C.H.A.O.S. - Create Habits and Outstanding Success

On January 1st I did a 2020 Vision Webinar, where I gave out real success strategies.

It has been six months now. Did you meet any of your goals? If so, I congratulate you. You are a fortitude warrior. Fortitude warriors forge forward against adversity. That is where my motto, "Success with Fortitude" comes from. If you did not meet all of your goals, then stay right here with me as I give you some "Success Strategies" to make the next six months of your year golden. I promise it's going to be a short episode, we are going to move fast, put on your headphones and let's go.....

In the webinar, I told them a bit about me. I won't talk a lot about me because Episode One was all about me. Let's talk about you

• You are in love with what you do
• You love success
• You want to be a fortitude warrior, but
• You are Overwhelmed,
• Looking for direction. And even though you are
• Serious about your craft, you
• Wear a lot of hats, yet you are still
• Committed to the success journey

A bit about success

• It is defined by you
• What does it feel like?
• What does it look like?
• What do you currently contribute to that look and feel?
• What do you need to contribute to the look and feel of success?

You need to know what success looks and feels like in order to identify the successful milestones to your destination. Celebrate each milestone in your success journey.

When you have defined success, identify what motivates you. If you are not sure, then now is the time to define your motivation.

• Define Your why
• Ask Why
• Ask Why again
• Ask Why again
• Ask “why” as many times as you need to get to the real reason you want what you want.

Then develop an Action Plan

• Set a Goal – Now that you know your why, what do you want to happen?
• Set a Date to reach the goal – When do you want to reach your goal?
• Take Inventory:
• What do you have?
• What do you need?
• How do you get what you need?
• How much will what you need cost?
• How much time will it take to get what you need?
• What actions do you have to take?
• What will you use to keep you motivated (podcasts, vision board, masterminds, social media groups, accountability partners, mind maps, etc.)? All of these work but you must stay committed to positively motivating yourself.

Once you have created your action plan and don't try to perfect it. A rough draft will work just as well.

Time to get busy

1. Commit to a goal determination date.
2. The goal determination date is the date that you sit down and determine your goals. Make them tangible, emotional, with benefits and rewards.
3. Set a goal success date – this is the date you will reach your goal.
4. Set first, second, and third actions that will lead you to reaching your goal. Don't take baby steps. Take giant steps.
5. Make a motivation resources list – these are the people, places and things that will keep you motivated.
6. Set an alarm for motivation time – you must use your resources consistently.

I almost lost everything when I kicked rocks. It was a devastating lesson to learn. My senses were dulled and my head was spinning as I made the stunning realization that I am going to talk about in this episode. So stay tuned!

Go Ahead and Kick Rocks. It relieves you of having to deal with distractions too often, for no good reason. At least it feels that way.

Sometimes, this is the approach that you must adopt to get things done, especially with loved ones. I know it sounds rude but no matter how you tell them that you must stay on schedule, you must stay in it, you must persevere, it sounds rude to them.

This is my balance developing story:

I fell head over heels in love and almost gave up everything. The only thing I could think of was being with my person. After losing most of my business and possibly wrecking all that I had worked for, I came to a realization.

In coming to my senses, I went totally the opposite extreme of cutting everyone off to get my business back on track. Guess what happened, I ended up giving up my love.

I was still not happy.

This is when I realized that balance is necessary. It took me a while to see that balance was not only beneficial to my revenue but it was beneficial to my loved ones. There is a saying, a man can't live by bread alone. It should have been, "Man can't live by love alone.

I developed a schedule and shared it and did my best to stick to it. It took fortitude to stifled the mental chaos every day. I verified the pros and cons of each action against each benefit. The good habits became second nature. That's when I came up with "create habits and outstanding success, CHAOS!

Back to Kicking Rocks. In learning to balance my life I learned some ways to circumvent the rudeness.

Here are a few:

I printed out my schedule and shared it with my loved one in a sit-down conversation about the benefits that they will reap if I stay on task.

Another suggestion is to create time blocks for your VIP to make them a priority.

Don't forget to celebrate each milestone that you reach, with them because without their support you would be celebrating alone.

Try to work when they are not around, if possible, and take breaks for power naps, quick smooches, and caresses.

In an article that Lisa Evans wrote for the Entrepreneur.com "How to Balance a Growing Business When Your Family Is Growing Too" She quoted Jas Brar, CEO of Entripy Custom Clothing. He said, "during busy times, he would go into the office at 4:30 am and leave by 7 am, just in time for the kids to wake-up. “

If you have that am flexibility lucky you! If you don't, then find it somewhere else in the day. It will take sacrifice and commitment but be sure to balance.

Another suggestion is when cleaning out your email box, send a "just thinking of you" message. This goes a long way in making them feel thought of.

With our current COVID-19 season, stay in touch virtually with the friends and family that live outside of your home.

Here are some tips for balancing your work and off-site family:

Set business hours and stick to them.

Change your voicemail that states your business hours.

Attend virtual family events and reiterate what you are working and the next big thing that they can expect to happen in your business. This way you let them know you are still moving forward and their support is appreciated.

Sometimes our rudeness will come from the deficiencies we allow to creep into our life. Such as not eating regularly, not exercising, and not taking a much-needed power nap.

Don't do that to yourself....have some compassion for yourself so that you can extend your compassion to others. Planning is a great way to keep track of your work, business, family, and self provisions.

I use a spreadsheet that you can find on my website. Called "Daily Schedule."

Just go to Listeninggift.com and download it.

If you need some additional help with how to work a spreadsheet, go to the Resources/How-To Videos for more. If there is something you want to learn, let me know and I will do a video on it.

Back to Kicking Rocks. Kick Rocks does not just apply to keep people from distracting you. Your business can have distractions that distract you.

Learn to prioritize at work.

Take phone calls twice a day. Make phone calls once a day, close to the time that you take phone calls. That way you can take phone calls from those who call you back immediately. Keep a log and update your CRM. For those of you who are late bloomers like me, a CRM is customer relationship management software.

There are hundreds. Here a few that I have used with my clients: Mailchimp, Hubspot, 17 Hats, Aweber, Constant Contacts, Keap, Contactually, Caterease, and...

Episode 001 - Introduction of CHAOS. A decade in the making, this podcast was developed to showcase the challenges in running a business, climbing the ladder at work, loving your significant other, being a family, and balancing your life. The guests and I will share experiences and resources that are used to create habits that eliminate overwhelm, stop mental distractions so that you can save time, and money, increase revenue and have outstanding success.

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Tamara L. Hunter is the President and Co-founder of a 501c3 nonprofit, Chemo Buddies for Life, that is serving those affected by cancer throughout the world. She was crowned the “First Global Next Impactor” on August 30, 2019. Tamara also is the creator and host of, “The Service Hero Show” which highlights a Service Hero or Service Concept daily; thus inspiring others to see that they also have a Service Hero inside.

Building a nonprofit through the internet that is now reaching and serving throughout the world. I did not have any social media or internet skills when starting, a little over three years ago. Now I am the “First Global Next Impactor” and have “buddies” throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Australia.

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