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Investing in Yourself

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Tuesday, December 24th, 2013

invest in yourselfAs the year winds down and we start to look back over what we have accomplished in 2013, a lot of us are tallying up just how many of our goals we reached this year and making a list for next year. One thing those goals may have in common is the amount of time spent on reaching them. But a better use of our time would be to figure out just what we can do for ourselves that will make our goals easier to reach in a lesser amount of time.

If we track our time for a week or even a day, it’s surprising just how much free time we really do have and how much of that we waste on frivolous pursuits – Facebook and Twitter come to mind, as well as several other popular social networking websites. Technology in general has added an element of laziness to our days that we often contribute to work related tasks. If we aren’t participating in social networking throughout the day, we are left feeling as if we are missing out on something. Is this really investing in ourselves and using our time well?

Investing in yourself doesn’t mean you have to spend a fortune, or anything at all. But it does mean you will have to spend time on you and for a lot of us, we are quite often the last person we spend time on and when we do, it isn’t spent wisely. When asked how they would prefer to spend their time, most business owners answered with the following: family, health and education. Runners up were long term projects and yoga or meditation. When asked what was stopping them? Lack of time!

Quit wasting your precious minutes and hours. Technology has allowed us to have access to a world full of news. While it’s nice to be informed of everything that is going on globally, focusing yourself locally will cut down on time wasted with news items that will never concern you and shouldn’t concern you. Do we really need to know what every celebrity is doing every day? Spend that time on yourself, your family and your friends. Spend it on your business, your customers. In this way, you are investing in yourself and not scattering your energy.

Spend a few minutes and make a list of what you really want to do this year. This can be personal or business related. Then spend a few more minutes researching, shut down all of the distractions and go do it. Even a few minutes a day can create a habit, especially if it’s at the same time each day. This time can be for exercise, courses you’re interested in, other recreational activities or even getting to know your own locale again. I lived in Toronto for years and never did spend any time getting to know the city – I was too busy working and commuting back and forth to work. What a waste of my time!

Investing in yourself means paying attention to what you are doing. It is a commitment, a promise to yourself to move forward instead of staying in one place and then having regrets once again at the end of the year. It means choosing yourself over the distractions that take up your time. Investing in yourself leads to growth and if you’re finishing off the year feeling as if something is incomplete in your life, now is the time to figure out what you’ve left unfinished and resolve to change it within the coming year. Deciding to change your life from a feeling of incompleteness to one of fulfillment is the most important step in deciding to invest in yourself.

If once you’ve completed your list you find there are tasks that you shouldn’t be spending so much time on that could be delegated, schedule a Discovery Call with us to find out how we can help!  (And don’t worry, our call won’t be a sales pitch…  We love finding more about entrepreneurs’ businesses and sharing how our team can help you achieve more in less time.  The best working relationships are beneficial to both.)

 

© Chris Draper, DemGen Inc. 2013

image courtesy of Melody Campbell

Categories : Entrepreneurial Lifestyle, Productivity, Time Management
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Client Spotlight: Denise Clelan – Clelan Coaching

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Thursday, December 19th, 2013

Denise_ClelanPlease tell us more about Clelan Coaching. 

I have the unbelievable privilege of working with talented entrepreneurs who have achieved considerable success. They’re accomplished, sharp, and creative. They’re creators who know how to make things happen. These are also people who stretch themselves and want to experience ALL there is to life. Somewhere in the midst of all the business building and the activity, however, they often find themselves feeling as though something’s missing. Sometimes this is just a subtle, nearly indescribable thing. Other times there’s a full out feeling of discontent, overwhelm, or even emptiness. These amazing producers can find themselves drained of energy and may actually be wondering why they continue to do what they do. Achievements may feel unrewarding, relationships may be suffering, and physical health may even be deteriorating.

You see, we’re complex beings. When we operate from an imbalanced state for any length of time, it has an impact on us. The driving, pushing, achieving of an entrepreneurial life is at once exhilarating and exhausting when we ignore any aspect of ourselves.

I help successful entrepreneurs find the fulfillment they crave by helping them clear out inner blocks that hold them back, and by helping them balance the delicate fabric of their lives. This work is so unique because it zones in on the entrepreneur’s inner world—the part that fundamentally shapes his or her outer world. Using Energy Leadership™ as a backdrop, the process I use helps transform every area of the entrepreneur’s life—relationships, business, dynamic communication, productivity, leadership, health…even spirituality. And as a result of this process, fulfillment prevails.

What inspired you to create this company?

I was inspired to create this company because of the amazing transformation I’ve experienced myself as a result of Core Energy ™ coaching. A complex physical condition coupled with a boatload of stress throughout my own entrepreneurial journey, had taken me to a very scary place. Despite years of participation in other coaching programs and workshops, I found myself totally empty. The accolades and awards seemed meaningless, my life felt totally out of control, my most important relationships were suffering, and I was desperately ill with little hope for recovery. To the outside world, my life seemed great, even charmed. But inside, I was anything but fulfilled.

I originally began training to be a coach because it seemed it would benefit my business. But as I saw the truly miraculous transformation that occurred in my own life and those I began coaching, it became crystal clear that coaching others to fulfillment is what I’m meant to do.

What common trends do you see with your clients?

Like everyone else, entrepreneurs find themselves enmeshed in the demands of life. Their tendency to take things on and to always be forging ahead can make the complexities of life that much more overwhelming. I find that at the root of nearly every entrepreneurial dream is a drive for freedom; be it freedom of expression, of creativity, of time; or freedom from fear or financial concern. Yet freedom is left to be fully experienced for another day…when everything that’s urgent has been accomplished. This disconnect between the real desire of their hearts, and their actual experience leave entrepreneurs feeling somehow hijacked.

 What’s the most rewarding thing about what you do?

Oh my…where do I start?! There is nothing more gratifying than seeing someone connect with who they truly are at their core, step into their power, and live the life they’re meant to live. To be able to support some of the most intriguing, creative people in the world connect the dots that bring them to a place of real joy and fulfillment is nirvana for me.

What are your greatest recent accomplishments (both with DemGen and otherwise)?

This is a really tough question to answer because every one of my clients comes to me with a different goal—a different vision of what fulfillment means. In just the past year, I’ve had clients completely turn nearly bankrupt businesses around, others who have experienced unprecedented growth in their businesses, and still others who have healed broken relationships, significantly altered the course of major health conditions, discovered their real purpose in life and decided to live it…the list goes on and on. You see, this work really has nothing to do with me. I’m simply the catalyst that helps people achieve what they already know they’re capable of. It’s an honor to be able to support people in such a way that allows them to reach their true potential, whatever that looks like to them. And they do!

How has working with DemGen benefited your business?

My relationship with DemGen is relatively new but I can say that the Future Vision Map™ process was most enlightening. I really loved that process, getting to play in the world of possibilities that was then translated in to a bigger picture than what I might have dreamed up on my own. It stretched me, which I like. And I was very thankful for Will’s strong intuition, which guided the process so seamlessly.

How has ‘going virtual’ benefited your business?

I guess my first reaction to this question would be “aaaahhhh!” There’s something about being able to turn over the controls and only be available for guidance, that gives me peace. I also love the fact that it’s not necessary for me to go out and hire a team of experts, then oversee them. DemGen does all that for me.

Did you have any initial reservations about ‘going virtual’?   If so, what made you change your mind?

Candidly, it never occurred to me that so much support could be offered virtually so it was never really on my radar before. Now that I realize the applications, I can’t imagine not always using virtual support at one level or another. It’s seamless, involves limited training, and can flex with one’s business needs. What an awesome concept!

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Denise Clelan is a renowned coach and speaker that works with entrepreneurs and their companies to help them reach their goals and achieve their dreams.  She is available for speaking engagements and will be launching an entrepreneurial fulfillment workshop both live and virtually.  Be sure to stay abreast of the latest at Clelan Coaching!

 

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Focus on What You Do Best and Delegate the Rest

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Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

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Success does not mean that you ignore your weaknesses. It doesn’t mean that by following your passion you will succeed. It also doesn’t mean fame and fortune. It doesn’t necessarily even mean doing what you love since most of us aren’t that fortunate and quite often what we love isn’t what we excel at. Success is taking what you do well and leaving the rest to someone else. It means succeeding for yourself and yourself only, not for anyone else.

Over the years, I can think of several examples of people who were in the wrong professions for the wrong reasons. Science teachers who loved science but couldn’t teach well, conductors who loved music but didn’t have the patience to lead a symphony orchestra comprised of over 80 members to the perfection they wanted so badly. Both of these are examples of loving a subject but not necessarily taking the right path or making the right choice. The science teacher would have been better off in a lab, the conductor leading a life as a musician and not leading others.

Many extremely intelligent people, most of which have started their own businesses, learned the hard way that they have multiple interests, but not necessarily multiple talents. Time and again, when asked what they loved to do, they not only didn’t have an answer, the topics they were interested in were so varied that they didn’t have the time or the energy to invest in half of them. They realized along the way that to make a living, they needed to focus on what they were good at, small or large as that was, and they set out to grow a business. They were also smart enough to know that even with their hobbies and interests, they didn’t really want to spend all of their time on even one of them.

Even knowing all of these things, once their businesses were up and running, they ran into difficulties, since they didn’t know everything there was to know about keeping a business running in an ever changing technological world. Following the advice of others, they looked around for the best people to support them.  Virtual teams, comprised of members with many talents, each doing what they’re best at and leaving the ‘other stuff’ to those best suited closed the gaps, creating a whole that got the job done.

Success is having the courage to know what you are good at, build your business around it, and leave the rest behind.

 

© Chris Draper, DemGen Inc. 2013

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Categories : Entrepreneurial Lifestyle, Small Business, Virtual Teams
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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Sara Blakely – Spanx (Update)

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Thursday, December 12th, 2013

SaraBlakely-ProfileWe know that Spanx founder Sara Blakely is a pretty spectacular woman, having created a wildly successful line of shape wear that can be found all over the world while still managing to keep her feet on the ground. So if that isn’t enough of a reason to appreciate what she’s built for herself, here’s another reason to love her. In May of this year, Sara Blakely also became one of the newest members to join The Giving Pledge, a foundation created to motivate the world’s wealthiest people to commit more than half of their wealth to philanthropic causes.

The Giving Pledge is a joint venture created by Warren Buffet and Bill and Melinda Gates as a way to donate the majority of their fortunes to charity foundations and philanthropic causes that are close to their hearts. To date, there are 115 of the world’s billionaires who have pledged the majority of their wealth. The pledge does not directly donate an exact amount to The Giving Pledge or the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, but instead, works as a promise from the billionaires to society that they will contribute the majority of their wealth to the organizations of their choice over the course of their lifetime or upon their death.

Blakely is already known for her contributions to women’s charities and the establishment of the Sara Blakely Foundation, and says in her pledge letter that, “Since I was a little girl I have always known I would help women.” According to Blakely, Bill and Melinda Gates approached her at a dinner party they held, and Blakely spent a few months mulling the proposition over before deciding to make the pledge.

Of course, Blakely would never let her signature style be lost, even with joining such a large foundation. As a form of introduction in her pledge letter Blakely says, “At Spanx we say it’s our goal to make the world a better place, one butt at a time. With this pledge my goal is to make the world a better place… one woman at a time.” Even Blakely herself never thought such a success could be built from wanting a better looking behind.

Blakely is now among the likes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and inventor Elon Musk, who have all made the same pledge. In the years to come, it will be both interesting and influential to see the good these entrepreneurs will continue to do, and who else will make such an impressive pledge.

 

© Zoe Begopoulos, DemGe Inc. 2013

Categories : Entrepreneurial Lifestyle, Entrepreneurial News/Stories, Women Entrepreneurs
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Clearing the Obstacles with Your Business

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Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
pam christie, chief operations officer, demgenI heard a fable about a king that placed a boulder in a gravel roadway many, many years ago. Then he hid and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. The king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came along and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon seeing the boulder, he laid down his burden and tried moving the large rock. He spent much time pushing and straining, and finally succeeded in clearing the roadway. After moving the boulder, he noticed a bag lying in the road where the boulder had been, which contained several gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person ambitious enough to remove the boulder from the roadway.

As entrepreneurs, there is much to learn from this fable. Many of us run into obstacles daily and feel that there are only two methods of handling them: we either go around them or move them.

But what if there was another way?

As our businesses grow and often our ambition with it, we tend to have a lot on the go. We’re handling things we have no experience with and at the same time may be juggling various personal issues and trying to have time for ourselves. When we come across that boulder that is exactly what we see, something large that’s in our way. Rarely do we see it as an opportunity.

Because we aren’t entirely focused on our path at the time, the path that holds the boulder (or whatever the obstacle), it can sometimes seem as if this is just one more thing to add to all of the others that are keeping you from attaining your goals. If you look at it in a different way, this obstacle is only one thing and by focusing on it completely at the time you come across it, you will learn a valuable lesson for the future. That you are capable of handling many of the problems you come across and by doing so, you learn things that can be applied to your business in the future.

Obstacles in business happen to all entrepreneurs. It’s how we handle them that leads to our success or failure. Doing the same thing you have always done when coming up against obstacles will lead to the same result so it’s time to try something new.

Stick to what you do best and bring in a support team. A virtual team is well organized and can work together with you to solve your most difficult problems, while at the same time allowing you to work on the parts of your business that you excel at. They are used to challenges and can teach you new methods of dealing with problems that tend to arise repeatedly.

Whether your obstacle is one of a changing market, a competitor that has taken away many of your customers or an internal obstacle such as illness, a team can point you in a new direction and give you the support you need to get back on board and moving ahead once again.

Remember that whether or not your business obstacles occur because of others or through your own choices, you can cast aside blame and just get to work on them, one step at a time. It won’t always be easy or necessarily done quickly but the more you can focus on putting your effort into your goals, the sooner you will reap the rewards and learn from doing it.

 

© Pam Christie, DemGen Inc. 2013

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Five Precepts for Entrepreneurs

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Tuesday, November 26th, 2013

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Precept: a general rule intended to regulate behaviour or thought.

All of your actions will have a corresponding reaction.

For each move you make as a business owner, especially those that propel your business forward, your competitors will react. Much like a chess game, strategic moves that result in your business jumping to the forefront of your niche, will result in a likewise counter move from others who compete, with their products and services.

Expecting perfection is self defeating.

The more you strive for perfection in your business, the less happy you may be with your progress. Have you ever noticed the business owner who refuses to bring out a new product until everything is just right? The advertising, the messages they would like to get across on social media, their website – all of it must look just right, be the right color, have perfect wording, come across a certain way – all in the name of perfection. In the meantime, your competitors have already moved ahead with the same or similar services and products and are now the leaders in the same market.

Even when you fail, there is a lesson to be learned.

Without failure, there would be no risks. By taking risks, entrepreneurs innovate and this is how some of our greatest companies have come to exist. With risk, there is also the chance of failure and this is the way you learn what to improve, which things to change and how not to be complacent. Failure doesn’t necessarily mean that your product has bombed or your services are unneeded. It can also mean that your marketing campaign wasn’t quite right or that you are a little ahead of your time. It gives you a chance to stop and think…and improve.

Plans are made to be changed.

No one likes change. Though many say they thrive on it and apparently it is good for us, it still doesn’t go over well, especially with your customers. Marketing change as improvement has long been one way many large companies have managed resistance in their customers. Changing your plans doesn’t mean you slow down or become less productive. It means you have a better idea and want to move forward with it.

Measure success through your own eyes, not through the eyes of others.

If this is your first business, you know how far you’ve come. You know what you have learned since striking out on our own and though you may not know why everything is going well, over time you’ll learn that also! Don’t let others tell you how well you’re doing unless those others are your customers. You’ll know which of your actions  have created the most welcome response from them, as all of your actions will have a corresponding reaction!

 

© Chris Draper, DemGen Inc. 2013

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Intrapreneurs, the Hidden Goldmine

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Monday, November 25th, 2013

Gary EvansI feel that as entrepreneurs, we accelerate our growth (personally and professionally) when we cultivate and surround ourselves with other entrepreneurs.

Personally, I’ve been in several networking, mastermind and peer/accountability groups.  Currently, I’m in EO – Entrepreneurs Organization and have previously been a student at Strategic Coach, both of which I highly recommend.

And why wouldn’t we want to stock our company with a team of entrepreneurs/Intrapreneurs v.s. employees to help grow our business?  One of my key phrases for our company DemGen, is that it’s all “co-created”, it’s not the workings of any one person.  I’d go as far as saying I’m anti-employee.  Sure, larger companies need people to follow a script, yet I believe there’s still room to support and encourage pro-active entrepreneurial thinking.

I thought of this when I was asked by our Marketing Goddess for an article about my experience, and specifically how many years I’ve been an entrepreneur.  The answer was tougher than I imagined when I pieced it together over the years, yet the final official tally was 20 years which I skyped to her and then within a few minutes said…WAIT, I want it stated that most of my employment/corporate life was as an intrapreneur.

Then I said WAIT! to myself, I better do a little research on the technical term of intrapreneur.  Definition of ‘Intrapreneurship’:

Acting like an entrepreneur within a larger organization. The term is derived from a combination of “intra” or internal, and “entrepreneurship.” Intraprenuers are usually highly self-motivated, proactive and action-oriented people who are comfortable with taking the initiative, even within the boundaries of an organization, in pursuit of an innovative product or service.

And while I still feel I’ve positioned my background accurately I would say that within the confines of the technical definition of “intrapreneur”, I was missing one critical element.  That is, that I typically did not fully have the agreement and support of the companies I worked for to act intrapreneurially.  In my view, I was basically bored with the confines of a typical job description and started to create additional value to motivate myself and keep the job interesting.  In my employers view, I was often viewed as the trouble-maker or black-sheep of the corporate culture, stirring things up.  I was disruptive, always achieved or surpassed my goals, had high-performing teams and more importantly created new revenue streams in those environments and continue to do so within DemGen,. Only now my actions are rewarded and usually appreciated.

I could write for days about this, and I won’t.  What I DO want to write about is what sparked this stroll down memory lane.

Essentially, my current company, DemGen, sources intrapreneurial team members/collaborators and our job is to act intrapreneuirally for our clients.  That is – we help them grow their business and realize their “ideal future vision for their business”.  Intrapraneurs bring their capacity for action and innovation to the organizations in which they work, acting as inside forces for change.

Upon reflection of this, I now get that my team and I are equipped to work with this group of intrapreneurs.  Whereas most traditional mindset companies and sadly even some entrepreneurial companies I know of are not.  We understand, embrace and support them.  Just as we do to help each other discover and work within our unique genius abilities.  Interestingly, during my quick research I came across an article about former entrepreneurs looking for a job.  There is significant data suggesting that potential employers favour candidates who have always been an employee over someone who has created or partnered within an entrepreneurial company.  While the data didn’t surprise me, as having directly experienced this prejudice I have the opposite prejudice in that I’m cautious of bringing on team members without entrepreneurial experience.

To broaden the lens further, being an intrapreneurial team is what DemGen brings to our clients.  This is what they are looking for and in fact if they are still looking for that “one” or a “few” select individual staff members, then they are not a fit or an ideal client for us and vice versa.  We are looking for progressive entrepreneurs that understand how fast things are changing and understand the value we bring.

There are three types of companies that we support.

  1. Traditional brick and mortar
  2. Completely virtual
  3. Hybrid – blend of the two

We supply talent virtually, so I understand that Type 1. will require some traditional hires to staff their offices, while augmenting their team with our services in areas deemed unnecessary to have any or all in-house team such as sales, customer service, some areas of admin, phone reception, appointment scheduling, marketing/social media/web.  Obviously Type 2. and 3. are easier and direct fits.

Are you actively engaging intrapreneurs (hidden goldmine) within your company?

 

© Gary Evans, DemGen Inc. 2013

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Entrepreneur Spotlight: David Karp – Tumblr

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Thursday, November 21st, 2013

Meet David Karp, not your average young entrepreneur

demgen entrepreneur spotlight david karpWhat would you do if you were a young, successful, computer programmer worth about $200 million dollars? If you’re anything similar to David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, your answer would be spending the weekend at home, or laying low in general.

If you aren’t sure what Tumblr is, a brief explanation would be that it is one of the world’s most used online blogging platforms; and the reason Tumblr is so interesting to the business world is because 27-year-old Karp signed a $1.1 billion dollar acquisition deal for his company to Yahoo earlier this year.

To call Karp a modern day child wonder would be, well, the right title. Dropping out of high school at the age of 15, with the blessing of his parents, Karp spent his last years of adolescence being homeschooled and interning for Frederator Studies, directly followed by landing a job at online parenting forum, UrbanBaby. Definitely not what the regular 15-year-old with no school obligations would spend his time doing, but it seems to have paid of exponentially since then.

Karp eventually started his own software consultancy company, Davidville, which later turned into Tumblr, Inc. after the launch of the micro blogging website with the same name. Surprisingly, the most interesting thing about Karp is not the start of his million-dollar company but instead, how he spends his time being a millionaire.

demgen entrepreneur spotlight david karpA simple web search will provide the link to Karp’s personal Tumblr, David’s Log. This might be the best source of proof that Karp spends the majority of his time like just about every other young adult. On the blog you can find links to articles Karp finds interesting, various quotes, and personal photos, which include Karp, his girlfriend Rachel, and their French/English Bulldog, Clark. Other pictures on Karp’s Tumblr reveal a sparsely furnished apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and a love for small things – like taking Clark on walks through the park, and spending time with close friends.

What you slowly learn about Karp is that he is an entrepreneur that sincerely loves his creation, and intends to continue building and growing with Tumblr for the rest of his life. Instead of moving on from his business like some entrepreneurs do when a certain status is reached, Karp negotiated to remain as the CEO of Tumblr when it was acquired by Yahoo, and doesn’t intend to pursue any other business interests in the future.

Who’s to say that Karp’s dream was to build a social media platform that would become the meeting place for millions of artists, musicians, graphic designers, bloggers and fans? Even if it wasn’t, he has done an amazing job of growing and supporting the users of his creation. Karp has even reached a point in his career that most entrepreneurs strive for: he sincerely loves his creation. So while Karp’s life may look similar to perfection, it’s also a good reminder that achieving a balanced and happy lifestyle is capable, with plenty of time for dog walking along the way.

 

© Zoe Begopoulos, DemGen Inc. 2013

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Conquer the To Do List: How to Boost Productivity

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Thursday, November 21st, 2013

Whether you’re a busy entrepreneur – or just busy in general – you’re probably no stranger to writing things down to help yourself complete them. The to-do list is a productive technique that people do without even realizing their doing it. The problem is, most to do lists are a jumble of half-finished tasks and large assignments to be accomplished. As with almost anything, there is a science behind an affective to do list. Here are a few tips to help you control those little slips of paper.

1.     Make daily and weekly lists

Different tasks run on different timelines. If it’s a particularly busy week, sit down and map out when certain tasks need to be completed, so it’s easier to prioritize the tasks that need to be completed quickly.

2.     Prioritize with high impact tasks at the top

Tasks that will either lose or gain you money should always be placed at the top. As finances are key for entrepreneurs and small business, tasks that directly correlate to a financial value should be of high importance.

 3.     Break down large tasks

Tasks that have multiple parts within them should be broken. If the task is to “Complete Proposal,” be sure to mark down each component within that proposal that needs to be completed. This allows your mind to focus on tasks that can be completed quickly.

4.     Sort everything

Don’t throw all your everyday and work to do’s on the same list. Things like grocery shopping and laundry pick up should stay off your lists dedicated to work items, so the lists don’t become jumbled.

5.     Don’t jump from task to task (this is science!)

The science of to do lists lies behind the Zeigarnek Effect. This theory concludes that people have a hard time focusing if they began a task they are unable to complete. Jumping between tasks will hinder your productivity because while you’re trying to complete one thing, your mind will remain focused on the unfinished task you left behind. By breaking down larger tasks (tip #3), you’ll find you begin to feel more accomplished and will work through your list quickly.

As an entrepreneur of the 21st century, you may feel slips of paper floating around are a bit unorganized. Try downloading an app to your smart phone that will help you keep everything in order. A well-built, sleek To Do App for iPhone is Any.DO by Any.DO Inc. The app is beautifully crafted and lets you create folders to organize tasks by theme or day. You are able set timers, importance of tasks, make notes, and push back items if timelines change. Any.DO is available in the App Store for Free.

 

© Zoe Begopoulos, DemGen Inc. 2013

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How to Become an Entrepreneur

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Wednesday, November 20th, 2013

how to become an entrepreneur - demgenIn a word: tenacity.

There is no definite answer for how to become an entrepreneur.  There are many paths that can lead to success.

Entrepreneurship isn’t limited by age, gender, education or location.  In fact, the only barrier tends to be your own fear of failure.

There’s no room for fear in entrepreneurship.

If you really want to be an entrepreneur you have to truly commit to your vision.

Unwavering belief in yourself and in your business are essential traits.  Mastering your mind to think correctly is the key.

Let’s be honest, the journey won’t always be easy or fun.  It’s a winding road full of peaks and valleys.  But, if you are truly committed to your business and have the determination and persistence to see your idea through – you will succeed.  And it will all be worth it in the end.

Getting the right supporting team will also help you achieve your goals faster.  You have inherent genius abilities and that should be your primary focus.  Delegate the rest to others, like us!

Surrounding yourself with the best will make you even better.

This video will show you that anyone can build a successful business and might make you shed a few happy tears…

 

© Tamara Smith, DemGen Inc. 2013

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