The Power of Mornings: Why Successful Entrepreneurs Get up Early

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The Power of Mornings: Why Successful Entrepreneurs Get up Early

Lisa Evans

When running a business, it may seem like there are never enough hours in the day.

Tapping into the power of mornings, a time of day when there are less demands,

might be the key to increasing your productivity.

For 15 years, Starbucks President Michelle Gaas has set her alarm for 4:30 a.m. to go running. Gretchen Ruben, popular author of The Happiness Project (Harper Perennial, 2011)

wakes up at 6 a.m. and works for an hour before her family rises.

Time-management expert Laura Vanderkam highlights what makes mornings special

and how we can use them more efficiently in her book What The Most Successful People 

Do Before Breakfast (Portfolio Trade, 2013).

Here are a few benefits to getting out of bed earlier. 

You are less likely to get distracted in the morning. An entrepreneur's day fills up fast.

If you wait until the afternoon or evening to do something meaningful for yourself

such as exercising or reading, you’re likely to push it off the to-do list altogether.

“There are going to be reasons why you can't tackle a personal priority at 4 p.m. – 

things have a lot less likelihood of coming up at 6 a.m.," says Vanderkam.

You have more willpower early in the day.

Even if you aren't a morning person, you may have more willpower in the early hours than later

in the day. "Willpower is like a muscle [that] becomes fatigued with over-use," says Vanderkam. During the course of the day as you're dealing with difficult people, 

making decisions and battling traffic, you use up your willpower, 

leaving you feeling depleted toward the end of the day.

Mornings give you the opportunity to set a positive tone for the day. If you've ever slept in

past your alarm clock or forgotten your kids' lunches on the counter, you know that starting off

the day with a failure can bring down your mood and affect your productivity at work

anderkam says waking up earlier allows you to start the day with a victory

and set the tone for a happier and more productive day.

If the thought of waking up at sunrise makes you cringe, Vanderkam recommends these four steps to transform even a habitual night owl into a morning person.

1. Keep a time journal. 

Vanderkam says one of the reasons people say they don't like mornings 

is that they stay up too late. She recommends keeping a time journal for a week 

to show where you may be using your time inefficiently. Vanderkam finds 

when many self-professed night owls look at their time journals, they often find 

they aren't spending their evening hours productively or doing anything particularly enjoyable.

2. Imagine your perfect morning.

Imagine what you would do if you had an extra hour in the day. Would you exercise?

Read the newspaper rather than simply skimming the headlines? "

[Getting up earlier] isn't about punishing yourself. 

You will not get out of bed if you don’t have a good reason to do it," says Vanderkam.

3. Plan your morning. 

Once you have decided what you want to do with your extra time, plan how to execute it,

and set as much up as possible the night before. For example, if you want to exercise in the morning, lay out your clothes the night before, or gather the ingredients for your breakfast.

4. Build the habit slowly. 

Vanderkam says you will likely hit the snooze button and sleep in if you try to switch your habits drastically. So instead of setting your alarm for 5 a.m. when you normally get up at 7:30 a.m.

set the alarm for 10 minutes earlier each day.

To make sure you don't lose sleep, go to bed 10 minutes earlier each night.

If you have trouble hitting the sack on time, set a bedtime alarm.

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How to Change Your Poor Personal Reputation at Work

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How to Change Your Poor Personal Reputation at Work

Doug and Polly White

Changing the way others see us is difficult -- very difficult.

Here’s why: People form opinions about us, fairly or unfairly. As an example,

say that others believe that you’re overly harsh or critical. Humans like to be right, right? 

Therefore, once an opinion is formed, we tend to look for evidence that supports our beliefs. Conversely, we ignore behavior that contradicts our thinking. 

This is particularly true when the thing that contradicts our perception of someone 

is the absence of a bad behavior -- a non-behavior.

We have worked with several mid- and senior-level executives to help them change

their colleagues' perceptions. In one case, an executive was known for being very direct.

He didn’t mince words when he saw a problem or something that could be improved.

His subordinates came to expect his criticisms

and were used to hearing him voice them in front of their coworkers.

So, he changed: The executive began seeing that his behavior was having a negative effect

on the groups he led. He found out, for example, that some of his direct reports

labeled his office “the gates of hell.” So, he started to watch what he said. This executive 

then actually managed to go for several days without as much as one critical word.

But he slipped. He criticized one of his direct reports in front of the entire team at a meeting –

and immediately regretted his behavior. Yet it was too late. He had said something harsh.

And that action reinforced others' perception of him.

The trouble with getting others to see and believe in a change in the offending person's behavior is that people are unlikely to think,
“That’s the first harsh thing I’ve heard the boss say in a few days.”
Instead, people are more likely to think,

“Yep, just what I thought, always negative.”

So, even though you, the offending person, may have improved, say, 95 percent,
that one slip will reinforce what people think; perceptions will remain unchanged.

This is why changing the way people see you is so difficult.

Still, changing how you're perceived is not impossible. The key is to get people to notice

your improved behavior, something that is unlikely to happen without some prompting word

or phrase from you. A technique that has worked well for us over the years is to ask for help

from the person whose opinion you want to change.

In the case of our executive-client,
we had him enlist the help of a couple of his key subordinates.

He did this by saying, “I have received feedback that I am too critical and I know it’s true.

I’m trying to be less negative, but changing is difficult. Would you be willing to help me?”

In our experience, this request usually gets a favorable response.

Generally, people ask, “What can I do to help?” This was the case with the executive.

He explained that he wanted his observers to pay close attention to his behavior

and note every time he said something that could be perceived as harsh.

He then met individually with them to get their feedback.

After several weeks of identifying only a limited number of times when the executive was harsh,

his observers began to accept that he had changed.
There was the added benefit that they began to spread the word to others within the organization. Over time, the executive was able to reduce the frequency of these feedback sessions.
And once he and others had accepted the new behaviors as normal,
he was able to phase-out the sessions altogether.

He was able to get people to notice a non-behavior.

One caution here: Don’t start this process unless you are serious about making a change.

If you ask for feedback but don’t make the necessary change,

you’ll only call attention to your bad behavior more. You’ll make the situation worse.

Changing the perception that others have of you is hard work, but, with persistence, it’s do-able.

The process we've outlined here is the best one we have found

for getting people to notice positive behavioral change.

That way, you can finally stop worrying that others are describing your office
as the "gates of hell."

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You can TCR software/engineering manuals for spontaneous recall – or pass that exam.

I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

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To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

Fight Overthinking, That Destroyer of Decision Making

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Fight Overthinking, That Destroyer of Decision Making

Martin Turner and Jamie Barker

When making decisions under pressure, many professionals are plagued with a fear

of making the wrong choice, selecting an option that could lead to business failure.

This fear of failure, in itself, is not a bad thing.

In our new book What Business Can Learn From Sport Psychology, we examine how a fear of failure can actually provide powerful motivation for athletes and business professionals. 

But that's only if the fear of failure inspires thoughts of success and taking assertive actions toward a desired goal.

So where does the fear of failure stem from? Often it originates from the fear of making the wrong choice, which more often than not is caused by overthinking.

The root of overthinking.

With overthinking, people want to make the right decision so much; they worry that they won’t

be able to and lose sight of what it takes to make good decisions: a clear mind.

By worrying and ruminating about a decision, they can slow down the mental processes

that underpin decision making. They try to force the brain to complete the complex process

 of making a decision in a way that it is not comfortable with.

Take driving for example. Driving is an extremely complicated process involving coordination of mind and body to perform intricate movements safely and proficiently. If you've been driving

for some time, no doubt you make the complex decisions for doing so without thinking

about the precise processes involved. You have developed expertise after all, and decisions can

be made without having to process each alternative and consciously weighing the pros and cons.

But maybe when you were learning to drive this wasn’t the case.

When someone is learning to drive, each choice is made intentionally and deliberately.

But if you had to take your driving test again in order to continue driving (and had to make sure

your performance was flawless), you would probably abandon your automatic decision-making process and instead break down the choices into their component parts, asking yourself,

Are my hands in the right place? Have I checked the mirrors? Am I in the right lane? 

The trouble is, by examining all the component choices, you would be making decisions

in a way that's very odd for your brain. You are an expert, remember, and all this intricate

and in-depth procedural decision making is not needed anymore. So what would normally

be a smooth and proficient decision-making process would become a slow

and uncoordinated state of confusion. That ultimately would damage your performance.  

In golf, overthinking the skill execution has been the ruin of many a professional.

Like all elite athletes, professional golfers have undergone thousands of hours of deliberate practice to ingrain technical skills into their mind and body. This learning process means that when

they perform, they don’t need to think about the individual component parts of skill execution.

When putting, they don’t need to consider the complex sequence of coordinated movements

in their hands, arms, shoulders, back, trunk, legs and feet. They can just think about

where they want to the ball to go and execute the move automatically.

But when worry emerges, in those pressure situations when a putt will win the championship,

many golfers start to break the skill down and try to make the putt as if they were novices performing the skill for the first time. No longer is putting a smooth automatic process.

It becomes an uncoordinated and rigid process.

And that can turn a simple putt into a performance catastrophe.  

When working memory isn’t working.

So under stressful, pressured situations, when making a decision is vital,

worrying can cause overthinking. The working memory is someone quickly calculates risk

and weighs the pros and cons in the brain. It is also where worrying takes place.

Because worrying takes up vital space in the working memory, no longer can the person efficiently process the information needed to make that all important decison.

Instead, he or she tries to grasp every little component part of making that choice

and break down the skill of decision making into a mechanical process.

Just like the driving example, however, this isn’t how the person normally makes accurate decisions.

Be instinctual.

If you encounter those stressful high-pressured moments, instead of overthinking

and risking paralysis by analysis, carry out your business analyses and evaluations,

think about the issues and then go with what feels right rather than trying to function 

like a computer with a calculated output.

In other words, consider the information you have and then trust your instincts.

Your gut reaction is informed by your vast experience of being a business professional

and also from your experience of being human. You make decisions all the time without overthinking them. You, as a human being, are an extremely powerful and efficient decision-making machine.

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www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com   just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

10 Strategies for Working Much Smarter

10 Strategies for Working Much Smarter

Thai Nguyen

Whether you’re in Australia, England, or America; blue-collared, white, or pink,

we’ve all got 24-hours to work with. Success comes down to what we’re able to do in those hours. No entrepreneur can keep the sun from setting or add hours to their day,

but there are strategies that will help maximize work habits and productivity. 

Here are 10 strategies for efficiency and effectiveness:

1. Parkinson’s Law

"If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute to do,"observed Cyril Northcote Parkinson. We’ve all experienced Parkinson's Law.

We struggle for a month to finish a project, then magically get it done in the final week.

Or, the house is a mess for weeks, then spotless within a few hours of the in-laws showing up.

The law provides great leverage for efficiency: imposing shorter deadlines for a task,

or scheduling an earlier meeting. Find the sweet spot for productive hustle.

Rushed work can be a recipe for reckless work.

2. Finding your flow

For athletes, it’s called being “in the zone,” where you’re so focused that you're numbed out

to any distractions. It’s a state we can all tap into: writers, musicians, and entrepreneurs. 

Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi's research is focused on these flow states 

that optimize our performance by finding that balance between challenge and skill. 

If the task is too challenging and beyond our skill, then we go into anxiety and frustration, 

but not challenging enough and we fall into boredom.

Stretch yourself, but don't snap. We're at our most efficient when in the zone.

3. Single-tasking

There’re many compelling cases against multi-tasking. A study found that even folks walking

while talking on a cell phone run into people more often and were so distracted,

many failed to notice a clown riding a unicycle.

Telling an entrepreneur not to multi-task, however, is like telling a pig to stay out of mud

but the truth is, multi-tasking a misnomer better termed “task-switching.”

We don't juggle so much as we jump around. The problem is ending up with too many

open projects, and spreading yourself too thin. A good quote on scaling back is by

Alexander Graham Bell: “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand,

the sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”

4. The 2-Minute Rule

From David Allen’s ‘Getting Things Done’, he explains that the most productive people

capitalize on the little windows of time opening up during the day. Having an inventory

of two-minute tasks on hand whenever windows appear will increase productivity. 

Cleaning out the inbox, checking voicemail, approving a request, all in brief openings 

in the schedule, builds our efficiency muscles and gets the ball rolling for bigger tasks. 

A major cause of procrastination lies in over thinking the next step. 

Allen says it takes less time to do the action than the time spent thinking about it. 

5. Working to circadian rhythms 

Nerve cells in our brains control our circadian rhythms, which influences sleep-wake cycles,

hormone release, emotions and energy levels.

Constant operation outside circadian rhythms (e.g. international pilots) creates fatigue.

Efficiency lies in synchronizing specific work with these biological peak times. 

Dr. Steve Kay says analytical work is best within a couple hours of waking,

when the morning rise in body temperature increases blood flow to the brain. 

Alertness slumps after lunch as the digestive process saps energy. 

This analytical disengagement is the best time for novel and creative thinking, 

according to Professor Mareike Wieth.

Exercise increases efficiency. Dr Gerard Kennedy notes more Olympic records are broken

in the late afternoon than any other time. Muscle strength, lung capacity,

eye-hand coordination and joint flexibility peaks between 4pm and 6pm.

Three sweet spots for maximizing your efforts: the morning analytic spike,

a creative spike after lunch, and a physical spike in the afternoon.

6. Reverse engineering

Most commonly applied to industrial machinery and computer software, 

reverse engineering can be applied to different fields, products, and strategies. 

It is disassembling and analyzing the components that make up the whole. Efficiency comes 

not only with seeing how parts relate, but being able to work on aspects out of order. 

Tim Ferriss notes his rapid mastering of the tango through deconstructing the dance,

and learning the female role along with the male. 

Expert linguists do the same, breaking a language into pieces

and having a bird's-eye view of the most common grammatical structures. 

7. The Willpower trinity

Stanford Professor Kelly McGonigal says the key to hitting goals is understanding

the three powers of willpower: I will power, I won’t power, and I want power.

• I "won’t power'' is resisting temptation, such as saying “no” to social media.

• I "will power'' is to choose an alternate behavior -- sending a social, but networking email.

• I "want power'' is remembering your why, your goal, be it expanding your career,

    business or profits.

Willpower is like a muscle. When we fail to reach goals, it’s due to solely relying on I won’t power, but  we can only say “no” so many times before we crumble. However, bringing in backup,

and using all three aspects of willpower, will triple the likelihood of success. 

Resist, replace, remember.

8. 57 on, 17 off

The entrepreneurial hustle makes breaks non-existent.

Recent studies show only one-in-five employees take lunch breaks,

despite clear cognitive benefits for our fatigued brains. 

So what’s the perfect work/rest ratio? DeskTime App played Big Brother,

monitoring employees’ computer use. They found the most productive 10 percent worked hard

for 52 minutes, then took a break for 17. It’s backed by scientists, pointing to the natural rhythms of our attention span. Our brain can focus for up to 90 minutes, 

then needs roughly 20 minutes of rest. Strategic breaks equals efficient work.

9. Power poses

If it weren’t true, it’d be preposterous to think simply changing your posture affects productivity. Professor Amy Cuddy’s Ted Talk highlights the psychosomatic and neurological responses

caused by our posture. Taking a high-power pose causes an increase in testosterone

(confidence, assertiveness, energy) and a decrease in cortisol (stress, anxiety, nervousness). A confident, testosterone-perked person is much more productive

than a cortisol-crippled, stressed person. 

Our brain is wired to respond to certain physiologies.

A forced smile will still release endorphins. 

Pulling yourself out of a figurative slump is as simple as pulling yourself out of a physical slump.

10. Validated progress

A good warning from Eric Ries: “If we’re building the wrong product really efficiently,

it’s like we’re driving our car off a cliff and bragging about our awesome gas mileage.” 

Along the same stream of the Sharpe ratio’s risk/return measures in finance,

and the “minimum viable product” in the tech world, the strategy is about being calculated

and conscious in our efforts, with a flexible, rather than fixed process and goal.

It’s being productive and ready to pivot, rather than simply charging full-steam ahead.

A case-in-point is Nick Swinmurn's startup of Zappos. He validated his idea without blowing cash

by first going to a shoe store, taking photos and posting them online.

When sales came in, he went and bought the shoes. He didn't need to pivot, just perseverance.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/239216

You can TCR software/engineering manuals for spontaneous recall – or pass that exam.

I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

I can TCR non fiction/academic books around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube  

How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

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All aspects of regular, each-word reading and education.

Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster

www.innermindworking.blogspot.com      gives many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com     just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

Quit Working Pointlessly Hard and Just Get More Done

Dandelions are effortlessly successful.

Quit Working Pointlessly Hard and Just Get More Done

Jacqueline Whitmore

Successful people don’t work harder; they work smarter. As your competitors encroach

on your market share, it’s critical to approach your work in the most productive way possible.

Email, unexpected phone calls and impromptu meetings can quickly derail your day

if you’re not mindful of time management.

Use the tips below to improve your productivity and focus on what’s important.

If you apply these tactics,

you’ll be more likely to accomplish the same amount of work in half the time.

Take advantage of early morning focus.

Everyone is tempted to roll over in bed, grab their phone from the nightstand 

and check their email. While it may feel productive, 

it’s the perfect example of putting the urgent ahead of the important.

You’re mind is most rested and refreshed in the morning. You’ll experience greater focus

throughout the day if you tackle your toughest tasks first. If writing is a large part of your work, 

consider writing first thing in the morning. You’ll likely find your writing will improve

and you’ll feel more focused throughout the day.

Make a plan.

At the beginning of each week, make a list of every task you need to accomplish. 

Break large projects into smaller parts and enumerate each step. 

Then look at your calendar and block out space  in your schedule for each task. 

Give yourself enough time and don’t cram too much into one day.

Make appointments with yourself. Mark your designated time as “busy”

to prevent colleagues from scheduling an unexpected meeting.

If you don’t finish a task, shift your schedule to make it a priority for the next day.

Take breaks.

Quick breaks, taken frequently throughout the day, can improve your productivity.

Limit each break to ten minutes. Walk to the other side of your office, stare out the window

or go grab a cup of coffee. Even a quick stretch will get your blood flowing and give your mind

a break. If you find yourself unable to regularly break away from your work, use a timer.

Make quick decisions.

Most of the decisions you make in the day-to-day operations of your business don’t require careful deliberation. Unless something is critical to the long-term strategy of your company, 

don’t linger. When faced with a choice, your gut reaction is usually correct.

Be careful not to over think your options or second-guess yourself.

Try to make those less important decisions in two minutes or less.

Pick up the phone.

Email is a convenient and useful tool for business correspondence. 

When used appropriately, it allows for more efficient communication. 

However, when an email chain exceeds two or three messages, it’s time for a phone call. 

A task as simple as setting up a meeting can take 20 minutes

of your time as you read and respond to emails about both parties negotiating a time and place.

Skip the back and forth game. Pick up the phone and get an answer in five minutes or less.

Delegate work to your team.

As the leader of your business, your time is more valuable than that of your employees.

Talk to your managers and invest time to learn which of your team members are capable 

of taking on some of your duties. Don’t hand over everything at once. 

Instead, slowly delegate small projects. 

As your team expands their knowledge, they’ll be capable of greater responsibility

within your business. Doing this will leave you time to focus on the future of your company.

Adopt single-tasking.

You’ve probably heard your peers brag about how much they multitask. Unfortunately,

they’re sabotaging their own productivity. When you focus on multiple tasks at a time,

you do each task poorly. You may look busy, 

but your efficacy is sacrificed for appearance’s sake. 

Single-tasking allows you to complete every task better and in a fraction of the time.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/244770

You can TCR software/engineering manuals for spontaneous recall – or pass that exam.

I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

I can TCR an academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube  

How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

www.facebook.com/mreenhunt

www.pinterest.com/mreenhunt

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:

www.turbochargedreading.blogspot.com    

All aspects of regular, each-word reading and education.

Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster

www.innermindworking.blogspot.com      gives many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com     just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

7 Areas of My Life That I Outsource So I Can Focus on Business

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7 Areas of My Life That I Outsource So I Can Focus on Business

Timothy Sykes

When it comes to focusing on clients and providing each person I partner with

the time they deserve, I have found there is nothing better than to outsource.

I outsource in an effort to make better use of the time I do have

and to put myself in the best position possible to do my best work possible.

Here are seven outsourcing opportunities that are worth the extra effort and money:

1. Private chef

A private chef is something I am very fortunate to be able to afford. It may seem like a luxury,

but it is something that I truly believe helps me to be the best business man I can be.

It is so important to put the right fuel in your body and to keep yourself healthy.

Unfortunately, many of us are too busy to take the time

to eat right and feed ourselves the healthy food we deserve.

With someone to help me stay on track, I have kept myself healthy and filled with natural energy.

2. Trainer 

Along with eating right, having a trainer to help me stay fit has been a huge help.

As many entrepreneurs know, the demanding life of a busy professional

can make it seem impossible to take care of yourself. Working out regularly, even when I’m tired, keeps me healthy, gives me a natural source of real energy and it helps me to relieve built up stresses and frustration. I am able to take on demanding days

in the way I do because I dedicate so much time to keeping my body fit.

3. Assistant

My assistant is there to help me with so many tasks that normally would eat up my day

in a very unproductive manner. By having an assistant to cover certain things for me,

including chores, filtering through emails and paying bills, I am able to clear my mind

and clear my workspace and focus better on the more important client-centered tasks at hand.

4. Travel agent

I travel a lot, as many entrepreneurs do. I used to spend a lot of time researching and booking

 every part of my trip. It takes a long time to do this, and it actually ended up causing me

a great deal of stress when determining all of the logistics. 

I now use a service to do all of this for me. It can figure out the details 

and make sure everything is booked. It makes travel seamless during my trip 

and requires no hair-pulling when it comes to the booking process. 

5. Stock research 

This is something that I outsource, but I don’t have to hire anyone to do. This is a great way

for those with a limited budget to get some help and save themselves some extra time.

I subscribe to countless chat rooms and newsletters as a way to get ideas from outside sources

to determine which stocks are hot. It's a great way to stay on top of my game,

without having to do all of the legwork myself.

6. Accountant 

My accountant is very important to me. I run virtually every expense by my accountant.

He managed my taxes, my charitable foundation, everything.

It saves me so much time, keeps me on track and I know my money is being managed properly. 

7. Lawyer 

Every single contract goes through my lawyer, no matter what the situation may be,

and I mean everything. I even handed him the contract for my wedding planner before signing.

He takes the time to read all of the fine print and makes sure I’m not signing anything

that could haunt me later on.

Having this team behind me in all of my efforts has helped me better manage my time

and to become a better resource for my clients. I do these things so I can be my best version

and focus more on business. Learning when and where to outsource my time

was a long lesson to learn, but one that today I can say greatly contributes to my success.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/244495

You can TCR software and engineering manuals for spontaneous recall – or pass that exam.

I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube  

How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

www.facebook.com/mreenhunt

www.pinterest.com/mreenhunt

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:

www.turbochargedreading.blogspot.com    

All aspects of regular, each-word reading and education.

Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster

www.innermindworking.blogspot.com         gives many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com         just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

How You Know You've Created the Company of Your Dreams

How You Know You've Created the Company of Your Dreams

Catherine Clifforf

 You don’t become an entrepreneur because it’s easy or convenient.

You decide to start your own business because you want your life to be meaningful,

because you want to feel like your life has a purpose,

because you are trying to build something bigger than yourself.

What does that feel like? How does it feel to chase -- and achieve -- your dream?

How do you know that you are heading in the right direction?

Finding your purpose doesn’t always come with a parade and a champagne celebration.

Sometimes it appears as a quiet, simple moment. That’s how it was for Adrian Gradinaru,

co-founder of New York City-based boat rental marketplace Sailo.

The website allows people to search, compare and book boats online.

Earlier this summer, Gradinaru was heading home one night this summer,

walking through New York City after a long day at work, when he realized he truly was doing work that provided him a sense of purpose. “I felt this interior calm that was sort of amazing,”

says Gradinaru. “It’s not about money, it’s not about profit,

I feel like we are providing a service that people are actually using and they are enjoying it.”

For one of the other co-founders, that moment of clarity came in the form of a phone call.

“One of our customers called us, this was somebody we didn’t know,

and they just told us that they had had the best day [of] their life.

And we had created a company that provided the best day of people’s lives

and that’s ultimately why we started it,” says Delphine Braas, another co-founder of Sailo.

To learn more about Sailo, and hear the co-founders talk about how it feels to discover

a sense of purpose through your work, watch the video above.  

http://www.entrepreneur.com/video/249691

You can TCR software and engineering manuals for spontaneous recall – or pass that exam.

I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube  

How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

www.facebook.com/mreenhunt

www.pinterest.com/mreenhunt

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:

www.turbochargedreading.blogspot.com    

All aspects of regular, each-word reading and education.

Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster

www.innermindworking.blogspot.com         gives many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com         just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”