I got a new website designed, up and running last week. Yes, last WEEK. And it was no cookie-cutter either. I’m well-organized, but speed with which Nancy, web designer, worked was amazing. No sooner did I send her something, than it was up on website. Actually she was simultaneously working on two websites for me. Things were flying back and forth.
DRAG CREATES DRAG
I was reminded of something my friend told me when I was working on my dissertation. He said do what chair asks immediately, get it back as fast as you can. “It baffles them,” he said. “Most students prolong it indefinitely. When someone’s working fast, then they don’t have time to obsess. It’s catching, you know?”
That was good advice! Taking forever to do something creates a force field with a lot of drag in it.
Back to Nancy. Well, she’s a friend, too, and I became concerned. Didn’t she have any other business? Eventually I had to ask, “Do you not have any business, Nancy?”
“Yes,” she emailed back. “I’m swamped.”
Small wonder when she’s so professional, speedy, accurate … but she’s also creative.
Okay, I thought, I’m going to ask. Nancy, HOW DO YOU DO IT?
“Thanks for asking,” she wrote and then sent me this list. At top it said, “I’m glad you asked why I have so much time. I try to teach this to others [she’s also a coach].
I HAVE SO MUCH TIME BECAUSE
·I’m in good health; therefore I’m very active and need little sleep. ·I eat to live rather than living to eat, so my meals are simple and I don’t consume a lot of time shopping or grazing during day ·I am well-organized ·I can focus and concentrate like you wouldn’t believe; there are no distractions in my world ·There is no clutter in my life and there are no so-called obligatory functions ·There are no draining people in my life ·I don’t own a tv and do not waste any time in passive activities ·As an introvert, I conserve energy by being with people as little as possible and only nice ones or loved ones when I do choose to interact socially ·I have constant variety in my life so when I am innervated by one project, I switch to another and my energy returns ·I love my work—all of it, house, garden, daughter, friends, counseling, web design, teaching, walking my dog; idea of “work” has been well integrated in to my daily life, like a monk · I am a high energy person (that is a great gift from God) ·I don’t smoke, drink, eat white sugar or white flour ·I play hard when I play
“And you can quote me!” she added. “I’m glad you asked.” What a great sense of personal power we get when we’re doing something well that we love to do.
Nancy continued, “The way I’ve worked on your website is my typical way of interacting with web design clients and a typical response time. I really set pace when I do a website with someone and am terrific at wrapping it up, too. Some people have trouble completing things in life or they bottom out in middle when it gets hard. In me, they have a steady pace setter who has will to complete project and know-how, expertise and experience.”