Get
Organized, Get on Track and Get Unstuck.
Robert
Middleton interviews Elizabeth Hagen
Are
you as organized as you need to be? Or is
disorganization holding you back, preventing you
from growing your business?
If
you're like most small business owners,
organization is an issue for you and it's
hurting the productivity and effectiveness of your
business.
How
many of these sound familiar?
•
Your desk (and sometimes floor) is covered with
papers, magazines and mail that you have no
place for.
•
You waste time every day looking for papers and
computer files
•
You miss opportunities because they slip through
the cracks
•
You spend hours on email but never seem to catch
up
•
You don't start marketing projects because you
don't know where to start and don't have
priorities
•
You never feel like you'll get caught up - let
alone add more projects
•
You're frustrated and drained of energy because
of all the details you need to keep track of
•
You're caught in the traps of procrastination
and perfectionism which prevents you from
completing important projects
Are
you disorganized?
When
Elizabeth Hagen approached me for this Audio
Program, I wasn't sure it was right for my
subscribers. The truth is, organizing isn't a
"sexy" topic. But when she provided more
information on the cost of being disorganized and
the possibilities for being better organized, I
realized that not only would this be a valuable
program, I needed this information myself.
I
consider myself fairly organized. My desk
usually isn't a mess and my computer and email
systems are set up to find things easily. But what
I realized when I interviewed Elizabeth was that I
was very poor at staying on top of projects and
fitting in new ones.
My
problem, like many entrepreneurs, is that I'm an
idea machine. I generate new ideas every day.
New product ideas, new programs, new marketing
models. But I only implement a small percentage of
them because I can't keep track of them all. I
write down some ideas, put them in my computer and
then forget about it!
Who
This Program is for
This
program is for you if you're what I call an
"organizational basket case," are somewhat
disorganized, or like me, you are losing
opportunities because your organizational system
isn't able to manage all the new ideas and
opportunities you are generating. No matter where
you are on this continuum, you'll get tremendous
benefit from this program.
How
This Program is Different
When
I agreed to do this audio program with Elizabeth, I
thought I'd get a few tips and strategies to get
better organized better. Truthfully, my
expectations were not high. But just a few minutes
in the interview, I realized that Elizabeth had
created a complete system not only for managing
papers, but for tracking ideas, opportunities and
projects. This is exactly what I'd been looking
for.
About
Elizabeth Hagen
Elizabeth
Hagen is an author, organizing expert, and speaker
who loves seeing overwhelmed entrepreneurs apply
her principles and see their business grow. As
a former clothing store owner and mom of 5,
Elizabeth has spent the last 8 years building her
professional organizing and speaking business. She
now speaks nationally to help others get more
focused, have more time, increase their business,
and have more confidence in every aspect of their
life. She is the author of the book and manual
"Organize with Confidence".
Here's
what we covered in this interview with
Elizabeth:
The
Command Center
How
to set up a "Business Command Center" that
organizes all your paper, projects, commitments,
follow-ups, and ideas. This is a complete
system that Elizabeth explains in minute detail.
She gives you step-by-step instructions for
setting it up and managing it.
This
system will help you completely eliminate paper,
clutter and post-it notes. It will ensure
you never let a project slip through the cracks
or miss an opportunity. It will free your mind
because everything you need to do will now be
organized effortlessly through the Command
Center.
The
Command Center can be set up with a few items
commonly found in an office supply store for
just a few dollars.
Managing
Emails
Elizabeth
then outlined a dozen or so tips on how to use
Outlook to more effectively manage the
thousands of emails everyone seems to get every
week. As with her Command Center, she shows how
to make sure important emails don't slip through
the cracks.
Staying
on Top of Your To-Dos
Ever
get overwhelmed by a huge to-do list that you
never seem to get to the end of? Elizabeth
outlined several practical ideas for managing
your daily action items, focusing on your
priorities and keeping it all together with the
Command Center.
Managing
Your Ideas
This
may have been my favorite idea. Elizabeth
showed how to get control over all those great
ideas we generate (but which usually fall
between the cracks). And like all of her ideas,
it's not expensive, not difficult, nor time
consuming. It's a simple system that, like
everything else ties into the Command Center.
Managing
the Inner Game of Organizing
Elizabeth
also spends time on several things that sabotage
our attempts to get organized. These include
multi-tasking, procrastination and
perfectionism. And like all of her ideas, they
are practical, actionable and designed to help
you focus on what's the most important.
The
Possibility of This Program
This
audio program will give you a detailed how-to
system to get and stay organized. What I
promise you'll get when you put the ideas in this
program into action is the following.
•
A complete system to eliminate paper clutter
forever
•
A system for easily managing commitments,
projects and opportunities
•
A system for keeping on top of action items and
priorities
•
A system for managing (and keeping alive) great
ideas as they come to you.
•
A system for managing the flood of email you
receive
•
Plus dozens of additional tips and strategies to
manage paper, projects and priorities with less
overwhelm
What
does this mean for your marketing?
When
I ask people about their main problem with
marketing, the answer is almost always, "I
don't have the time to do marketing."
But
what this really means is "I'm not organized enough
to do marketing." If you cleared your clutter,
managed your action items and priorities, and
stopped procrastinating, how much time would that
save you every day?
Elizabeth
says that the average self-employed person wastes
about an hour a day just looking for stuff!
What if you could save five hours a week? I promise
you, that would give you more than enough time to
do all the marketing activities you needed to grow
your business.
What
separates successful people from unsuccessful
ones? The bottom line is that the successful
ones get more higher priority items completed
consistently. And to do that they need to be
organized. They don't have an hour a day to search
for stuff!
Bonus
Audio Program - Getting Unstuck
After
Elizabeth and I had completed the Get Organized
interview, we continued for another hour to discuss
how to get unstuck.
Not
only does disorganization hold people back, people
tend to get stuck. What I mean by being stuck
is that we find we are unable to successfully move
forward with something we want. We struggle, feel
frustrated and thwarted. We know we have the
ability to achieve this goal, we just can't seem to
move things forward.
When
we're stuck, getting organized will often help.
But not always. Being stuck is more of an internal
than external issue. We are all familiar with being
stuck - even when we have all the information and
resources we need to move forward.
I've
seen clients get stuck in the following marketing
areas:
Developing
a marketing message
Writing
marketing materials or web site
Implementing
various marketing activities
Setting
up appointments with prospects
Creating
a marketing plan
Have
you ever had the sense that something invisible is
stopping you? It's almost like that. What is
stopping you are your feelings or thoughts. A
better way to express this is that "the way you are
being" is stopping you. If you are being
hesitant, unconfident, fearful, overwhelmed, or
confused, you are going to be stuck. And it's easy
to observe that your actions will be always
consistent with your way of being.
For
instance, if your goal is to follow-up with some
prospects, and you are being "afraid of
rejection," then the only action you can take
is to avoid calling. If you remain in that state of
being, the calls will not be made. These
"constrictive" ways of being are always what's in
the way of you producing results. There are no
exceptions.
The
good news is that you can shift the way you are
being. You can shift from unconfident to
confident, from fearful to fearless, from
overwhelmed to centered, from confused to clear.
You can shift from constrictive ways of being to
expansive ways of being.
Constrictive
Ways of Being
Expansive
Ways of Being
Confused
Impatient
Fearful
Frustrated
Disorganized
Overwhelmed
Cynical
Clear
Patient
Fearless
Successful
Organized
Calm
Trusting
A
Process to Get Unstuck
In
this one-hour session with Elizabeth, I lead her
through a process of getting unstuck by shifting
who she is being. We work with actual issues
where she is stuck with her marketing. The process
is simple, but it is profound. Ultimately you will
discover in this audio session (I've included the
transcripts as well) exactly what you need to do to
get unstuck.
Something
that you've been stuck with for days, weeks, months
or even years can get unstuck in a matter of
minutes. You'll learn this process and how to
apply it not only to your business and marketing,
but to any area of your life where you are
stuck.
What
could be possible with this program?
These
two audio programs combined will give you
powerful tools that will impact your business
immediately.
Imagine
being both organized and unstuck! What could
you accomplish that you're not accomplishing now?
What projects would you take on that you're
struggling with now? What would you commit to that
you hesitate to commit to now? What would you get
on with that has been on hold for longer than you
can remember?
Is
this Program for You?
This
Audio Program is for you if you want to be more
organized, get unstuck and achieve more in your
business. If that's you, I recommend you order
the program now and give it an honest try. I
promise you that just the first section on
Elizabeth's "Command Center" will give you ten
times your money's worth.
My
Unconditional Guarantee
As
with all my products and audio programs, this comes
with a 100% money back guarantee. Order the
program; listen to the audio interview and read the
transcript. If you don't think you got way more
than your money's worth, let me know and I'll
refund 100% of what you paid.
Ordering
Details for this Audio Program
This
is what you get when you order this
program:
1.Part
1 - Getting Organized and On Track Audio
Program
An 80 minute Online Audio (mp3 format)
that you can listen to on your computer or
download (and put on your iPod or Mp3
player).
2.
A complete 48-page transcriptionof
the program in pdf format that you can print
our and refer to over and over again.
3.Part
2 - Getting Unstuck Audio
Program An 60 minute Online Audio (mp3 format)
that you can listen to on your computer or
download (and put on your iPod or Mp3
player).
4.
A complete 34-page transcriptionof
the program in pdf format that you can print
our and refer to over and over again.
5.Getting Unstuck Process
Worksheets
6.
A 100% money back guarantee of
satisfaction.
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