Procrastinate – not again?
“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.” —Jessica Hische
What do you do to fill in the gaps – to take up time – to distract yourself from the task at hand? I found the quote above and was intrigued by it. Identify what you do and brain storm turning it into a business. Here are some examples that I’ve come up with:
Procrastination Action Possible Work
Puzzles Detailed problem solver
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Stealing Ideas
“It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.” —Mark Twain
The writer Wilson Mizner said if you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research.
Look around your industry and see who is doing well. Create top 10 lists of those that excel in a particular area such as customer service, new business, product innovation, services per customer, etc. Examine your top 10 on the list and document what they are doing well and how they are doing it. Send out staff members to… Continue reading
Do you remember a time when we didn’t have Google? Hard to recall isn’t it? It puts so many ideas, facts, information right at our fingertips. It is amazing. I use Google for many different things.
One use I’ve come across lately is when you want to kick start your creativity. Google everything. I mean everything. Google your dreams, Google your problems. Don’t ask a question before you Google it. You’ll either find the answer or you’ll come up with a better question.
Put in your most difficult business issue and see what comes up. Google can lead you to… Continue reading
More income – different friends?
“There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income.”
I stumbled across this quote reading a book the other day. It makes a lot of sense. There is a certain element of economics that figures into our activities and hobbies. How and where we spend our time is often the source of our friends. We enjoy spending time with people who are similar to us.
Many of our ideas, thoughts and motivations can be inspired by our friends. … Continue reading
Relocate
My mother had come to visit my husband and me during the holidays. About two weeks after she returned to Fargo, ND she called and asked if she could move to be closer to us in Virginia. This week she arrived, relocating 1,355 miles at 88 years young. We are all thrilled! She has a new perspective and a new outlook. So excited about new friends to be made, experiences to be had and life to be lived.
You don’t have to move 1,355 miles to get a new perspective or ignite your creativity. … Continue reading
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