How good are you at multitasking?

Do you feel that you can do two things at once and be effective?

A study carried out at the British Institute of Psychiatry, found excessive use of technology reduced workers' intelligence. It also found that workers distracted by email and phone calls suffer a fall in IQ more than twice that found in those that smoke marijuana.

Dr. Glenn Wilson, the University of London psychologist who carried out the study said that unrestricted info-mania could reduce your mental sharpness. He then concluded by saying that those who are constantly breaking away from tasks to react to email or text messages suffer similar effects on the mind as losing a night's sleep.

For me the key idea in the study was that people are reacting to e-mails or text messages. In order to be productive workers we need to take action, and not react to the trivial.

My concluding question for you is; what can you take action on today to move you toward what you know you can succeed in?

Are you very protective of your ‘stuff’?

Do you believe that your possessions and belongings are all that you need?

If you said ‘yes’ to either of those questions I want to address this issue with this blog. Your greatest possessions or riches are your abilities, your talents and your gifts! When you start to live your life based on this, the possibilities for you are endless. You will live a much more relaxed life, being that you do not have to worry about the loss of your stuff. Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet, Novelist, 1854-1900) said it best; “Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.”

When are you going to start to live your life based on the real riches in your life?

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Have you ever met someone and felt connected immediately?

Would you call that person a friend or a confidant?

Now to give you some background; when I first met Peter I just liked his attitude and the way he handled himself. Over the past months we have got to know each other more and now we have set aside 1½ hours every two weeks to work together to help each other grow individually and as business people.

The great thing about our growth time is that it is going to require work, as we have put our selves into a position where if we don’t move forward from our challenges the other person is going to have doubts about our intent with the time we spend together.

Is there someone who you could work with who will make you become accountable to your personal or business growth?

Have you ever heard the line – life is what you make it?

In other words life is all about the actions you take to live it to the fullest, isn’t it?

Thomas Carlyle (Scottish Historian and Essayist, 1795-1881) said “The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.”  To me this means that when things are tough or challenging it is not the time to sit back and suffer through those challenges. The challenges are opportunities for us learn from them. It is to find the positive growth gem in the tough times.

What is a question you can ask yourself the next time you are challenged?

Better still, what question can you ask yourself that will make you think of how this challenge is a positive growth gem?

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Are you able to keep calm when another person is out of control?

Do you wish at times you were able to keep your emotions in-check?

I am a very passionate person and in the past number of months I’ve been in circumstances when it could have ended up like a nuclear explosion. The key for me was that I realized it would have done no one any good to show my fiery side. All that would have resulted would have been a battle of words, to no good result. Thankfully I kept my emotions controlled.

So how do you keep in control of your emotions?

I believe you need to look at the big picture and realize how rude or discourteous actions can have a great impact. By getting this understanding you will be more aware of events and your emotions. So how do you get this understanding and awareness?

You need to understand what is important to you. You need to clarify and itemize your inner values. The reason for doing that is because once you understand your inner values and put them into action, you are living your life based on what is important to you by considering the big picture.

So when can you take action to get that understanding of your values?

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