The Savvy Entrepreneur

Today marks the end of Anti-Procrastination Month 2007! Now let’sCelebrate!
What did you accomplish? What did you learn about yourself? What were your ‘aha!’ moments? Did you experience success from any unexpected places?
And the Million Dollar Question: What now?
That’s easy (well, it’s easy to say)

Keep doing what works.
Review the wild success that occurred because you started [...]

Let’s face it — as an entrepreneur, you don’t get enough recognition for your accomplishments, especially not the small ones.
As I gear down Anti-Procrastination Month, I thought it important to talk about Rewarding Yourself. If you’ve been following along with me, you’ve made lots of progress too! Congratulations!
It’s time to look back on your [...]

Today’s Anti-Procrastination Month resource is about Changing Your Language.
Beat Procrastination by Getting Rid of Your ‘HaveTo’s’ is a great post I found on the Litemind blog…
Finally, someone who talks about beating procrastination with more than Time Management and To Do lists!!

This is the last Sunday Anti-Procrastination Month review.
Here’s what I shared with you this week:

Day 22: 6 types of procrastinators
Day 23: Stop lying to yourself
Day 24: Focus
Day 25: It has nothing to do with Time Management
Day 26: What’s your procrastination score?
Day 27: Come out of your comfort zone

Despite the HUGE commitment, I’m happy I decided [...]

Today’s Anti-Procrastination Month post is about Getting out of your comfort zone!
I’m writing about this since I’m getting out of my comfort zone today by attending The National Franchise & Business Opportunity Show at the Palais des Congrès in downtown Montreal.
Something you may not know about me is I’m also an independent consultant for a [...]

Today’s Anti-Procrastination Month post is an easy one: Get tested!
Don’t worry, it’s fun (well I think it is!). Go to Psychology Today and take the Procrastination Test. The questions are quite interestingly worded and you have a good selection of answers.
My score: 42
Your score on this test was in the mid-range. This means that, while [...]

In today’s Anti-Procrastination Month entry, I want to share what I’ve learned about the correlation between Procrastination and Time Management.
At first I thought they were related; It’s simple — if you’re a procrastinator, you lack organization and effective time management skills.
But then I read things which made me reevaluate my position on the subject, like:
Procrastination [...]

There’s one week left to Anti-Procrastination Month. Today’s post is a little reminder about Focus.
Procrastinators spend a lot of time and energy looking for beguiling activities in order to avoid doing an unpleasant or “boring” task, or as a way of stuffing down their fear of failure.
Pay attention to when you start engaging in busy [...]

If success has been eluding you, procrastination may be the root cause.
In today’s Anti-Procrastination Month post, I’m going to come out and say it straight: STOP LYING TO YOURSELF!!!
When you procrastinate, you are lying to yourself and wasting precious resources. You sabotage yourself. You are choosing a path that hurts your performance.
The plain truth is [...]

Only 10 days left to Anti-Procrastination Month!
Today, I invite you to read this interesting article on the New York Psychotherapy Group’s website regarding the six types of procrastinators identified by Linda Sapadin, Ph.D, author of It’s About Time!: The Six Styles of Procrastination and How to Overcome Them.
After reading the article, let us know what [...]

Here we are, wrapping up another week of Anti-Procrastination Month posts.
Here’s what was discussed this week:

Day 15: Pattern-breaking experiment.
Day 17: Be flexible.
Day 18: Outcome thinking.
Day 19: Create positive mental images.
Day 20: Dump everything in your brain into a collection bucket.

How are you doing? Are you well on your way to accomplishing what you planned this [...]

Even though it’s Saturday, I was able to take a huge step forward on organizing my office. That’s because I started implementing the first of five stages from David Allen’s book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: Collect things that command your attention.
In today’s Anti-Procrastination Month post, I’ll talk a little about Collection [...]