll give out some info on my assessments and consulting (all related to my speaking topics). [I'll still spend every second day exclusively on finishing my book - I must finish it before July]

As a first step (after the thousands of steps that I took till now; but this can be used as a first step, if you are at the beginning),

• I'll try to barter with three cities' around me for membership in the chamber of commerce


• I'll advertise in their newsletter


• flyers


• approach groups


• present popular topics, such as my conflict management, eliminating barriers to performance, DiSC for parents and educators; etc.


• buy lists of seminar "goers" and mail out a professional looking seminar promotion


• follow Paul Karasik's method, described in his book
  (I'll come back later and ad some more to this list)

Reminder! Add the facilitator kit and other links to my blog!

Excited!

I'm excited about the Life-Balance & Energy-Management workshop.

I probably have to realize that I'm really attracted to this topic and I do tend to speak about it all the time anyway. Perhaps I should do more workshops and seminars in this area (and parenting, which I also enjoy really much and I have a seminar that I do present regularly, mostly to teachers. It helps educators and/or parents better understand the personality of their children and learn to more effectively communicate, motivate, etc each child based on their personality style)

I just had a conversation with one of with one of my coaching/mentoring clients who asked me "Don't you ever get bored on presenting the same seminars over and over again? Don't you get tired of it after a while?" And my answer was rather simple: "I'm passionate about what I talk on" (recognizing different behavioral/personality styles - their motivators, fears, needs, communication style, and other behavioral tendencies - and learning how to communicate most effectively with each style and avoid/defuse conflict with each).

I speak about this topic day after day and I never get tired of it. Well..., I also have to admit it that I've been reading psyhcology books and effective communication related books ever since I was around 9-years-old.

I think it is really important to find a topic that one feels passionate about and go for it! I mean REALLY GO FOR IT!!!

Statistics say that around 80% of Americans are dissatisfied with their jobs. What can I say? We all do jobs that we don't like, for a while, because we need to survive. The key word should be here "for a while" and then move up, and move on, to the job that we feel passionate about.

Yes, I absolutely love talking on behavioral styles; but I also love to talk on life-balance (and let's face it, I can link the two in a way that they are interrelated - and they really are, right?)

Ok... I just wanted to say that I'm excited!!! (and that you should choose something that you can get excited about )

Promoting my Upcoming Workshop on Life-Balance

The company that is sponsoring my Life-Balance & Energy Management workshop has placed a large ad in the local paper and is sending a series of E-mails to their database of a few thousand people (don't worry, if 20 or 30 will show up, I'll be content; however this is a hot topic, so I might be in for a surprise).

So what can I do to get in more bodies in the seats?

• improve my blurb (marketing copy), focusing on the WIIFM (what's in it for me) from the participants standpoint, highlighting benefits and how this will affect their life/future
• send out the blurb to my database (E-mail)
• send my event promotional blurb to the staff and members of chamber of commerce
• share the info with my Toastmasters International group
• put out some flyers in the community, including the PUBLIC LIBRARY
• design my handouts and print them out
• (PRACTICE!!! it doesn't have to do with marketing it, but it's better than winging it)

What is my expected outcome from this event?

• pottentially get some coaching clients
• sell some products at the back of the room (my meditation tape/CD, Yoga DVD, Personality Assessments, etc.
• sell a few bottles of Himalayan Goji (yes, I stacked up a few so I don't run out again)
• get expossure to some movers and shakers and get invited to speak at one of their organization or company's upcoming events
• have lots of fun!

Ok... This is my plan for today. To get this rolling....!

Goji Sales & Energy Problems

Ok... as I was telling people about Goji, they wanted to try some and the good heart that I have, I sold them some of my bottles (ok, with a little profit - but I did give one away for free). The only problem with this is that I ran out of it before my new shipment has arrived and hence I was for more than 15 days with no Goji (I thought I canceled my regular order and placed a new order that was supposed to come earlier, but I must have clicked on who knows what, 'cause my shipment still came on the regular date).

The first 10 days were great (which proves to me that it is not some quick stimulant in the juice that makes me feel great), but after about the 10th day I started relapsing to the fatigued state that I used to have before I started taking Goji.

So, I had a few down days, then once the shipment has arrived it took another few days to get it back in my system, so I had a few down days. And (probably) that is why I couldn't keep up with my blog (and with a few other things for a few days)...

THE GREATEST NEWS!!!
This is the first year ever in my life that I did not struggle with colds and flu!!!

Definitely the Himalayan Goji does boost your immune system - which is a byproduct for me, since I got it to increase my energy levels (which has worked mirracles for me).
I was diagnosed as a baby with chronic bronchitis and throughout my life I was catching colds really easily and spent literally months struggling to get out of it. Even as an adult who works out regularly, I still had the colds and flu year after year and it took me 3 to 6 weeks to get out of it, and it ussually re-occured a few weeks later. It's been a struggle. (I was the kid in the class who was coughing all the time; as well as the adult who annoys workshop/seminar/training participants with my constant coughing).

But, hey!!! THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR WITH NO COUGH, AND NO ANY KIND OF COLD SYMPTOMS! My wife and kids went through the flu, and I didn't get it! That's something unheard of!

So, all I can say: THANK YOU HIMALAYAN GOJI!

....
Do you want to try it??? The guy I buy it from can be found at www.gog4u.freelife.com. Or I just found out that one of my friends sells it too, at www.AugieM.freelife.com; or you can search the net for Himalayan Goji - the price is the same at all distributors (stay away from the copy cats - I tried one - it's no good)

Try it! It has a 90-day money back guarrantee. YOu can only gain and nothing to lose!

I feel great!

The ABC of Guaranteed Business Success

As solo professionals we often feel - or know - that we have everything in place, yet we can't seem to see proper financial rewards for our effort that we put out.

Why?

What is that missing link that could make our venture more financially rewarding? And, yes, I know that many of us really enjoy what we do, but often the lack of proper financial return does poison the joy of our day to day opperations. And, let's face it, some of us go out of business really early on due to lack of financial success in our businesses.

So what can we do to stay in business and to prosper?

Focus, Focus, Focus!!!

If we could focus on one task on a consistent basis, there's nothing that could stop us from succeeding with that task (regardless of what that is).

I find focusing on one task one of the most difficult tasks. Sometimes I do great, and sometimes I'm really bad at it. It is not that I can't focus on one time for a long time - no, that's not the problem. In fact, when I start something, you need a crow-bar to get me off task. The problem is that the next day, I will not sit back and continue what I left off. Or even if I do for two or three days, then I "forget" about that task for weeks or months. This could be anything like product creation, writing my newsletter, designing a marketing campaign, etc.

I have a "million" things started and I never finish 80% of them. And then I wonder that I'm not getting anywhere...

OK. Thanks. I'm glad we had this little moment of "truth" here. I really need to pull myself together and be not only a GREAT STARTER, but also a GREAT FINISHER.

I gotta go! I got some re-thingking of priorities to do here...