What makes you so special?

I had an amazing week of networking and meeting really great people. One of those meetings with with a wonderful woman who has been speaking for many years. When discussing my message and what I really want to impart to people she asked me a really tough question. She asked, "What makes you special, why would someone hire you when there are hundreds of others with your message?" I sat there like a big brick just hit me upside the head. That is an excellent question and one I had not asked myself. Not in a conceited way by any means but in a way that makes you look deep within your self to find the answer.

What makes you so special? Why are you unique? Why you and not someone else?

If you can't answer this for yourself than how can anyone else see it, believe it and promote it? 

You have to have that answer if for no one else but yourself. I encourage you to dig deep, to realize what unique traits make you...YOU!  Then let the world know and watch your destiny unfold. It won't be easy but realizing your unique traits and attributes will allow others to see the same and what a great gift that is.

Shine ON!

Keri

Oh...Where is the time?

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks. – Malcolm S. Forbes 

 That is the quote I chose for today and boy did I need to hear it! My last blog post talked about procrastination, which I think is something we all struggle with. However, what I find I struggle with more is completion of the "half-a-hundred half-finished tasks". 

Where is the time? My "to-do" list, like most of you, seems forever long without enough time in the day. But the fact is whether you are an Olympic gold medalist, a stay at home mom, or a budding entrepreneur, we ALL have the same amount of time in the day.  We all have 8 hours a day, 168 hours in a week...and roughly 672 hours a month. How do you use your precious time? Do you waste hours of it in front of the TV or on social media sites? It is how you spend your time that determines what you accomplish, not the goals you set. When is the last time you took a good hard look at how your time is spent? What if you took 1 hour of each day and devoted it to something you are passionate about? Think how that could change your life...ONE hour a day! You could get fit, write a book,  take up a musical instrument, learn a language, the list is endless!

In the book "Stop Praying" it states: If you read just 30 minutes a day, in less than one year, you could read over 30 books a year! Think of all you could learn...astonishing!

 It is important to budget your time wisely, make a list of priorities, and put together a support team to keep you accountable.

You can accomplish all of you goals and dreams...you just have to find (and budget) the time.

Shine ON!

 

Keri

Seth Godin's blog

I am a subscriber to Seth's blog and quite often he hits the nail right on the head. I realize social media is huge break through when it comes to networking. However, it can also be a time thief that robs you of the many other important things you should be doing. I often can come up from my computer coma realizing hours have gone by. What do you think? How do you feel about all this social media?
 

Modern procrastination
The lizard brain adores a deadline that slips, an item that doesn't ship and most of all, busywork.
These represent safety, because if you don't challenge the status quo, you can't be made fun of, can't fail, can't be laughed at. And so the resistance looks for ways to appear busy while not actually doing anything.
I'd like to posit that for idea workers, misusing Twitter, Facebook and various forms of digital networking are the ultimate expression of procrastination. You can be busy, very busy, forever. The more you do, the longer the queue gets. The bigger your circle, the more connections are available.
Laziness in a white collar job has nothing to do with avoiding hard physical labor. “Who wants to help me move this box!” Instead, it has to do with avoiding difficult (and apparently risky) intellectual labor.
"Honey, how was your day?"
"Oh, I was busy, incredibly busy."
"I get that you were busy. But did you do anything important?"
Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered.
When the resistance pushes you to do the quick reaction, the instant message, the 'ping-are-you-still-there', perhaps it pays to push in precisely the opposite direction. Perhaps it's time for the blank sheet of paper, the cancellation of a long-time money loser, the difficult conversation, the creative breakthrough...
Or you could check your email.