My second week of brilliance
I’m at the end of the second week of my 90 days of brilliance. The highlight of my week was joining the A1 Business Forums and I already feel like I’m settling in there. I’ve stuck to my plan pretty well – I’m not always doing everything on the day that I’d planned to do it but everything on the list seems to be getting ticked off. One of my tasks for today is to plan the next 7 days. Must remember not to cram too much into each day.
The most ‘non brilliant’ thing this week is continuing problems with the bloomin’ car. I’m hoping to try a speed networking event next Friday, so fingers crossed that we’ve managed to get it fixed in time.
Pay attention to where you save
Here’s top tip for you. When working on your computer pay attention to where you save your documents. I’ve just spent ages trying to track down some work that I did for a client last week (on my time, not the client’s…). I was about to give up when I stumbled across it in a completely random place. I don’t know what I was thinking! Thank goodness I found it or I would have had to start again from scratch.
So, to save wasted hours always save your documents in a sensible place.
New article: motivation for home-workers
Another article is now in place: 10 tips for how to stay motivated when working from home. This is a particularly relevant one for me today as I haven’t been feeling brilliantly motivated. Will start tomorrow afresh having reminded myself of the techniques that work for me.
Is there anything that you do differently? A brilliant tip that could make all the difference. Leave a comment below, I’d be delighted to hear from you.
The power of lists
I’m a bit of a list obsessive, so will probably be mentioning them fairly regularly. I love my lists. It’s a time management thing and a way to keep things out of my head so I can concentrate on one thing at a time (well as much as is possible with my overactive brain). The humble list came into its own today. I’ve been finding this week quite difficult so far – been feeling quite washed out and on the verge of things getting on top of me. When I get like this the slightest thing can send me into a panic, which definitely isn’t good for productivity.
I generally like to keep my inbox as clear as possible but over the last couple of days I’d let things build up a bit and it was really beginning to bother me. So, what did I do? I made a list! I wrote down everything that needed attention … actually I typed it up in a nice neat table, with a column to tick when I’d completed it and printed it out (on scrap paper I hasten to add). With this to hand I could move the screaming emails into folders ready to be dealt with, confident that they wouldn’t get forgotten because they were on ‘the list’. With that done I could already feel my brain clearing and could start working through them. Got a few small (and not so small) tasks crossed off and everything else is patiently waiting for me to start working through the list again tomorrow.
How To Be Brilliant
Actually this isn’t strictly speaking a business book as it can equally be applied to your personal life. But I think it deserves the title of a ‘Brilliant Business Book’ on the basis that if I’m brilliant then my business will be brilliant too.
I have to admit I haven’t achieved brilliance yet but I’m following the advice of the book and striving for that brilliant moment. I feel positive that it will come if I work hard at it!
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