I was kind of embarassed, it was like he was speaking directly to me. How would our Pastor know that I let something {as simple as an electronic object} describe me, and be so important. The message was loud and clear at church a few weeks ago …
It’s no surprise that I love my job. I hate to stop working because I love it so much. Remember my New Years Resolution’s and my 2010 goals? I swore I would give myself an intervention … from … that’s right, my iPhone! Truth is – I haven’t. I can’t. I am addicted.
But that brings me to what I wanted to talk about most, and that is productivity. I have been focusing on 2010 and what an amazing year it will be. How I want to change my business, myself, and all of those goals. But no matter what your role is, your job {a mom, an accountant}, you should never let that role describe yourself as a whole. This seriously sung out to me 
I try to be more productive, and read, or write, or get inspired. Then, my phone dings. It’s a new email. Or it lights up, because I got a new Facebook message. All of a sudden, I am distracted, and no longer focusing on the task at hand. And, while I repeat to myself, that social networking {Twitter, Facebook} are essential parts of my business, they definitely don’t define me, my business, or my work ethic.
So I challenge all of you to make a list. Make a list of the things that are distracting you. My list from the other day went a little something like this:
- Ava
- My iPhone
- The barking dog that never stops outside of my office window
- Writer’s Block
- Nothing to talk about
- Emails that need to be responded to
Use those things to make you more productive. In my case, I turned off some notifications on my phone. I use that phone to be more productive when I am on the road – and it works, but I don’t need every tiny notification. And while I love my daughter dearly, the days that she is home with me, I am not nearly as productive as the days that she is with a sitter, so I stopped working so much on those days. Those, are family days {or Mom & Ava} days. While I think all the time that I have a boring life, writer’s block, and nothing to blog – when have I ever been at a loss for words, and I hear from a lot of my blog readers that you like it when I share my personal life. No excuses – I can make that change too.
What are the things that are making you less productive and defining you? Can you make changes to overcome those boundaries?
Happy Friday!
