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Amazing enough there are those who have made their lives harder by making a first step with their hands over their eyes. Here at American Results, we have had our shares of that very same, shall we call it “learning time”, and how wonderful it is to come out of it alive.  Whenever there is an impulse to move forward without a proper understanding of where it is you are headed, you might wind up having a days that start with “how the heck did we end up here?”

If you pull away from your situation as if you were seeing omnipotent like, then you will discover where your blind direction is taking/could be taking, you.

Here is a great source of wonderful information (I think it is only $4 now, so you get your rolls of pennies out and blow it all on this, it is worth it.):

By Michael E. Gerber – HarperBusiness (2007) – Paperback – 464 pages – ISBN 0060723238

The bestselling author of phenomenally successful and continually vital The E-Myth Revisited presents the next big step in entrepreneurial management and leadership with E-Myth Mastery.

A practical, real-world program that is implemented real-time into your business, Gerber begins by engaging the reader in understanding why the entrepreneur is so critical to the success of any enterprise, no matter how small or large it may be, and why the mindset of an entrepreneur is so integral to the operating reality of the organization, of the small business, and the enterprise. He then covers seven essential skills: Leadership Marketing Money Management Lead Conversion Lead Generation Client Fulfilment Each of these seven skills is presented through a specific training module with corresponding tests and exercises that explain the content and principles to be learned, provide case studies and examples, as well as worksheets for applying those ideas to the business. Gerber ties it all together by helping readers put the pieces together in an E-Myth Business, an E-Myth Practice and an E-Myth Enterprise. This is the book that will show you the difference between being an entrepreneur versus doing a job, how to get money when the bank won’t give it to you, how to expand your customer base when big business moves in down the street, how to develop the best people when you can’t afford to pay them competitive wages, how to increase the predictability of what your business is able to promise, and then how to keep that promise, every single time, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Mastery is a business development program that helps you turn your company into a world-class operation…into a turn-key money machine!

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Having a lot of work in front of you can result in or potentially result in, priorities being pushed down the list. Also know as procrastination, there is always something that could be and probably will be, a distraction but, not the good type of distraction like you need when you have been working too much, no, only the bad type that makes your work come last. The last time I had a project and left the hard stuff until the end, the project ended up in the digital trash and had to be redone from scratch, ouch. All that time spent on a project rushing to get it done at the last minute and nothing to show for it, except the understanding that I personally can not get a great piece of work done if it is not worked on as priority. In all aspects of life, if you put the most important, less fun, projects first then you will notice that you start to become that superhero guy/girl that everyone talks about, in a good way.

For example:

Clean dishes in the sink or spin a coin on the table? Now class, which is less fun but, could make your life easier when you need a clean plate and all you have are ones with pizza cheese stuck to them?

Or what about:

Research marketing tactics to help the company grow, that will take a long time to perfect, OR play the awe inspiring, magnificent, classic computer game solitaire? I know, I know, amazingly enough you probably want to play solitaire then do the project that will be long and possibly boring, I mean enriching and beneficial (hopefully the boss doesn’t look up from his game of Ultimate Solitaire Showdown to read this).

People will respect and could reward you for putting the hard stuff first and could make life better for you and others.

I think the point I would like you to take away from this is, be the superhero and get it done now, not after (fill in the blank).

(I started watching this, going into a trance like state and had to pause it so I could finish this article, that is the power of priority.)

Let me know if you have ever had a situation where you got stuck on something and had to pull yourself away to get the less fun stuff done.

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