Writing a list of tasks can help you to prioritise everything

The right mindset – raise your inner threshold
A recession brings out peoples true nature highlighting both weaknesses and strengths.  Everyone has an inner threshold which determines how much stress that they can manage.  When circumstances push you above this threshold you will feel stressed. 

Signs that you are over your threshold
• Problems concentrating
• Lack of focus and poor sleep
• Not getting things done
• Inability to relax or switch off
• Irritability, aggression, angry outbursts for only small things

What can you do to raise your threshold?
Although we don’t normally like to talk about emotions, they do in fact impair our ability to think clearly and make good decisions.  Healing up unresolved emotions vastly increases your inner threshold.

Stop the spinning plates. The back of your mind is constantly thinking about unfinished projects, such as calling that client, sending that e-mail, writing that letter or finishing that report.  The solution – do or delete. 

Take good physical care of yourself and get regular exercise. Exercising has many neurological benefits including reducing stress hormones and increasing production of endorphins and other “happy” hormones.

How to create your best year ever?
Step 1: What did you achieve?
Make a list of all the things that you achieved in the last year.  No matter how big or small the achievements are, if you are proud or pleased with them then put them on the list.

Step 2: What did you NOT achieve?
Make another list of all the things you failed to achieve in the last year.  What goals or milestones did you set yourself that did not happen?

Step 3: Your personal rules for success.
Look at each of the lists and identify the difference that makes the difference.  What did you do or not do that caused you to achieve what you did?  What did you do or not do, that caused you to fail to achieve what you didn’t?  You are looking for the difference that makes the difference and these will form your personal rules for success. 

Step 4: Turn your thinking on its head.
If you look around, most people in business don’t experience the kind of success they would like.  But if you look at most people, what they seem to do is to look around at other struggling businesses and do exactly the same!  Studies show that doing the OPPOSITE and going against the flow leads to long term success.

Step 5: Go against the traffic, and you will have 3 lanes to yourself.
Just like traffic in rush hour it is always easier to be going the opposite direction to the crowd.  Business is just like that, but it takes planning, investment and courage to go against conventional thinking.