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A while back I started a ritual. I set an appointment in my Google Calendar with myself for 15 minutes each morning before I begin my day. I call this time Larry’s Pump-Up. It’s designed to jumpstart my brain, add a dose of motivation and start my day off right, with positivity, wonder, hope, and inspiration. Today I listened to a Steve Jobs speech he gave at Stanford in 2005. It was wonderful to listen to; his message was timeless.... I feel that a ritual like this is critical in developing a good mindset & nurture mental wellbeing. So I have a 30-day Challenge for you. 1. Write down how you feel now, list your concerns, and worries then jot down your dreams & aspirations. (and any other feelings or thoughts you have negative or positive) Don’t post it, it’s private to you. 2. Then set up an appointment with yourself in your Calendar for 15 minutes as your pump-up time, listen to some great content, there are tons to choose from on YouTube or on podcast sites. 3. After 30 days of this activity write a new list, compare it to the old list and see what the differences are, and let me know how it went. Who's in? BTW here is a link to the Steve Jobs segment I listened to today. https://lnkd.in/gDPqHiz

Protect Yourself Durning Recessions Tip: Don’t Stop Marketing! This is the single biggest mistake that businesses that fail make in a recession.... When we emerge from this, if you have stopped all customer communication, you’ll have no backlog of pent-up demand and customer goodwill to fall back on. It will take you another 2- 3months to catch up when you turn the Marketing back on, and by then it may be too late. Obviously, it doesn’t make sense for some businesses to continue with paid advertising: restaurants, hotels, etc. But for others, if you can possibly continue, you should. Even if you can’t get the sales right now. When someone is stuck at home and they start dreaming of the new sofa they’re going to get when this is all over, you need to be there when they search online using Google. They won’t be able to buy that day, but you could be their first choice when they are finally able to go out and buy. Don’t stop marketing, communicating, and promoting, there are cost-effective ways to keep marketing and communicating. #marketing #advertising #branding

Move Fear Into ACTION What is stopping you from living the life you desire? You might want to blame the pandemic.... the economy... lack of money or something else you think is beyond your control. But the truth is, your life is entirely in your control and always has been! You may not be able to control world events, but you DO have the power to choose how you’re going to respond to those events. ... So if your life isn’t making you happy right now, it’s time to change your response so you can get better results and create the life you want. But moving beyond your comfort zone and doing something different can be scary. So scary, in fact, that most people would rather remain where they are than take the risk. Because everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear, you just have to reach out and take it! Get Out of Fear and Into Action It’s time to get out of fight, flight, or freeze mode! Here are my top tips on how to find the courage you need to take purposeful action toward your goals, even when you’re stressed out or scared. In times of great stress and uncertainty, many people struggle with taking action and staying motivated to become successful. Fear not, want not! Take care, be safe Larry

Business building is hard! Managing your time is critical You have heard the saying "Time is Money", well it's true. Being able to manage your time is critical to saving money, making money, growing your career and business. Time blocking Take Control... It is a simple, flexible and effective way to help you to manage your time better and stay productive on a daily basis. Most importantly, time blocking helps you take control of your timewhich once lost, we can never get back. It all sounds simple, and it is, however taking action to do it for some reason is harder, and it takes time to be consistent at it and form the habit of Time Blocking. Time is the most scarce resource we all have. It can't be bought, given away or banked. How ever it can be managed and leveraged. How does time blocking work and why? The simple reason why time blocking works is that it’s designed for focus. The human brain needs guardrails at work. Otherwise, we fall into what’s known as Parkinson’s Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion By scheduling every minute of your day you not only guard against distraction but also multiply your focus. Single-tasking or chunking - focusing on one task at a timecan make you up to 80% more productive than splitting your attention across multiple tasks. Plus, when you know you have time set aside later for checking email or replying to Slack messages, you’re less likely to give into the FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) these tools create. To get started just use a simple calendar, like Google Calendar and block your days in 30 minute segments, (you can use multiple segments for larger tasks) try Time blocking for 30 days, commit to it, and prove to yourself it really works. If you want more information on setting up Time blocking please reach out. Thanks for reading my article. Lw