Rich People Don’t Eat in The Car

Have you ever noticed the difference in habits of people who have a substantial amount of money and those who don’t?

I’m not talking about the appearance of wealth with material possessions.  A lot of people can use credit, loans, cash advances to acquire possessions. They may appear to be wealthy and yet not have the financial, emotional and time freedom that comes with true wealth.

I’m referring to actual financial independence that allows someone to have greater latitude with the decisions they make regarding their daily living arrangements and long-term goals.  An increase in the number of choices they have on a daily basis.

Some of the habits that may not necessarily indicate how they earned their money or acquired their wealth may help us understand a significant difference in their mindset.

For instance, although they may have a lot of “projects” going on at once, they only work on one project at a time. They sort their competing demands, prioritize them and schedule uninterrupted time to concentrate focused energy on each project one at a time.  It’s a sort of serial multi-tasking behavior.

They make decisions that help them perform each task associated with a project in a more efficient and stress free manner. Hence the title of this blog.

If you lead a hectic life, as most of us do, and you try to take short cuts like using a drive through food service establishment to save time on your way to your destination, you most likely end up eating in your car.

Not only is this ultimately inefficient, because it may distract you from driving safely, it also makes it harder for your body to digest and assimilate the nutrients in the food.  Nutrients that are much needed to sustain your energy level to continue facing competing demands.

Habits, either acquired or developed help us achieve our goals or create barriers to the achievement of those goals.

If you are interested in knowing what habits you have that might be interfering with your productivity, you can do the following.

Set aside ten to twenty minutes each day for a week to log your daily activities.

Examine the patterns you discover at the end of the week.

Determine if those behaviors are conducive to healthy living and free up time for income producing activities.

If not, decide what habits need to be changed, eliminated or explored further in order to allow more time for focused activities.

Choose one habit at a time to alter.  Choose an alternate behavior and implement it for another week to see if it makes a difference in the amount of time you have freed up.

Be kind to yourself and consistent. Perfection is not necessary, just persistent action toward improvement.

Move through your list as you become more adept at establishing each new healthier, more productive habit and you will see improvement in your ability to perform at a higher level.

Here’s to Your Success!

Linda C Ridenour

lindaccpro@gmail.com

Five Proven Strategies to Work Distraction Free and Increase Productivity

Distractions abound in every aspect of our lives.  They tug at our emotions and physical energy and interfere with clarity of thought. They drag us down roads we did not intend to go and leave us feeling stranded.

Ultimately, distractions interfere with productivity.  For the entrepreneur or home based business owner, loss of productivity equals loss of income.

Productivity is strongly tied to the way we view our time.

Do we respect time, knowing there is a limit to the number of hours we have in a single day?  Do we honor it by making wise choices with our behavior that will help us increase productivity?

Or do we act with disrespect toward time and allow distractions to pull us off course and lower productivity?

Here are five proven strategies used by six and seven-figure earners to avoid letting distractions hijack your time.

• Choose a location where you can focus solely on income producing activities.  A place where you can relax and be creative. This may be in your home or a location outside of your home.  You know what works best for you.
• Remove the guilt.  Guilt is anger toward yourself for not having done something you think you “should” have done. Okay, so you didn’t complete a task or it wasn’t perfect.  Guilt zaps your energy, creativity and confidence so it has no place in an income producing plan.
• Choose a peak performance time.  Are you a morning person?  A late night person?  When do you find yourself being the most energized?  Any task is easier to perform when you’re feeling at your best and more likely to be of higher quality.
• Set a specific start and stop time to work on income producing activities. Then take a break and move on to other activities.
• Be fully prepared.  Have all the necessary supplies and equipment you need in order to minimize distractions. 

For more information contact me at lindaccpro@gmail.com.

You deserve success!

Linda C. Ridenour

 

Focus on Your Strengths Part 2

Once you’ve determined what your strengths are it’s important to be patient with yourself.  Show yourself the same respect you would provide others who are striving to make improvements.

 

Be kind to yourself.  The entrepreneurial journey is a marathon, not a sprint.  Consistent effort on an ongoing basis will help you achieve your goals.  Let your conversations with yourself be filled with humor, encouragement and acceptance.

 

Put yourself in the company of others who are proven leaders and who will inspire you.  Rely on their words of encouragement to bolster your confidence and make the journey more enjoyable.  Learn from them as they excel.  Choose to emulate the habits and attitudes of success they display.

 

Hold yourself accountable.  Schedule at least two hours a day for income producing activities.  Allow yourself uninterrupted time for these activities in order to be more creative and productive.

 

Have fun!  Focusing on your strengths will energize you and keep you motivated.  It will create a synergistic effect that will continue to propel you forward with all your endeavors.

 

Rely on others as needed and celebrate all your accomplishments along the way!

All the Best!

Linda C Ridenour

Focus on Your Strengths-Part 1

In this world of deficit thinking, it’s easy to get pulled off course.

It’s easy to let the negative encounters and comments that surround us daily to permeate our thinking.

Bad habits will then ensue and productivity will suffer. This results in a loss of income for the entrepreneur.

To guard against such a pitfall, it’s best to focus instead on your strengths.

If you focus on the things you do well and spend more time doing them, your chances of succeeding in your business will increase.

If you’re having difficulty focusing on your strengths, or need help determining what they are, it might help to do some of the following:

Make a list of the things you’ve done well in the past.

Ask for feedback from trusted friends and colleagues.

Spend some quiet time reflecting on your preferences, likes and dislikes to determine what activities help to restore your energy.

Keep a log, journal or scrapbook of thoughts and activities that help you feel empowered.

Develop positive affirmations to encourage yourself daily.

It’s especially important for entrepreneurs to find a community of like-minded people to offer support and encouragement.  Entrepreneurs by nature are often risk takers which can be misunderstood by others.

Whatever you offer, do it to the best of your ability and enjoy the entrepreneurial journey.

Feel free to join in the conversation and offer other insights.

Linda C Ridenour

Knowledge and the Entrepreneurial Journey

“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.” Khalil Gibran

Are you the type of person who acquires knowledge for the sake of knowing? Or are you the type of person who acquires knowledge in order to put it into action to make improvements in your life?

Either option is okay depending on your desired outcome. 

If you’re the type of person who strives to make improvements in your life with the acquired knowledge and find you’re stuck, you might want to ponder a few thoughts.

As you know, sometimes the hardest step to take is the very first step.

Especially when you’re embarking on a new journey or changing course on a life long journey with the hopes of attaining more freedom, fewer restrictions and greater prosperity, such as with the entrepreneurial journey.

Are you setting goals daily, monthly, yearly?

Do you have an accountability partner or a community of like minded people to help encourage and support you on this journey?

Have you embarked on the entrepreneurial journey by yourself?  Do you pride yourself in being self sufficient and yet still can’t seem to move forward in your business or make sufficient strides to accomplish the goals you’ve set for yourself?

Have you joined a community of other entrepreneurs and still find your progress lacking because you don’t have all the resources and the one-on-one support you need to propel yourself to the top?

Having the knowledge and having the ability to use the knowledge to achieve your goals are vitally different issues.

There are entrepreneurial communities that thrive because they have both the knowledge and the ability to act on that knowledge.

Are you interested in knowing more or sharing your thoughts?

Feel free to contact me and we’ll chat.

Take Care!

Linda C. Ridenour