How I stay motivated.
 

> being too comfortable! :o
> .... (GASP) ...

> Question is ... how to bring oneself out
> that "TOO COMFORTABLE ZONE" to the
> realm of endless possibilities? How did you
> manage to come out from yours, Bobette? Mind
> to share? :o

Ah, yes, I know about the "Too Comfortable Zone". I struggle with it now. I purposefully dropped out of Corporate life to go it on my own a little over two years ago. When moved back to our home town area of St. Louis, MO, we made it so we did not have to rely on my income.

So, my comfort zone right now is that we don't need my income to pay the bills. Another comfort zone is that I have only to answer to myself (Career-wise, that is. :-)).

So, how do I stay motivated? For one, I am naturally a business person, so my conscious nags at me if I do not do "business stuff". Here are some other things I do to stay productive...

1) Just recently, I have joined a couple of business discussion groups. In one, each of us are posting our 2003 goals this week. Somehow, if I tell other people, it is "official" and the above-mentioned conscious kicks in if I get lazy.

2) My rule is if I do not work on business, I must do other things - like cooking and cleaning (ick.).

3) I have a marketing plan. A one-page summary is taped to my desk, staring at me. I try to make sure everything I do somehow relates to one of my strategies. This helps keep me focused.

4) I also keep a "to-do"-type list. The summary page in #3 helps me choose which projects I work on. The to-do list helps me get them done.

Well, that's what I can think of now. Hope I've answered your question :-).


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Re: How I stay motivated.
 

Hi again, Bobette
Thanks for the prompt reply!

Oh wow!! :o .... Dropping out of your corporate life!!??? :o !!!!! WOW WOW WOW!

> So, my comfort zone right now is that we
> don't need my income to pay the bills.
Eh? :o ... so w/o relying on your income to pay bills is the comfort zone for you? :o ...

For me is the otherwise ... it's because of my "peanut" income ... I'm being too comfortable, though it's sooooooooo insignificant amount! :( .... ARGH!

And, wow, you did do a lot of things to keep yourself motivated! The key here is action! :o ... hhmm ... action does kill laziness! No short cut to it, eh! :p ... hehehe.
And that business discussion group you are having is really cool!!! Hhhmm ... wonder whether Singapore can have one .. hhmm ....

> 2) My rule is if I do not work on business,
> I must do other things - like cooking and
> cleaning (ick.).
Ehm ... ehm ... tried to clean my room too but gosh ... does anybody know what's procrastination??? (sob sob sob)

Anyway, thanks a lot for the tips! :)
By the way, I'm unable to open your link :( ... it's the same problem I encounter with www.freeplants.com :( ... which my technical friends believe is because my ISP doesn't support some stuffs! :( Sigh .... I will keep it in mind and when I'm with other provider will definitely take a look!

Thanks again! :)

D.D.

PS. BTW, how did you feel when you quit your corporate job? Won't you feel sad to step in to the the so called unknown? :o (or is it already known to you as you already have a plan?

Re: How I stay motivated.
 

> PS. BTW, how did you feel when you quit your
> corporate job? Won't you feel sad to step in
> to the the so called unknown? :o (or is it
> already known to you as you already have a
> plan?

It was a scary step.

I was miserable in my job - Director of North America Marketing Services for a world-wide company. I like small company environment and I kept ending up in huge, bureaucratic companies. I decided it was senseless to be miserable and stressed out, so we decided to move back to St. Louis so Tim (my "other half") could go back to work for his family's business and I would give it a go as an independent.

That was my entire "plan" in the beginning. :-)
Once we moved, I got more specific...decided to write a book and get a companion Website going...I did that and here I am.




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