What a difference a week can make!

Thank you again for your patience while I took some much needed time to focus on my business. The past week has been very productive and I have concluded that it is time to jump in with both feet. I think I have been trying too hard to avoid making any bad decisions about my business strategy, to the extent that I was paralyzing myself. I simply needed time to figure out the steps and the right order in which to implement them. I made it and am on track.

I will be bringing you along on this journey, so hold onto your seat and let’s go! Beginning this Wednesday, there will only be 100 days left until the end of 2009. I intend to make the most of that time and get more done than I have in years. I am grabbing hold of a personal challenge and you can too. What have you been wanting to accomplish but haven’t started? Do you want to lose some weight, pay off debt, start a business? It’s okay to think big, as long as you are committed to doing whatever it takes to get the job done. If you are ready to rock, take the next two days to write down your personal pledge.

I am committed to strongly positioning my business and earning a multiple five figure income in the next 100 days. Wow! Now it is out there in cyberspace, so I have no choice but to get it done. I can’t wait to cross over into 2010 and set my next personal challenge! Join me on this adventure and please share your challenge with me. We can be accountability partners.

I will be sharing my successes with you every few days as I go along and hope you will let me know how you are doing too. Thank you for reading and be well.

© 2009 Dr. Shannon Reece

The breakdown before the breakthrough

Lately, I have been feeling like a hamster running full speed on a wheel while getting nowhere. Agitation and frustration were two of the emotions I have been dealing with for the past few weeks. I am working hard to build my business, but in many ways have felt stuck. Having always known deep down that my purpose is to help others, not pinpointing the specific group I am to work with has been difficult. But today I experienced a much needed breakdown in order to achieve a breakthrough.

As I articulated my frustration to the great sounding boards, who are my parents, the mere release of pent up emotional energy through the shedding of some tears was tremendous. I was finally able to embrace the niche my heart has been longing for me to reach, while letting go of who I thought I was supposed to work with based on my background and other factors. Trying to focus my heart and energy in the wrong direction was not bringing me a sense of resonance or peace. I knew something was wrong with moving in that direction, but for some reason it was terribly difficult to let go of it. When that breakthrough came to me this afternoon, a huge weight was lifted from my shoulders.

My internal compass was having trouble finding north, but is now back on track. As I look back over the past few months it seems as though God was whispering directions to me. I am not always good at attending to His soft voice or quieting myself enough to hear it. Many times I prayed for direction and a clear answer. God answered those prayers by laying out the hints before me. He knows that I learn best by putting all the pieces of the puzzle together before I can see the big picture.

Is there an area of your life where you feel stuck and perhaps need to release your grip of control to find peace and freedom? When we feel restless in our spirit it is because there is something important we need to pay attention to. It may be something to walk away from, or something to walk toward. The key is in the letting go and opening of your hands to be lead onto the right path in your life.

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Thank you for reading and be well.

ADOS

As I mentioned in a prior post, I am great at coming up with fabulous ideas. That is the fun part. Seeing the fulfillment of my ideas through to the end is where I sometimes get stuck. I am a creative at heart, and often become bored with the projects I start that don’t come easily for me or move along quickly enough. I guess you could say that I get distracted by other things that grab my attention.

Recently I heard this problem referred to as ADOS. Very similar to ADHD, ADOS is Attention Deficit...Oh shiny! This has also been called Shiny Object Syndrome. I don’t think there are any support groups or medication for this yet. If I get a vote, I think Flintstone’s vitamins should be the treatment of choice. And if not a viable cure, they sure taste good and are a source of vitamin C, which never hurt anyone.

The dilemma I face is being able to maintain a strict and narrow focus on one project at a time. For someone who is known for being a bona fide multi-tasker, this is a challenge moment by moment. Even in composing this post I am thinking about the next five topics I want to write instead of steadily completing this one. This change in mindset from a juggler to a sharp shooter might take me a day or two to master. The point I am trying to make is that the key to success at any level is efficiency of time and energy, and that comes from working on one thing at a time. So get off the merry-go-round of life that tells us we need to be everything to everyone at every moment, take a deep breath and just work on one thing until it's done.

Thanks for reading and be well.