What's in your toolbox this week?

As we prepare to grab this week by the proverbial horns, what have you decided upon? How much preparation have you done? Have you done the mental shift? Is your "to-do list" ready and waiting? Or... are you going to allow "blue Monday" to have its way?

I am going to share a few of my tools I packed in my "toolbox" last night as I prepared myself for today and the rest of this week:

1) Priority - too often we get busy with the many small things that do not take us closer to the goal. Get back to the goals and focus on the activities that matter.

2) Diary - have a look at your diary for the week and plan accordingly. Meetings often need preparation, and when presenting your audience can sense how much  preparation went into it.

3) Attitude - your attitude could make or break anything or anyone. It doesn't hurt to smile when greeting, pay compliments where it's due, and constantly remind yourself that you have a purpose, you are able and you can go MAD - make a difference!

4) Administration - this is by far my biggest pet hate. I have now diarised a time for this. I will sit my rear down and do admin! I realise that no project can be successful without thorough administration.

5) Contingency plan - this is a difficult one to prepare because no one wants Plan A to fail. Plan A is always our ideal plan. However, life happens and sometimes Plan A goes right through the window. As far as possible, have Plan B and/or C ready.

6) Innovation - what's next? Are you thinking up new ideas? Are you finding ways of creating change and innovation within your business or work? Innovation is often born out of a need. Think about it!

7) Balanced lifestyle - you've heard it over and over.... everything in moderation. Family, work, exercise, religion, friends, hobbies, etc, make sure reasonable times are allocated to these. A previous blogpost of mine referred to the 2 balls, 1 a glass ball, which is our family, and the other a rubber ball, which is work. If we drop the rubber ball (work) it can bounce back, if we drop the glass ball (family), it breaks.

8) Fun!! - Please do have fun.

 

Go on, pack your toolbox and have a productive week!

Tamzin Martin