http://www.giftsprings.comTable of
Contents:
1. Editor's notes
2. Inspirational
thought
3. Giftsprings Featured SALE Items
4.
Internet f*reebie finds
5. Readers write in
6. Ad
swaps
7. Feature article: The Power of Keeping
Lists
8. More internet f*reebie finds
9.
Riddle
10. Subscriber exchange ads
11. Home business tips: Get People to
Remember Your Name
12. Ad swaps & other tidbits
13. Riddle
answer
14. Sales and bargains elsewhere
15. Valued readers disclaimer
notice
16. Subscription management
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1.
Editor's
Notes
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Hi,
how are you? I'm so glad to touch base with you again.
It's been very hectic, which is good for business, fun for
the family, but makes it more challenging to get everything
done on time!
I've also been having new life experiences with my my
middle school daughter- track meets- I've basically been
a soccer mom with my son all these years, so these
track meets are quite a change for me. It's also been
inspirational to see how my daughter keeps on trying,
practicing, running, even though she is "only" a 6th grader,
tiny at that, and is competing against all these "giant" 7th
and 8th graders.
She's got spunk, doesn't she?
She actually came in 3rd out of 6, in one of her track meet
races. Way to go! So take this with you today- when you
think you can't, give it your best shot anyway and feel
good about your efforts.
I want to let you know we have a confirmed winner for
our August drawing... and the winner was... Susan from
Florida... this time it was someone from our own state!
She received a f*ree log cabin wood picture frame from
Giftsprings. Congratulations again Susan!
This month we're
giving away one of our large catalogs. We'll
draw a name from all who enter- those newly subscribing to
this ezine, or those who reconfirm their subscriptions by
entering on our popunder window. We post the w*inner on
our current promotions page once the person has replied
to our notification email. Please see an important question
about this under Reader's Write In below.
Well, it looks like our custom engraved stones are a hit!
Orders are coming in steady for these and folks are pleased.
You might look at these the next time you want to make up
a unique personalized gift. Plan ahead for your special
personalized holiday gift. You can learn more or order from
here:
We hope you enjoy the featured items we've placed on sale
for you this time around and find something of interest that
you can bring home.
Have a great week,
Liz
Hekimian-Williams
Send your comments, questions, and anything you'd
like to
share in this ezine here:
mailto:Lizrhw@giftsprings.comUse
subject line: For Gssf Ezine
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2.
Inspirational Thought For Your
Day
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"Always
bear in mind that our own resolution to
succeed is more important than any other one thing."
-Abraham
Lincoln
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3.
Giftsprings Featured Sale and Bargain
Items
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Interested in wholesale
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of message, known only to members. I think many people
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7.
Feature
Article
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The
Power of Keeping Lists
How do you balance work and family, keep things
from falling
out of the loop, and be as productive as possible at all times?
These questions plague people in all walks of life - Home
office
professionals, CEOs & Executives, and Domestic Engineers
too.
Keeping a schedule is a nice thought, but it doesn't work
for
everyone. Take home office professionals for instance - Their
schedule is usually flexible. They could try setting up a specific
schedule, but the downside is that they might find themselves
shuffling appointments more often than they're getting things
done.
And that's where the beauty of lists comes in. By making a
list for specific items, you're not bound to doing things at
a certain time of day. And you don't have to stop and think
about what to do next.
Let's look at an example. One daily time
consumer for me
was deciding what to have for supper each night. This decision
usually hit me between 3:30 and 4:30 every afternoon, when
I was trying to wrap up the day's work. Every day, someone
would ask, "What's for supper?" and I'd be completely
distracted from what I was doing. Then I'd spend at
least 15 minutes
thinking about it, being irritated by the
same question day in and day out, etc.
Even after the decision was
made, the interruption and
irritation made it difficult for me to get back on track with
my work.
That same example played a part in my weekly shopping
list creation. In my house, I make a shopping list about once
each week, and my husband does the actual shopping.
Creating the list was a chore, because I didn't really know
what to get "this week", and I'd often forget to put important
items on the list.
So, how did I change both of these issues at
once? By
creating a weekly meal list. I now sit down about once each
week - usually right before creating the shopping list - and
plan the meals we'll have on each day of the coming week.
With that meal plan in mind, I can then whip out the
shopping list without much thought or effort.
But the real
productivity enhancements come from the daily
"What's for Supper" questions. Now whenever someone asks,
I simply open the meal list on my Palm, look at the particular
day, and tell them. There's no thought needed, no planning,
no looking to see what's in the fridge. No brainwork at all
is needed.
Now you might be wondering how these lists can be put to
use in a daily work schedule too, right? Well, my latest list
is what I call my "Daily Writing Roadmap". I've decided that
once each week, I will create a list of articles to be written
each day. So my writing list shows Mon-Fri, and each day
has a title or topic assigned to it. When it's time to write,
I simply look at the list, and see what's already been decided
for today.
I no longer have to look at a long list of ideas, and
waste time
trying to decide which one I want to write about. I no longer
have to browse the web looking at news, trying to generate
good topic ideas. I've already done all of the planning,
brainstorming, and related "thinking" work. All I have to do
each day is look at the decision that's already in place...
then take action.
The same can be done for almost any type of daily
actions
you want to take. If you're working on creating your Website
for instance, create a list called "Weekly Website Plan".
Then decide what exactly you will do on each day of the week.
Mon -
Design website flow and usability
Tues - Decide on color scheme and
layout
Wed - Create template and main page etc.
The trick though, is
to assign an action to a specific day. If
you simply make a list of the things you want to do, even in
the order you want to accomplish them, you may find yourself
putting things off or questioning the order you currently have
them in. Thinking and planning is good, and needed... but it
can be used as procrastination tool. Having to stop and
think about what you're doing on a day-to-day basis can
cause a serious loss of time.
Lists like this can be used for a
variety of purposes:
- The exact people you will call on a specific day.
-
The exact project you'll work on each specific day.
- The exact customers
you'll visit each specific day.
- Want to know whose day it is to use the
washing machine?
Keep a laundry day list.
- Need to know who'll have the SUV on Tuesday?
Keep a Car list.
So what's eating your productivity a minute or two
at a time,
and what kind of list can you make to solve that problem?
Try it... You might be surprised at how powerful that list can be
:)
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