Learning To Be Successful One Step at a Time

Learning to be successful one step at a time is a talent that is well worth pursuing.

There have been a lot of books written on multitasking and although there are bound to be some folks that are capable of doing this I find that for the majority of us this just does not work out well.

I have tried multitasking on many occasions but for some reason multitasking just does not work well for me.

The only multitasking I have been able to do is with help from mechanical things like running the dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer at the same time but this is not the kind of multitasking that is covered in the books I have read.

The books on multitasking are talking about making your to-do list, balancing the check book and making calls to prospects or some such all at the same time.

I can tell you that for me it just does not work!

My brain cannot separate the tasks at hand so everything gets all confused and I wind up having to do everything all over again.

So for me anyway the best way I have found to do things is to set my priorities and then tackle the things that need to be done one thing at a time and get them done.

By working this way I can accomplish many tasks in just a few minutes each.

Also success breeds success so that when I finish one task completely to my satisfaction then just doing it gives me the confidence I need to tackle the next thing I am going to do.

The most important thing to remember, when learning to be successful, is breaking the tasks down, that need to be done into small doable tasks, that you will no doubt feel you can be successful doing.

Once the tasks are broken down and you can see the big picture you can do a much better job of setting the bigger goals you are trying to accomplish.

There is no shame in doing several thousand different small tasks over the course of several months as opposed to trying and then failing to accomplish some grandiose goal in such a short time that it never gets accomplished and then you feel like a complete failure.

Been there and done that, as the old saying goes but once I learned to do a lot of little things the whole world turned around for me. The world can turn around for you as well if you heed my advice on this subject.

Another great thing thing is you can have a sigh of relief, as you know longer have to think of the big picture, as an all in one great big miracle that has to happen all at one time.

Instead the goal now is to accomplish all of these little goals one day at a time but at the same time while doing this always keep the big picture in mind.

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There you will find a lot of information on how to increase your sales volume or your team's if you are in management.

Thank you,
Billy J Gibson

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Local Events May Well Effect Your Sales Profession

Indeed when things go south in the area where you live and effect the local economy then people in the profession of making a living at selling something are effected.

The area where I live, which is in South East Texas close to the gulf coast has had it's share of natural disasters and man made ones as well. We had a major oil spill a few months ago when an oil tanker ran a ground and spilled a tremendous amount of oil into the Neches river.

I live about forty to fifty miles up stream from where the incident occurred so I was not effected personally but the area south of me was going through some white knuckle moments during the clean up of the spill.

In the case of this spill the weather was fine and the people that cleaned up the spill were very professional and had it all taken care of in a few days.

This off shore spill that is effecting the Louisiana coast shortly and possibly several other states though is an entirely different matter.

If you live in one of these soon to be effected areas now is the time to make sure you can stand the drop in the economy that is bound to follow the spill.

You may have to think in terms of twenty to thirty years as the Alaskan coast is still being effected by the spill there twenty or so years ago.

If your personal economy is at stake start making plans now as to what you are going to do to be able to survive. I have always believed in being proactive and making sure I would be able to see the situation through with the least amount of difficulty.

Depending on what you are selling you may have to start concentrating on working about fifty to hundred miles in land where the economy will be effected the least.

You may even have to move to a different area of the country to earn your living. The important thing is to start thinking now what is ahead for your profession and what will be the best thing to do in the event that things get really bad.

You should be able to tell in a few short weeks exactly what you are up against but in the mean time I would start looking on the internet and what every other means you have to find a long term solution in the event that the economy does really start getting to be bad in your local area.

When you have been through as many hurricanes, storms and bad times as I have you will learn to meet trouble head on.

You will find that winning ninety percent of the time is up to you and no one else.

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Thank you,
Billy J Gibson
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