Business: Keeping The Flame Alive

Keeping The Flame Alive

Written by Arthur Cooper

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But it may be doing your existing job differently or better.

It may be that fundamentally you could like your job if only you could rekindle repparttar early flame of enthusiasm, dynamism, and interest that you once had. You need to become re- motivated.

Look at your job. Think about it. What do you like? What do you dislike? What can you change? What can you improve? Whom can you influence to bring about improvements and change?

Have a dream, a vision, in your head of how you would like your job to be. Think of ways to achieve that dream starting from where you are now. Always keep on repparttar 103227 lookout for ways to do things quicker or better. Draw up a list of improvements and changes to be made and write it down. Little things. Sometimes bigger things. Everything.

Then pick something small from your list and get it done. The next day pick something else, and get it done. Each day pick a new item from your list, and do it. Each day and every day. Cross of repparttar 103228 completed items, and keep repparttar 103229 list with your crossed off achievements showing. Look at it each day. See repparttar 103230 progress you are making. Feel your goal getting closer every day. Remind yourself why you are doing it.

If you do this on a regular basis you will make improvements. It is certain. You will see repparttar 103231 progress. You will be enthused by repparttar 103232 progress you have made. You will be proud of what you have achieved. You will be motivated to achieve still more.

Therein lies job satisfaction and happiness at work.

Be happy. Stay happy.

Arthur Cooper is a business consultant, writer and publisher. For his mini-course ‘Better Management’ go to: http://www.barrel-publishing.com/better_management.shtml

Where does the time go?

Written by Coach Pat Morgan

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2. DISTINGUISH BETWEEN IMPORTANT AND URGENT. If you have 25 tasks for a given day, how many of them do you truly need to accomplish? An excellent tool for helping prioritize activities is Covey's Time Management Matrix (Stephen R. Covey in his book "First Things First"). It is a simple and straightforward approach to determining importance vs. urgency when planning your activities. Most of repparttar

time, focusing on things that are important, rather than urgent, results in greater effectiveness. Ask yourself: Do I prioritize effectively? 3. PLAN YOUR WORK; WORK YOUR PLAN. There is a cost in time and energy associated with working in a reactionary mode without a plan. While there will always be a need for flexibility, having a plan will help you maintain focus and measure progress. It can also support you in handling interruptions that may take you off task. Ask yourself: Do I have a clear plan? Am I working my plan? 4. ZAP TIME WASTERS. Time wasted can never be regained. A few examples... browsing repparttar 103226

internet, email, chatting with co-workers, looking for things, and talking on repparttar 103227

phone. Some ideas for zapping these time bandits are: schedule a time to return phone calls and email, get organized so that time is not wasted looking for tools and papers, use an Internet reminder service to keep track of important dates or events. Ask yourself: What will I do to eliminate time wasters? "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're repparttar 103228

pilot." ~ Michael Althsuler

Coach Morgan is a Business & Personal Coach. She helps business leaders and their teams become more productive and profitable while maintaining focus and balance. She has led work groups in the United Kingdom and Australia. Coach Morgan is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami and a graduate of CoachU. She is the author of “A Year of Smooth Sailing – 12 Strategies for Charting Your Course to a Great Life” and “Smooth Sailing Success.”

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