Rituals. DO YOU HAVE A W.B.R. (Weekly Business Ritual)?? I love this topic. We all have rituals. Some that help us and have us take care of ourselves and others that hinder us and get in the way of us thriving. I spoke with a group of Big Fish today (www.bigfishnation.com) and here were some rituals they did that SERVED them: exercise at least 3-5 days per week, eating a good, healthy breakfast, drinking only 2 cups of coffee each morning, stretching, setting daily intentions, noticing what there is to be grateful for each morning, journaling, writing down the 3 things that we want to accomplish that day (and only 3!), calling one friend/family member just to say hello, a silent walk, yoga, the list goes on. But we also have unhealthy rituals that do not nurture us: Jumping out of bed and getting on the ‘treadmill of life’, drinking coffee all day, skipping breakfast, letting email direct our day, letting the world direct our moods, etc. You know the deal.
But the twist I want to shift to here is that our businesses need us to have a healthy BUSINESS RITUAL too! What might this look like? This might be calling 3 potential new clients per day. Writing on your blog 3 times per week, or contacting 2 vendors weekly to keep relationships top notch, or calling one prospective speaking opportunity per day, 3 times per day twitter postings, intentions set each morning, a card sent each day to someone that you want to connect with, etc. I highly recommend creating a Daily or Weekly Business Ritual sheet! This sheet will be a mix of a few things that you feel are necessary to take your business to a whole new level, track it. Make it a new ritual. Start your day with it EVERY business day. It will sky rocket your success. Do it for 30 days and evaluate if the things on the sheet are the perfect things or do they need to be tweaked slightly. This is a business mastery skill, you be the master of your business! OMMMMMMMMM.
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Kathryn Zox Show on Voice America
April 6, 2009
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Full Circle Women’s Group
Austin, TX
Do you have a WBR?
May 27, 2009
Happy Memorial Day Weekend
May 22, 2009
It is the Friday before a long weekend. A weekend, which I used to really look forward to, because it was the ’start of summer’ in upstate NY, but now that I have lived in Austin for almost 4 years… summer has been here for a few months. So it is just a nice long weekend. I truly enjoy the balance of work and life these days. What does it take to find that perfect balance? I believe it takes a big vision! A vision of your life that is bigger than you are which includes the world. From this perspective all aspects of our lives are important and the tone of the day is actually the MOST important thing that we have control over.
Where does that tone or culture come from? Always us! So consciously decide what the tone of your days are going to be this weekend and in the weeks ahead. Name the tone. Write it down for yourself. For example it might be ‘summer time chilling’ — or next week at work, it might be ‘relaxed and productive.‘ Getting clear and conscious about the tone that we choose to stay in, is a leadership skill. It is about not letting the world knock you off your intention for that day or that moment.
From a place with a powerful vision… each aspect of our l lives deserves honor, respect and attention and there is no room for guilt and ’shoulds’. Go with the flow of life and enjoy the balance that life naturally creates when we let go of all the things that we ‘should’ do.
So on this Memorial Day weekend; be sure that you have a vision bigger than you are. The reason that we have a day called Memorial Day is for those that actually knew already that their lives were about something bigger than they were.
‘A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.’ ~Joseph Campbell
Happy Memorial Day weekend.
What is a Big Fish?
April 30, 2009
People always ask me, ‘What is a Big Fish’ — we’ll a Big Fish (to me) is someone that takes full responsibility for their life. In tough times and in the great, they know that they are in charge of their life and business. They tend to be self starters and own their own business. They are people that want to learn and grow all the time. They consistently climb new mountains and see the next mountain they want to climb while completing the current milestone. They are ‘awake’ in life and realize the more awake they are, the more awake they can be! They have found or know it is possible to ‘have it all’ and having it all is in now way about material things…. it is about designing a quality life. They do not follow the norm. They lead the norm! They take the road less traveled. They take hard core business tools and integrate them with a spiritual approach to success.
Welcome to our new website!!
April 29, 2009
We are working out the little bugs and details. But welcome! I’d love to hear what your top 3 business issues are these days. As you can see we are adding services, some that is inexpensive, some that are free and various ways to be a Big Fish! But we are committed to womens leadership and womens success. So please share with us what you’d love support with!
Springtime Renewal
March 24, 2009
Spring time is here all over the country… at different degrees depending on where we are. But the feeling is the same: fresh, green, alive, growth, possibility, and new committments. I have been thinking about what I do for renewing myself… The trees do it, flowers do it, animals do it, how do humans renew? I’d like to offer some and hear yours too!
- Make a new committment and put time in your calendar every day that is dedicated to it to create a brand new habit and create huge impact in your life.
- Clean up, clear the clutter. Through things away, donate, go for 100 items from your home or office. It is amazing how great it feels!
- Plant spring flowers or herbs.
- Get outside!!
- Do more of what you have intended but not taken the time to do i.e.
- Take 20 minutes of alone time with your kids, pick them up from school, have a real conversation during dinner, etc.
- Update your website with spring cleaning too. Freshen it up~
What do you do to renew yourself in the spring?
Lorin
Those thoughts from the shower…
March 17, 2009
It was one of those days when I was in the shower, thinking…. thinking how little I really need. I was listening to the news about how the hair salons are down business from 20-30 percent. They went on to explain that people, rather than going to get their hair ‘done’ every 4 weeks, are going every 6-8 weeks. I was thinking that our world is changing. We are being more ‘thoughtful’, more conscious about our spending. I believe that when we become more thoughtful about our spending we become more thoughtful about other aspects of our life as well - YEAH!
In the shower, I was remembering, when I was a kid, soda was for ‘party’s only - we never had it in the house unless we were having a party. I never went to ‘get my nails done’ — I did not know people did that til I was an adult! Haircuts, my mother did them! Even today, where do I go regularly to shop, literally just one place regularly – for food. It was so freeing knowing that I did not ‘need’ much.
Think about all the places you go to spend money, what if you only went to those place as a ‘treat’ for yourself, a celebratory thing. How would we spend our time if we did not go out to spend money. Life would get more simple again. For pleasure families would go for a walk together, a wagon ride (free, where we take turns pulling), or we play hop scotch in the street, or ride a bike. It is during these times of economic challenges - where the gift of getting back to the basics is back! Thanks to the challenges. It seems that every decade or two we need that reminder that truly the richness in life comes from the simple things in life.
Cheers to simple!
