Month: February 2021

Are You Spending Your Time on What Matters?

When it comes to your time, every last minute is important. You have to prioritize your time and find out what is important to you. There are approximately 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week, 730 hours in a month, and 8,765 in a year. When you think of it that way, are you spending your time on what really matters?

How To Prioritize Your Time

When you are trying to prioritize your life and plan for the future, it is important to take notes, make lists, and really ponder on what you want. There are some major areas of your life that you should look at to do this. The areas such as:

• Career
• Family
• Health
• Spirituality
• Fun
• Volunteering

These are the areas that make up the many areas of your life. Filling in the amount of time and energy that you want to spend on each one of these will help you to make sure you are doing what matters to you. Life may seem like you have a lot of time, but in reality, it passes quickly.

Why You Should Make Lists To Manage Your Time

It is so easy to get completely engulfed in a project that you are doing and lose track of time. Have you ever started to do something and then looked up at the clock and been in complete shock of how much time has passed? It is so easy to do, and without a plan, it can continue to happen.

Take each section of the areas to reflect on and decide how much time you are spending on each right now. Once you have done that, decide if you are happy with that or not. Do some self-reflecting and find what you want to spend your valuable time doing. Maybe you didn’t spend as much family time as you wanted to, change it.

Make The Necessary Changes

Even when it comes to the workplace, sometimes you have to decide if you are spending your time wisely. Deciding if what you are spending long hours on is what really matters. While the workplace is oftentimes where long hours are spent, this can go for multiple areas of your life.

A good idea is to have a person who you can trust and rely on to hold you accountable. It can be anyone, just someone who will be honest with you. It is easier for someone on the outside looking in to realize it before you do.

We would love to hear your comments on this article or any of our latest articles.

Gary Brunson
gary@myclearfocus.com

Debra Rider
debra@myclearfocus.com

574.361.2674

Sustainable Growth & Profit Consultant, Coach, Mentor and Counselor/Therapist for Business Owners and Professionals.

Be a Better Leader Through Self-Reflection

Are you a leader at your workplace, church, or extracurricular activity that you are involved in? Being a leader is such a wonderful attribute to have. You are the one that people can turn to for help, questions, and direction. Not only do you hold the ability to direct, but you do it compassionately.

Sometimes there are moments that we need to stop and do some self-reflecting about our leadership positions that we are in. Whether it be in the workplace or not, there are always ways that we can stop and make changes. Finding the areas that you can be a better leader takes self-reflection.

What Does It Mean To Be A Leader?

If you are considered a leader, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you are the one in charge. It just means that you have the capability of encouraging, directing, and organizing while still being compassionate. For the person who is the boss or in charge of a situation, it can be hard to be all of those things at once.

How To Self-Reflect on Your Leadership Skills

To self-reflect, you have to take some time to think back on the events that have happened or are happening. That doesn’t mean the bad times, it means all times. This is going to help you to realize what worked and what didn’t.

During this time you are able to realize where improvements can be made to better a situation. By looking back, you are able to assess what could have changed, with the knowledge you have now. Over time you become aware of newer and better ways to do things.

How Self-Reflecting Can Help You As A Leader

This is extremely beneficial to someone who is in a leadership position, as it will help them to improve if needed. Make note of some areas of this journey, such as:

• Your Strengths
• Your Weaknesses
• Ways That You Reacted
• Then The Ways You Want To Encourage Others

By reflecting on these areas, you can see if you have been meeting all the areas that you are wanting to. Admitting that you are struggling in an area of your life, doesn’t mean you aren’t doing a good job. You are just admitting that you want to be the best version of you that you can be, and you are willing to make the needed changes to do that.

We would love to hear your comments on this article or any of our latest articles.

Gary Brunson
gary@myclearfocus.com

Debra Rider
debra@myclearfocus.com

574.361.2674

Sustainable Growth & Profit Consultant, Coach, Mentor and Counselor/Therapist for Business Owners and Professionals.

How to Sell in a Pandemic Virtual World

Selling virtually is a very common way that many people buy things and have for many years. People are able to sell more to a wider variety of people because there isn’t a need for in-person interactions. The pandemic of 2020 has made virtual sales skyrocket, not to mention the number of people who are selling virtually now instead of in person.

Many businesses through the pandemic have gone home to work, which means that they are still doing their jobs, but from home. Individuals who have meetings and appointments are learning to use virtual ways to still have these meetings. Using sites like Zoom, Skype, and FaceTime. The only downfall that you have to consider is that technical difficulties can be a pain to deal with. But, this has been the way to keep businesses profitable and still stay socially distanced.

How To Do Virtual Sales

It can be hard to transition from in-person sales to virtual sales. When you are so used to being able to have that personal feeling and face-to-face interaction it can be hard to switch it up to a computer screen. You can be just as successful, you may just need to put in a little more effort.

Advertising online and using social media to market your items is a big part of the ways people would sell online before the pandemic and even now. There are more businesses and people using virtual sales now. It is a way for businesses to still keep up their sales even though they are needing to socially distance themselves from people.

How To Be Successful In Virtual Sales

There are so many different areas of the internet that can be utilized when you are selling virtually. Everything from social media, zoom, skype, and websites. There are ways to get the word out and advertise. It is something that you have to stay on top of and keep running.

Selling virtually can be just as successful if not more than in-person sales. You just have to have the right mindset and put your head in the game. Getting people to try your product or items that you are selling and then telling others about it is one of the best ways to boost online sales. Word of mouth is probably one of the most valuable key motivations for people to try a new item.

We would love to hear your comments on this article or any of our latest articles.

Gary Brunson
gary@myclearfocus.com

Debra Rider
debra@myclearfocus.com

574.361.2674

Sustainable Growth & Profit Consultant, Coach, Mentor and Counselor/Therapist for Business Owners and Professionals.