A message from Sandy. Are you wondering how to better manage yourself? ( I knew you were) Well here goes: You are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Learn to accept total responsibility for yourself. If you do not manage yourself, then you are letting others have control of your life. These self-management tips will help “you” manage “you.”

• Look at every new opportunity as an exciting and new life experience.
• If you catch yourself worrying about an upcoming task, go ahead and do it now, so it is no longer a distraction.
• Get in the habit of finishing what you start.
• Give up “waiting time.” Have something with you at all times to work on.
• Avoid worry. The majority of the things we worry about, never come to pass.
• Agree with yourself in advance that you will have a good attitude toward the upcoming task.
• Hire a specialist to do the things you are not an expert in.
• Take a chance—–calculated risks pay off in entrepreneurial progress.
• Frequently ask, “Is what I am doing right now moving towards my goals?”
• Plan the future, but live in the present.
• Make a list of your accomplishments–they are greater than you think.
• Keep a time log , once every 6 months to determine exactly where your time is going.
• Try not accepting calls for the first 15 minutes of the day while you prepare your daily strategy.
• “He who kills time buries opportunities.”
• View all activities as a challenge.
• Schedule  a short vacation or long weekend at your next deadline–as a reward for finishing on time.
• Take time to be quiet and reflective for a few minutes each day.
• Be effective in everything you do, rather than just sporadically applying time management techniques.
• Tell someone else what you are doing to keep on schedule–it keeps you committed.
• Take time out to thank  yourself for doing a good job.
• Act with enthusiasm in all that you do.
• Operate knowing that there is good in everything. Every cloud has a silver lining—look for it.
• 90% of success is showing up!
• Practice self-determination–wanting to do it for yourself.
• Nothing takes the place of persistence–practice “stick-to-it-iveness.”
• Believe that you can be what you want to be.
• Operate under the philosophy, that what we give out is what comes back to us.
• Praise yourself for your progress.
• Be kind to yourself when all days don’t go as we desired.
• Do not criticize yourself as  having a weakness. There is no such thing, only an undeveloped skill, which you have the choice to change. There are no weaknesses—only untapped potential.
• Life is what you perceive it to be. Do you see it as boring or an adventure?
• Operate using the “and then some” manner–always do what is expected “and then some.”
• When working on a task that is very difficult for you—do it for as long as you can–then do something else and come back to it. Keep taking bite-size pieces until it is done.
• Challenge yourself to do things differently than you have in the past.It provides new idea and keeps you interested.
• Finish that last task before you end your day.