I use Microsoft Outlook to manage my small business. I discovered a really powerful way to use the “all day event” feature in the Outlook Calendar.

If you’re (quite logically) just using this for things that take all day, you’re really missing out.

With this simple technique I never miss a follow-up call, and I’m able to relax knowing my system will remind me about the when and the what! Check out the quick video below where I reveal this super-duper technique.

Love it, hate it? Have a better idea? I’d love to hear from you.

ClearMind Lesson 10: The ClearMind Habits

In this lesson we introduce the ClearMind Habits. By combining the ClearMind Habits with the ClearMind Tools you will experience a new level of focus, clarity, and productivity.

Habit 1:  The Morning Mind Clear

Habit 2:  The “3C” Lifestyle

Habit 3:  The Weekly Review

The Morning Mind Clear is a quick planning session that will leave you grounded in your values and focused on your goals. This 30 min daily habit will empower you to maintain a clear mind, utilize your productivity tools, and start each day off right.

The Morning Mind Clear is powerful, but it won’t prevent you from being inundated with interruptions, emails, new projects, and meeting requests by lunchtime.

That’s when ClearMind Habit 2 saves the day…        The “3C” Lifestyle.

The 3C Lifestyle keeps you clear, focused, and productive even under chaotic and fast-changing circumstances. Like in our physical health, success in organization and productivity results from a consistent lifestyle rather than from an isolated event.

Habit Three:     The Weekly Review

The Weekly Review serves as a productivity and effectiveness checkup.

Each week you will refine your goals, projects, and actions. You will observe what is working and what is not.

Like the Morning Mind Clear, the work to be done in your Weekly Review will vary based on your personality and specific goals. And once your Weekly Review is designed for your unique needs it should be completed consistently each and every week.

“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.”

Frank Lloyd Wright

ClearMind Lesson 6: Clear Vision

In our last lesson we discussed two life-changing choices.
1)  The choice to complete actions that move you toward your goals.

2)  The choice to complete actions that increase your power.

We also posed the question, why would we do otherwise? That brings us to Lesson 6 - the principle of clear vision.

“Effective” and “powerful” actions are relative to the individual and to each individual’s goals. My choices may not be appropriate for you, because you want to be, have, and do different things in life than I do.

But, one thing we do all have in common is the ability, and responsibility, to choose what we want.

You may remember Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland…

Alice has a conversation with a Cheshire Cat that goes something like this…

Alice asks “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.

“I don’t much care where -” said Alice.

“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,”

“- so long as I get somewhere,” Alice added.

“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”

It is “common sense” to choose exactly what we want out of life and then complete the actions to get there. However, common sense is often not that common.

Most people go through their lives with goals and projects half-selected or not selected at all. Hoping that if they only “walk long enough” they are sure to stubble upon what they really want.

The reality is, in order to get what you want, you must start with a clear vision.

The problem is, most of us don’t have the tools and training to get clear on this. We’ll talk more about that shortly.

For now, just know that most failure begins and ends at this step.

Most people spend their lives in a state of confusion, running somewhat aimlessly, never knowing exactly where they’re headed. I invite you to engage the tools that will help you to choose significant goals, projects, and actions.

You’ll  maintain clear focus and motivation to create breakthrough results in your life and business.

ClearMind Lesson 4: Your 3 Sources of Power

A quick review…

Lesson 1:  The Life You Want
Lesson 2:  A New and Different World of Work
Lesson 3:  The Reality of Constant Action

You are already, “always in action.”

To get what you want, you can simply complete the actions that get you closer to your goal, and avoid the actions that don’t.

Lesson 4 states that the only way to complete these actions is to use your “power.”

So, for our purposes, power is simply the capacity to complete an action.

Your 3 sources of power are:

1)    Money

2)    Energy

3)    Time

In order to get the results you want, you must personally invest, or leverage, various combinations of those resources. You invest and leverage these resources through your moment-by-moment choices.

Just like the world is always changing, our 3 sources of power are always in flux.

Your choices are always either strengthening your power, or weakening your power. The ClearMind Habits will help you make “strengthening” choices in all three areas:
Everything builds upon these ClearMind Habits.

You’ll build a framework from which you can transform your life and your business.

“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”

Seneca

ClearMind Lesson 1: The Life You Want

Do you find “staying organized” difficult?
Most of us do.

In fact, some people believe it’s no longer possible to stay organized in today’s fast-changing, chaotic, crazy world.

Well, it is possible. In fact, organization and clear thinking are essential to creating the life that you want.

OK, so how do we do it?

How do we stay organized, clear-minded, and productive in the face of constant interruptions, new opportunities, and rapid change?

Well, that’s the purpose of this site and the ClearMind Program.

You’ll get the tools and habits to thrive in today’s business world. You’ll live and work with a clear mind and relaxed control – even in the middle of our over-committed, multi-tasking, culture.

The great news is, you already have all the wisdom necessary to achieve this high-performance state. Trust me, you do.

However, if you’re like most people, you could apply your wisdom in a much more consistent and systematic way.

Throughout this program you’ll make subtle, but powerful, changes in the way you clarify and honor your commitments.

You’ll begin to think about organization and productivity in a whole new way!
Get ready to live the life you want, and hit your goals faster than ever before!

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
Annie Dillard