This issue of HomeBizBytes answers the question...
What is one of the worst things you can do when trying to
complete one of your business projects?
Hint: Peace and quiet isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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- Dave's and Heidi's Ramblings
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- 2-Liners For Our Fellow Home-based Entrepreneurs
- Featured Article
...A Confession From Heidi
Peace and Quiet Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be
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Peace and Quiet Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be
Dave has been teasing me mercilessly lately. It really is
upsetting, laughing at my expense.
You see, I learned a hard lesson a few weeks ago when I had
reached my wits end. Looming business deadlines, a book to
write, children everywhere! I was ready to scream. Actually,
maybe I did.
"If I could only have a few days of complete peace and quiet," I
thought, "with no phones, no children..." Well, maybe you can
fill in the rest of the blanks.
Dave, being the great guy that he is, packed up all four
children, along with sleeping bags, camping gear, and a
food-filled cooler. His parting words were, "Three days of
peace and quiet to get everything you want accomplished. Have a
great time!"
Now that I look back on it, I think those parting words were
some kind of jinx. This was the first time in all our years of
marriage that I had been left alone in our home for more than an
hour or two. I thought I would be ecstatic. But, the minute
they got in the car, I began to doubt whether this was really
what I wanted, or even needed. For heaven's sakes, they hadn't
even left the driveway yet, and I was already homesick for them.
To top it all off, I became sick the following morning. Deathly
sick. Had-to-stay-in-bed sick. An entire day wasted! Down the
drain.
Know what? That wasn't the worst of it. When left alone with
my thoughts and thinking of Dave and the children, I found it
hard to focus and to keep on task. "Come on, Heidi," I
panicked, "The clock is ticking. Don't waste away this valuable
time."
Okay, let's fast-forward this disaster.
When all was said and done, yes, I did get a few extra things
accomplished. I worked a bit on our book, I made some business
contacts on my list, oh, and I changed the sheets on our bed.
Aren't you impressed?
Well, neither was I. To be perfectly honest with you, I hadn't
accomplished that much more than I normally accomplish with all
the noise and distractions I normally encounter on a daily
basis. I was expecting my work outcome to have tripled, at
least doubled. That simply didn't happen.
Tail between legs...
What did I learn? Time management is an important skill to
learn. But, don't think that being handed more "work" time on a
silver platter will help you tame the time management lion.
Time management is something you incorporate into ALL facets of
your life and surroundings. It is not something external that
you can turn on and off. It is acquired, internalized and
seasoned with effort, and over time.
Oh, and one more lesson learned...Peace and quiet isn't all it's
cracked up to be.
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