Never Give UP

By: Theo McLanahan

Everyone has the odd bad day when they feel like they are stuck and not progressing. Sometimes it seems like the best thing to do is to give up. Although this might make you feel better for a short period of time, it can also leave you feeling guilty and stressed.

If you can make the commitment to stick with your business plan, it will seem hard, but you will feel better for having done so in the end. If you are struggling with your business goals, why not enlist the services of a life coach to help you. Or, you may find that your business turmoil is tied to your personal life and they are affecting each other.

If you are feeling stress in your personal life, your business life will definitely suffer. Stress can make you feel overwhelmed, fatigued, and on edge. A life coach can suggest some stress management techniques.

Anxiety affects everyone differently. You will find though that you can't be as productive when you are always worried about something. Extreme anxiety should be cared for by a doctor. If your problems are not as major, a life coach may be able to help you break the cycle. He or she can help you determine the cause of your anxiety and help you manage it with different strategies.

Some people have a lack of focus. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed and out of control when you have a lot work piling up on you. A life coach can help you take back your focus. They can give you an unbiased opinion of what tasks will help you and which ones are time wasters. They can help you develop strategies, such as creating goals and action plans to help you accomplish the things that need to be done.

Be sure to also take care of yourself, as it relates to how you feel. A life coach can also direct you towards healthier eating choices and towards making time in your routine for exercise.

Time Management Strategies For Improving Work Performance

Improving your performance helps you to work more effectively, focusing on the right things to do in alignment with your goals. It means that the time you invest in work is put to its best use. Learning the strategies needed for this can be done quite simply and worked on more deeply as you become accustomed to them.

By: Wendy Hearn

If you want to improve your work performance these time management strategies can help you to work more effectively and achieve a lot more. Better performance isn't just about doing a lot more, otherwise you could end up just working far too hard.

1 - Planning. This is essential to improved performance and planning helps you to identify in advance the things that need to be done, when they need to be completed, and what you need to accomplish them. Thinking this through and writing it down beforehand prepares you better and allows you to focus 100% on the tasks as you're doing them, rather than getting distracted when you're unsure. Planning also helps to avoid interruptions to your work flow when you have to find necessary tools or paperwork. Once you have a clear plan outlined, now you're ready to work through it diligently.

2 - Review and reevaluate weekly. Each week take a little time out from your normal work tasks, perhaps about 15 minutes and carry out a review of your previous week. Take a look at what you were able to get done, the things that you weren't able to complete and most importantly notice the times when your performance was at its best. Identify what helped you to perform tasks better. Perhaps your energy was higher, you felt more relaxed and rested, or perhaps you felt very enthusiastic and motivated. Its from these things that you'll learn the most about how to improve your own personal performance. From this review, re-evaluate how you're going to approach the following week and what specifically you're going to implement.

I encourage you to be continually aware of your performance so that you identify how to have more of the peak times and less of the low-performing times.