JUST SAY NO

                              JUST SAY NO

Just Say No! Some of us will remember back to 1982 when Nancy Reagan, the First Lady at the time, while interacting with some school children was asked the question, what to do when someone approached them and offered them drugs?

Her response was to; “Just Say No”. In 1986 President Reagan signed a proclamation creating the first Just Say No drug week. And the slogan became a National and International slogan to reduce drug use. By 1988 there were over 12,000 Just Say No clubs across the world. The results were that there was a significant drop in cocaine use in schools.

As I interact with business owners and we discuss how busy they are, perhaps it’s time again to break out the slogan; Just Say No, but this time it should be in regards to time wasters or busyness that take us away for achieving the results we desire.

Many business owners think that because they are busy, they are being productive, and this is not always the case. Too many of business owners, executives and staff are distracted by clutter, white noise and lack of clear direction and priorities.

As I write this blog post we are now in the 10^th day of the New Year. In my last post I suggested that we take some time to reflect on 2015 and what went well and what didn’t go so well. I asked the question what can we do better in order to make 2016 our best year ever.

I suggested that we ask ourselves the following questions:

• How can you develop more clarity of direction?
• How can you develop a relentless focus to succeed?
• How can you become more disciplined to accomplish your goals for 2016?
• How can you make 2016 the most extraordinary year ever?

Another question we should ask ourselves is what do we need to say no too, in order to focus on our priorities?

Everyday we are faced with multiple opportunities to be involved in some sort of activity, whether it is a fundraiser, meeting, club, networking event or a million other activities that will take our time away from focusing on our priorities.

Time is a very limited resource. We only have so much time and once the clock strikes 12, we are out of time. If we want to have greater success in 2016 personally and professionally, we have to take charge of our time and learn to Just Say No to activities that take us away from focusing on our priorities. In order to be more focused, we need to learn to Just Say No.

We need to take charge of our lives personally and professionally. Learn to eliminate the distractions and get more focused on what will move you closer to achieving a more successful 2016. Focus on your priorities and Just Say No to everything else.

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