Multi tasking the right way: How to Delegate

As we have seen, true multi tasking is working on one task while another task is completing.  Essentially, the computer delegates a task to another device or another section of the computer and works on something else until that first task signals that it is done.  So, for you to multi-task (instead of just juggling tasks badly), you need to learn to delegate.

The most well-known type of delegating a task is to delegate it to someone else.  You can also delegate it to yourself.

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How I Almost Ruined My Career to Succeed

I was watching a video from the TED conferences.  The video was on creativity and how education kills creativity. Interesting and pretty funny. But it got me thinking about how I – at the beginning of my career – deliberately set out on a course that probably should have killed it, for the purpose of actually succeeding. 

So I wrote a blog post about it–> stress management coaching.

Increasing Workplace Productivity Through Simple Time Management

Ask yourself these questions:

• Am I working effectively?

• Is the work I do efficient?

• Do I have many fruitful hours of work or am I always distracted?

Here are some time management tips focused on increasing workplace productivity to get more out of your usual work day.

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Do You Want Free STRESS JUDO COACHING?

One day, I was throwing kicks at the karate dojo (school). I was trying to kick very high, which made lose my balance. A lot!  So my sensei (teacher) watched me for a few kicks – and falls – and then said, very casually, “Turn your left out this way before you kick.”  I did it, and suddenly I wasn’t falling!  So I said “That’s it??!!”  And he said “That’s what you pay me for.” 
 
That sums up coaching.  Not cheerleading, although motivation is a component.  Not training, although teaching is a big part.  Not game-planning, although helping you see the “big picture” comes with the territory.  Coaching is all of these, with the added element of training you to master the insight to do all of this for yourself.

 

Personal coaching, which is what STRESS JUDO COACHING offers, means you and your coach (in this case – me!) take a journey, where the path leads to personal transformation.  It doesn’t have to be some peer-into-the-soul-of-the-Universe revelation (although, as revelations go, those are pretty cool).  For some people, it means that you are a different person from when you started.  For others, it means you are a completely different person from when you started.  For me, it meant a person who took the combative excellence needed in the courtroom and fighting ring and fashioned into a training program to help people fight the daily stresses and anxieties that keep them from seeing the joy in their lives.

 

Click for the main page for STRESS JUDO COACHING.

 

This page explains that the coaching is personal – meaning one-on-one with the coach and focused on you personally – built within the framework of the progressive training of the belt system.  It explains the resources, the belts, the tools you receive at each level.  It explains the price.  It explains all the free stuff you can ask for.
 
But it cannot give you the experience and feel of coaching.  It’s like boxing or dancing (I have done both).  No matter how many rounds or recitals you observe.  No matter how many “behind the scenes” documentaries you watch. No matter how many boxers or dancers you talk with.   None of these can give you the experience of seeing a punch coming at your head and ducking under it, or of boxing (yeah, you’ve never seen me dance, have you?).

 

So STRESS JUDO COACHING will coach you for free, so you can decide whether there is value there or not for you.  At the bottom of the information page is a Contact Form, where you can request a 30 minute coaching session.  You will have your own experience to decide that coaching is the thing that can take you to that elusive next level.

 

So please go to STRESS JUDO COACHING

 

Fill out the form.
Get coached for 30 minutes.
Then get coached a lot.
 
I look forward to meeting you.

 

Sincerely,
Rick Carter
Indianapolis, IN
STRESS JUDO COACHING
Turning stress inTO OPPORTUNITIES

Work Anxiety. React Passively? Or Destroy It?

Have you ever stayed awake Sunday night because the thought of going in to work Monday morning fills you with anxiety and stress?  Have you ever just frozen at your desk at work, because you know that any choice you make will be attacked and criticized by someone?  Is your workday filled with worry and anxiety instead of joy and optimism?  Your work anxiety is ruining your life and your relationships.

For more of this article click on stress at work.

How To Gain Respect At Work

Respect is defined as “a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability” (“respect.” Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 05 Sep. 2010).  Most people talk of respect in a generalized sense (“I respect my boss.”).  But in the workplace, a generalized respect won’t really cut it when things like promotions or raises are on the line.  Use the second part of the definition and strive to gain respect at work for a quality or ability.

You can focus on your own strengths or weaknesses and improving one or more.  For example, if you are particularly strong in time management, then you can continue to develop this area.  The positive is that it will be easier to stand out and gain respect if you are already string in that area.  The downside is that you may become pigeon-holed into that area, and not recognized for other strengths you may have.

You can also strengthen a trait that upper management considers valuable.  Here are 5 traits that generally make you more promotable:

1. Leadership.  Study this area and decide how you personally want to develop your leadership traits.  Some people define this as charisma, some define it as the ability to get people to follow your direction.  There are many examples of leaders.  Pick one that fits your personality and focus on making it stringer.
2. Stress management.  Management wants to promote people who can be relied on.  If you crumble under stress or pressure, you are not reliable.  Select a stress management system that works in all situations.
3. Time management.  “Under budget and on time” are the happiest words to your bosses.  Manage your time well, and the people above you and on your team will respect you.
4. Constant education.  Demonstrate that you are always educating yourself about all aspects of your job and your career.  This means the technical aspects of your position right now, and about the position you wish to hold in several years.
5. Team building.  Companies like to hold on to talent and develop new talent. Demonstrating that you can do both these tasks increases your value to the company by leveraging your worth.

 

Respect is too often interpreted as “being afraid of” or “being intimidated by.”  True respect is having co-workers and upper management see and value the unique qualities you bring to the workplace.  The key to how to gain respect at work is to develop and show off your value.

Picture your life when stress is not a concern and where you are the leader in stressful situations. For 3 FREE reports on exactly how you can do this, click on STRESS JUDO. STRESS JUDO was developed by Rick Carter, a 15+ year trial lawyer and martial artist. The courtroom has emotional and intellectual stress, and the dojo and fight ring have physical and psychological stress. STRESS JUDO was developed to give you a fighting chance against stress, to turn stressful situations into opportunities. It takes more than just meditation and deep breathing, or visualization and happy thoughts, to get through the stress of your day. Stress is attacking you – learn to attack stress. To get the 6 belts, including the Black Belt, click on STRESS JUDO: Black Belt System.

A 56 Page Stress Management Newsletter That Is Worth Reading

I just received my copy of STRESS JUDO: The Newsletter July 2010 and it is UNBELIEVABLE!

56 pages and NO ADS! You know how these companies always promise “100% content” and then it’s realy just ads?  Not THIS newsletter!  This is 56 pages (they are numbered and there’s a Table Of Contents) of articles on the TOPIC of the newsletter.  The topic this month is “Stress And The Workplace.”

I highly recommend getting signed up at Executive Leadership Coaching to get this newsletter.  I am already looking forward to next month! Oh – and it’s FREE! 56 pages every month for free?  What the hell is this STRESS JUDO thinking??

Executive Leadership Coaching – Making The Most Of It

If you are going to go for executive leadership coaching, you need to make sure it sticks.  See, many companies that say they offer “coaching” offer only a 1 day or 2 day seminar 0n goal setting and teamwork.  Or they come in and kibbitz your project and then give you crappy little saying about leadership.

What you want is coaching that will develop your leadership.   Or coaching that you can pass on to your team, to develop leaders.   But without having to pay a consultant hundreds of dollars an hour to do it.

Try STRESS JUDO Black Belt stress management training.  A black belt in a martial art is someone who can identify the areas that he or she needs to work on, and is trained to train himself or herself.  In other words, the coaching of a black belt develops someone who is self-coaching as well as coach to others.

This is the model that STRESS JUDO is based on.   Mastering stress and staying calm and focused under pressure is probably the first trait that people think of when they identify a leader.   Now, that person can be YOU!

Look at STRESS JUDO as the beginning of your executive leadership coaching.  Everyone around you will thank you.

A New Unique Way To Do Karate Kata For A Great Workout

Okay, no long introduction.  This article talks about doing kata in a pool, which led to greater body awareness and consciousness.  Which is actually one of the goals of kata practice.

So check out this new blog post at weight loss fitness solutions.  And leave a comment.  We want to hear about your unique training methods and experiences.

Corporate Charity Rip-offs

I just saw a commercial for a fast-food chain (I won’t mention the name so I don’t get sued) that was pitching some kind of charitable donation if you buy their crappy food.  The charity was actually pretty cool and sounded worthy.  But, at the bottom of the screen – in teeny-tiny print – was the MASSIVE RIPOFF.

At the bottom of the screen, it said that each restaraunt would donate “up to $250.”  WTF??!! So that means that if YOU go there and buy their crap – with the intention of having a portion of your purchase be donated to this charity – and you are purchaser $251 – YOIU LOSE!

Check out the next time you see a carton in the grocery store that says a donation will go to a charity, usually a cancer charity.   The fine print will say “GIANT RIPOFF CORP. will donate up to $100,000 to xyz charity.”  That means that they PROFIT off everyone who purchases OVER the $100,000 limit.  Man, this burns me up!

So here’s the solution: the next time you see this – and you are motivated to make a purchase because of the charity – just give STRAIGHT to the charity!  Bypass the giant scamming corporation that is whoring out the victims for corporate greed and playing off YOUR charitable feelings.  The charity will benefit better.

Oh, and while you at it: send a letter to giant ripoff corporation that says “make your donation AT LEAST $100,000, instead of UP TO, you greedy scum-sucking whores.”

You’ll feel really good.

And click here for stress relief.  All of your purchase goes to me, but I donate to charities as I see fit.  So should you.