Multi-tasking, good or bad?

Apr15
2012 Leave a Comment Written by Lisa Anderson

Collective conscious leads to gain and scattered consciousness leads to loss. ~  Napolean Hill

How many of you believe multi-tasking is a sign of success?

Are you doing too many things at one time and none of them well?

I can do it all, I know I can!

The more things you do at one time, the more you finish, right? I sure thought so!  Well I’ve now seen the destructive forces at work when I multi-task!  I’m addicted to multi-tasking and didn’t realize it.  If you do nothing else this week, please read my friend and mentor, Mark Januszewski’s blog on the pros and cons of multi-tasking.  He wrote an excellent blog on the error in believing multi-tasking is productive.  In reality, us multi-taskers can’t help but think about what we’re not doing as we try to multi-task. The result is we accomplish less, can’t stay focused on any one single thing and go off in too many directions without finishing well on the one thing we might really want to do! Sadly, even as I was working on my Success Whisperer newsletter today, I caught myself checking email because my notifier went off! Really Lisa?? My multi-tasking addiction is worse than I thought.

Our society seems to believe if we’re not connected every single minute of the day to our various electronic devices, we’ll miss out on something important in life.  Unfortunately, as Mark points out, we often end up FAILING or not ENJOYING FULLY what we’re doing at that particular moment.  It has been a slow growing addiction for me but after reading the Stanford University study, it’s one I’m seriously going to conquer and win over.

Mark J wrote his blog in reference to the MLM industry, but honestly, I feel it applies to almost everyone in every walk of life!  Try making a cake from scratch and talking on the phone at the same time…..it’ll either take twice as long to put together or you’ll leave out a key ingredient.  Trust me on this one!  Please share this blog with those you know who might be multi-taskers, especially where electronic devices are involved……Information overload is one thing but we always have a choice to filter what and when it comes in.  We simply need to start exercising that choice!

Always believe in yourself,

Lisa

 

 


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Where did your passion go?

Mar26
2012 6 Comments Written by Lisa Anderson

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it…Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a promise, fulfill it… Life is a struggle, accept it…. Life is an adventure, dare it.  Life is too precious, do not waste it.  Life is LIFE, fight for it.” ~  Mother Teresa

In one of my recent Success Whisperer newsletters, I alluded to a new twist in this journey called, my life.   I could blame my husband Chuck for this new unrest but to be honest, I think I owe him a huge thank you instead.  Recently we were having one of our typical heart to heart conversations about life together, our kids, the ups, the downs, what makes each of us happy, etc…..

What are you passionate about?
Find your passion and do something significant with it.

It was typical right up to the point when Chuck said, “I just don’t see your spark when you walk up to your office and start your day anymore…..yes, you’re very good at our business, but it doesn’t seem to make you happy……where did your passion go?”

Don’t you just hate it when your spouse is spot on about something personal in your life??  I started to deny READ MORE »


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Did you know?

Mar08
2012 2 Comments Written by Lisa Anderson

Your answer does not  have to be “YES”.

I admit it…..I’m a pack rat and I am battling information overload!

 

Did you know?

Did you know?

…..I collect silly things like first date movie tickets with my husband from 2005, every single card my kids have ever given to me, and photographs that could fill a dozen storage bins.  I still remember the license plate letters from my first boyfriend’s car.  I keep paper menus, postcards from vacations, and every business card I pick up.  I hang onto clothes and shoes for the special time I might get to wear them again….My point is, it’s easy to find a place to store just one more thing, whether it’s in my head or in the garage,……but as a former client asked one time, “Doesn’t it get crowded up in that brain of yours?”  

Sadly, this is often how we treat our minds, isn’t it? READ MORE »


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6 Ways to communicate more effectively

Feb22
2012 2 Comments Written by Lisa Anderson

The single most important skill among successful people is their ability to communicate effectively.   Increase your word power and you’ll increase your earning power.  Improve your communication skills in your personal life and you’ll increase happiness there as well.

Don't keep them bottled up!

Bottling up emotions and ideas will lead you down a path of despair and disappointment.  If it’s important to you, why wouldn’t it be important enough to share with others?  Don’t hold your own success back because you’re afraid to start a conversation with a stranger.  So, what’s the simple answer?  How do we learn to communicate better?

1.  First on the list, stop trying to be perfect and prepared in every conversation!  Small talk can be trite and insignificant.  It’s OKAY.  You’re simply trying to get the wheels of conversation rolling.   READ MORE »


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The secret to overcoming phone fear

Feb05
2012 Leave a Comment Written by Lisa Anderson

I’ll bet I can guess what you’re most afraid of in this world if you happen to be in the direct selling or networking business!  And it’s not spiders, tigers or bears, although spiders rank right up there at the top of my list!  But there’s a bigger fear, so huge in our industry, that it strangles most of us before we ever get out of the starting gate.  It’s the fear of that tiny little technological wonder we call a TELEPHONE! They have certainly changed our world haven’t they? So why does it suddenly weigh a ton when we go to make a call that might just change someone’s life for the better including our own?

I can feel the shiver winding down your spine….your palms are sweaty, your heart rate has crept up a notch or two, your mouth has lost every drop of saliva……..Sound familiar?  Trust me, READ MORE »


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Your “Response-Ability” is KEY to your leadership ability

Jan11
2012 4 Comments Written by Lisa Anderson

Success is impossible without accepting personal responsibility for where you’re at in life right now!  It’s one of the hardest disciplines to maintain, but it’s essential to your happiness, health, achievement and personal leadership.  The failure to accept responsibility or worse, to blame others, will undermine your character, diminish your resolve, and weaken your humanity.  Don’t live your life with regret knowing you didn’t strive to be the best you could be.  Knock off the excuses and admit you’re procrastinating!  Have YOU looked in the mirror lately?  I did it this week and it’s ME right there in front of me making excuses and pretending at being busy!

Am I where I want to be in life?

You don’t want to wake up one day and say, “Is this all there is to my life?”   Sadly, most people tend to blame others for their lot in life, but in reality, you’re completely responsible for your life today.   Look around at the frivolous lawsuits people come up with by blaming others.  Remember the McDonald’s and hot coffee lawsuit? Or the person who got drunk, drove off the road and then sued the manufacturer of the decade old car they were driving? To be candid, YES, some of what you endured or experienced as a child, set you up for this pattern of thinking, but at some point, you became the adult and started making your own decisions.  Start taking control of your “response-ability”.  (To read my earlier blog on this subject, read,  “What’s growing in your crop of life?” ) READ MORE »


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Where have all the conversations gone?

Dec20
2011 9 Comments Written by Lisa Anderson

Do you remember the 60′s song, “where have all the flowers gone” by Pete Seeger?  My question is, “Where have all the conversations gone??”  We live in the world of discarding……Think about it… marriages, in families, and perhaps most life changing of all, in our work force.  Forget your loyalty with a company for 10, 20, or even 30 years……if you don’t fit their company financial numbers, you’re out! PERIOD!  You might even get that notice via a memo or text message today.

Shouldn’t we be a better nation with all this technology? Ironic isn’t it? Instead, we’re slowly losing the ability to communicate.  Don’t believe me? Watch teenagers in the same back seat of a car text to EACH OTHER!! It’s a rare sight to see neighbors chatting over their fence.  We’re all so darn busy.  Even kids stay inside more.  My point is, we’re losing the ability to “talk” to one another.

So where the heck am I going with this longer than normal blog? READ MORE »


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Where will you be in 2012?

Dec12
2011 5 Comments Written by Lisa Anderson

2012 is looming on the horizon……what exactly are your plans, goals, thoughts for next year? This year WILL be different, right? …….Uh-oh, don’t tell me, you’re not sure?  But you WERE  planning to write something down this year, right?  Sometimes, it’s easier said than done and time gets away from us doesn’t it?  Let’s do it differently this year!

Get it done!

Goal setting often feels like an overwhelming task to take on and since it’s an area I struggle with myself, I thought I’d dedicate this article to the steps I personally use.  Drill this thought into your head and remember it……”when you decide on a specific goal, you are overriding your own failure mechanism and in the process, you are changing the direction of your life.”  The good news is you don’t have to be clear on ‘how’ you’ll get there, you just need to be sure about where you want to end up! READ MORE »


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Don’t waste YOUR life living someone else’s

Nov30
2011 3 Comments Written by Lisa Anderson

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma–which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.  Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.  They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary”  ~ Steve Jobs

Have you spent hours dreaming or trying to figure out what you’re “going” to be when you finish growing up?  Have you spent hundreds of dollars on self help books or even thousands on weekend seminars where leaders and speakers attempt to give you their best advice on getting to where they think you need to be?  I’m the first one to admit “self development” books are phenomenal, and some of those weekend retreats can be life changing but the point I’m trying to make here is, only YOU really know who you are and what you want out of life.

I'm walking in my own shoes.

As a close friend once said to me, “you’re the  one walking in your own shoes.”   What?  I don’t need all that expert advice from others?  No, actually you don’t…..Experts are incredible at helping you make progress, but you are the captain of your own ship!  Don’t surrender your will to others.

If you’re the one trying to connect the dots in your life or business, let Steve Jobs’ words sink in and be a quiet reminder that we’re all human and just doing the best we can.  It’s called LIFE…… READ MORE »


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Guest Blog by Kathy Zimmer: Using the power of thought to improve yourself

Nov14
2011 Leave a Comment Written by Lisa Anderson

I’d like to thank my good friend and colleague, Kathy Zimmer, for her insightful blog on improving yourself by using the power of thought!  Kathy is a success coach and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, Ca.  If you believe you can, you can!  Click here to read on…… it’s a great article!  Thanks Kathy!


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