| Inspired by Rick Beneteau's article, Tackling the Task | | | | class. |
| List, | | | | No, that's not a computer science course, it's a |
| I pushed everything off my desk and onto the floor | | | | combinationof weight training and aerobics. After all, |
| and beganmaking a list of categories of what the | | | | the computerdoesn't give me much exercise. |
| important tasks foreach day might be. Limit them to | | | | Driving down the road to my PE class, I found my |
| five, I thought, five atthe most. Tackling five tasks is | | | | eyesenjoying the first signs of spring in pink blossoms |
| do-able. Going for moremight cause me to break my | | | | andbudding trees while my mind bounced out the |
| resolutions before I even wrotethem down. | | | | familiar |
| Yours may be different, but this is what I came up | | | | Christmas tune "Jingle Bells Rock." |
| with. | | | | "Advertise, Organize, Write/Submit, Track |
| Advertising -- a must. It's important to get the word out | | | | Write/Submit, Track, Write Submit, Track |
| EVERY day. Familiarity, contrary to breeding contempt, | | | | Advertise, Organize, Write/Submit, Track, etc. etc. etc." |
| makespeople take another look. | | | | You get the sound. |
| I looked, but what I was seeing was the pile of papers | | | | So my four tasks - do one each day - would be my |
| that | | | | list. |
| I had just pushed onto the floor. "I've got to | | | | When I got home, I set up my own version of Rick's |
| getorganized," I said to myself. "Ah, that's another one. | | | | whiteboard. |
| I'vegot to get organized." | | | | Rather than messing with smeary markers, I opted for |
| That went on the list. | | | | whiteposter board, with my four topics neatly printed |
| Organize -- if EVERY day I did something towards | | | | at the top. |
| organizing, | | | | Then, I wrote tasks on post-its placing them in a |
| I would become organized, right? | | | | holdingarea down the right side of the board. My plan |
| What else? Write. I have an ezine. I submit articles | | | | was, thateach morning, I would put one post-it under |
| toother ezines. I have to write updates to my website. | | | | each taskcategory and do at least that much that day. |
| That'sa lot of writing. And once I write, it doesn't do | | | | Then, when Ifinished it, I simply threw it away. |
| any goodunless I submit the articles to ezines, mail my | | | | As I thought of more tasks, I would merely put it on a |
| subscriberlist or upload my web pages. There, I have | | | | post-it and add it to the board on the right side. |
| another dailytask. | | | | But wait a minute, I said five. Where was my fifth |
| Write/Submit I don't have to write everyday, but I do | | | | task? |
| needto do some task connected with that writing, so | | | | Where was my fifth? Am I crazy? What would all |
| write/submitseemed apt. | | | | these tasksaccomplish if I didn't follow-up on any of |
| What now? | | | | them. |
| Track. Tracking one's advertising is equally as | | | | Following up on leads, article submissions, your |
| important asdoing the advertising. Unless you know | | | | downlineneed to be on that list. Without follow-up your |
| what results you'regetting, how can you create an | | | | wholebusiness could die. |
| effective advertisingcampaign? So tracking is a must. | | | | Follow-up. That's got to be there. |
| By that time, I needed to pack off to my class at | | | | But how do I fit it into "Jingle Bells Rock?" |
| Diablo | | | | Well, I may not be able to sing it, but I'm doing it and |
| Valley College where I was taking a circuit training | | | | itworks. |