Recently I have been learning and practicing, as best I can, a Hawaiian spiritual healing-cleaning-cleansing process called Ho’oponopono. Dr. Joe Vitale has written a book, “Zero Limits”, all about this 100% responsibility method for eliminating obstacles, literally, in all aspects of our personal lives and all obstacles in the the lives of all those whom we touch or even think about. Wow, that’s bold, isn’t it? But none the less, “Zero Limits” can help you do just that, completely eliminate every single obstacle you may encounter as you Follow Your Bliss.

Now a key concept in understanding how to learn to Follow Your Bliss is this: “In order to change the outer, we must first change the inner.” When I first started my “Hero’s Journey” I worked my but off trying to influence and control everything and everyone in my life, and I ended up failing miserably. I failed not because I was on the wrong life path. I failed because I wasn’t taking responsibility for what I was capable of changing; Myself.

Ho’oponopono takes takes personal responsibly to a a quantum leap forward and tells us that not only are we responsible for our own thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and behavior, we are also responsible for all of our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and behaviors as they related to everyone and everything that we come in contact with. “The one constant in any problem is the fact that you are there.” Therefore you are responsible for it.

So, what do we do with this huge, 100% responsibility? Some would say pray and let it go, others would say meditate, and still others would say release it. The options are as many as the number of difference cultures in the world. What "Zero Limits” teaches is that no matter what you choose to call it, you must acknowledge your conscious or even unconscious awareness of things, situations, problems, etc. and then erase, clean, clear, cleanse, or release everything to God, Buddha, Tao, or the Universe. The idea is to get to the “Zero State” where nothing is left but stillness and peace. This is the core of the onion. It is when we are at peace that we open ourselves to inspiration. Inspiration is where the “rubber meets the road” on one’s journey to Follow Your Bliss.

Stay tuned, because I’m just getting started :)

Take Care,

David H. Paul

Your Free Home Business Coach and Friend for Life

As many of my regular follows know, my mission in life is to help you learn to Follow Your Bliss.

Exactly what does “Follow Your Bliss” mean? I first heard this phrase when I was studying and learning from Dr. Joseph Campbell, a world renowned Sociological Anthropologist and author of the book, “Hero of a Thousand Faces”. Dr. Campbell said that cultures the world over share a universal truth; Ones purpose in life is to discover what you love to do more than anything else and then spend the rest of your life pursuing that passion. All of the great leaders throughout history have done it; even Jesus did it. Dr. Campbell called this “the Hero’s Journey” and believed that this was the secret to unlimited happiness and fulfillment in life.

I been attempting to find and follow my bliss ever since, and to my joy I have found it. For me it is all about serving others with love, respect, and compassion. In that light, I own, live-in and manage a foster home for adults with disabilities, and because of this business I am able to spend a great deal of time on my second passion, helping you learn to find and follow your bliss.

I am in the process of developing a Free Ebook, “Learn to Follow Your Bliss and Make Money While Your At It”, and in the interim I would like to give you a free gift, an online copy of Dr. Joe Vitale’s new book “Attract Money Now”. Just click any of the hyperlinks here to get your free copy.

I can also contact me for coaching or friendship on your journey to Follow Your Bliss @ my website: http://neotraining.net

Take Care,

David H. Paul

Your Free Home Business Coach

and Friend for Life

How Do Smokers Quit Smoking Without Gaining Weight?

Monday, September 07, 2009

It is now possible to learn how to quit smoking without gaining weight. In fact, most people (97.2%) who follow my method have no weight gain issues whatsoever…

My name is David Paul, and I have been a nonsmoker for the past 13 years. Prior to my smoking secession, I was a pack and a half a day chronic smoker, hopelessly addicted to nicotine. What worked for me to become a nonsmoker was a rudimentary hypnosis program, the likes of which would be laughed at by today’s standards on how to quit smoking without gaining weight. What that program back in 1996 did not address how to deal with the 20 pound weight gain that I experienced after quitting.

Most experts in the medical profession recommend that you include a diet and exercise program in you plan to quit smoking without gaining weight. This is often recommended because statistics show that over half of all people to quit smoking and stay quit for more than 6 months experience at least a 10 pound weight gain. This only reinforces the myth that “I’m going to get fat if I quit smoking”. We are essentially programming ourselves to replace our smoking habit with an overeating habit.

The good news is the latest programs designed to help you quit smoking will now teach you exactly how to quit smoking without gaining weight. Programs like Quit Smoking Today are designed to take the dreaded replacement of your smoking habit with an eating habit completely out of the equation. In fact, my latest findings on the most effective and affordable programs to quit smoking show “You will not suffer from hunger - there will be no weight gain”.

If you truly want to learn how to quit smoking without gaining weight and experience better health as a nonsmoker, then you must now experience the following program; Quit Smoking Today: Amazing Secret Guarantees You'll Stop Smoking Today.

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Take Care,

David H. Paul

13 Year NonSmoker
And Your Friend for Life

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How to Deal With Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms

Monday, September 7, 2009

If you have ever attempted to quit smoking or quit chewing tobacco then, depending on the level of you addiction and the methods you used to quit, you are painfully familiar with nicotine withdrawal symptoms caused by physical addiction to nicotine. These withdrawal symptoms at their extreme include:

- Severe Sinus Pressure and Sinus Headache
- Extreme Emotional Irritability
- Cold Sweats
- Low Grade Fever
- Uncontrollable Cravings
- Shaky Hands and Feet
- Anger/Rage Outbursts

My name is David Paul, and I have been a non-smoker for the past 13 years. Prior to my smoking secession, I was a pack and a half a day chronic smoker, hopelessly addicted to nicotine. In my process of becoming a non-smoker I experienced nicotine withdrawal symptoms cold turkey", in other words without assistance of medications, "the patch", medical help or treatment, or even the help and comfort of friends and family. In fact, I told everyone I knew to just leave me alone, completely, for the first 3 full days (72 hours) while I went through the worst of the nicotine withdrawals symptoms. I have to admit that this was the most difficult thing I have ever stuck with and lived through in my life. Being the extreme addict that I was, I actually experienced nicotine withdrawal symptoms twice before I finally found a solution that would help me to once and for all become a non-smoker now.

The solution that helped me to never again experience the pain and suffering of nicotine withdrawal symptoms for the past 13 years was a program that was based around hypnosis. Back in 1996, the field of hypnosis was not nearly as a well developed as it is today, and I did not have at my disposal an affordable method for dealing with my nicotine withdrawal symptoms. The good news for you is that knowledge of and treatment for nicotine withdrawal symptoms has grown leaps and bounds over the past 13 years.

Current solutions to the pain and suffering of nicotine withdrawal symptoms include medications designed to reduce cravings, nicotine tapering products, support groups, medical treatment programs, and complete programs based on the proven principles of hypnosis and NLP. There are now complete solutions to all of the symptoms and difficulties related to smoking and tobacco secession. So as a result, the all too familiar withdrawal pangs of irritability, mood swings and cravings, the primary reasons why people fail to permanently quit smoking, will be replaced with feelings of relaxation, improved self confidence and overall happiness.

If you are hoping to quit smoking or chewing once and for all and really want to avoid nicotine withdrawal symptoms as much as possible, then help is on its way. My research into the most current, highly effective (97.2%) and affordable methods to quit smoking forever, today has uncovered the following program; Quit Smoking Today: Amazing Secret Guarantees You'll Stop Smoking Today.

Don't suffer through nicotine withdrawal symptoms like I did. Quit Smoking Today.

Take Care,

David H. Paul

13 Year Non-Smoker
And Your Friend for Life

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Welcome to Your Guide to Quit Smoking Now

My name is David H. Paul, and I am a happy and successful 13 yer nonsmoker. I have been helping people to quit smoking now for the past ten years.

This lenses has great information and resources to help you or someone you love quit smoking today. That’s right, today. Not next week, next month, lots of pain and suffer, nicotine withdrawal issues, etc. Non of that. Just the best info and help so that you or someone you love can quit smoking now and stay a nonsmoker for life.

Take Care,

David

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3. Quit Smoking Now- YouTube Videos

4. What does Google have to say about Guide to Quit Smoking Now?

5. What are people saying about us?

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Benefits of quitting smoking are countless, but none to carry on smoking. No doubt, one may smoke, but it will do nothing except creating certain calamitous things in the body, making a stage for critical health related problems and illnesses including both fatal and chronic. By making a decision to quit smoking, one will in fact feel much better and will experience several amazing perks which are:

1. One's sense of smell is improved greatly as a result of which individuals can enjoy the taste of their favorite dishes fully.
2. One feels thrilled and amazed at all assortments of fragrances he or she has been missing previously as these were unknown due to the nasal weakness caused by smoke.
3. Benefits of quitting smoking also mean that there is no tarnishing on fingers caused due to cigarette tar.
4. No teeth discoloration problem shall persist.
5. Lungs can breathe more fully and deeply than before.
6. The risks for countless health associated problems ranging from heart attacks, vision problem, stroke, heart disease, different kinds of cancers, peptic ulcers, acid reflux, gum disease, lupus and anti aging are lowered down automatically.
7. One can save huge amount of money.
8. One feels more control over his life.
9. One won't cough as frequently.
10. Lastly, one does not have to remain concerned about having cigarettes for long drive or morning.

Benefits of quitting smoking also involve some social perks such as one can devote more time to his or her friends and family and he or she are also likely to develop self control which is rarely available to smokers.

So, do not wait, just decide to quit smoke right now and provide yourself the perks of healthier, longer and happier life.

Morialdo Moss was a chain smoker and successfully quit smoking after 20 years. Quit smoking will keep you away from various cancer and will keep you healthy.
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 As a 13 year Nonsmoker, I felt it was time to share the secrets of what worked for me when I

quit smoking.

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Your Guide to Quit Smoking Now: Video on YouTube.
  

Monday, September 07, 2009

So you want to know how to help someone quit smoking? If you are at your whit’s end, and nothing seems to work to get that loved one to finally quit, then this message is for you…

My name is David Paul, and I have been a non-smoker for the past 13 years. Prior to my smoking secession, I was a pack and a half a day chronic smoker, hopelessly addicted to nicotine. In order to become a nonsmoker, I first had to really want and ask for help and then accept the help I was offered to quit smoking. I absolutely refused to let any of my family or friends help me quit. You see, I thought I needed to do this all by myself, my way or the highway. I created my own private help for a whole month in the process. I have to admit that this was the most difficult and one of the most stupid decisions I have ever made. It would have been a whole lot easier to ask for help and accept the help of my friends and family.

What I want you to understand is that your loved one may not be willing to ask for or accept your help, just like me. As the last of a dying breed, we smokers are often embarrassed and prideful about our smoking habit. And this makes it difficult to reach out for help, especially from those whom we have hurt with our smoking the most. The smoker has to first be willing help him or herself before being willing to accept your offer to help. So, sometimes the best you can do is offer to help, make a suggestion (just one), and then back off and hope for the best. 

The solution that helped me to never again experience the pain and suffering of nicotine withdrawal symptoms for the past 13 years was a program that was based around hypnosis. Back in 1996, the field of hypnosis was not nearly as a well developed as it is today, and I did not have at my disposal an affordable method for dealing with my nicotine withdrawal symptoms. The good news for your loved one is that knowledge of and treatment for nicotine withdrawal symptoms has grown leaps and bounds over the past 13 years.

Current solutions to the pain and suffering of nicotine withdrawal symptoms include medications designed to reduce cravings, nicotine tapering products, support groups, medical treatment programs, and complete programs based on the proven principles of hypnosis and NLP. There are now complete solutions to all of the symptoms and difficulties related to smoking and tobacco secession. So as a result, the all too familiar withdrawal pangs of irritability, mood swings and cravings, the primary reasons why people fail to permanently quit smoking, will be replaced with feelings of relaxation, improved self confidence and overall happiness.

If your loved one asks for help, great. If not the your one suggestion had better be really good. My research into the most current, highly effective (97.2%) and affordable methods to quit smoking today has uncovered the following program; Quit Smoking Today: Amazing Secret Guarantees You'll Stop Smoking Today.

Don't let your loved one suffer through nicotine withdrawal symptoms like I did. Want to help someone quit smoking? Suggest that they try: Quit Smoking Today.

Take Care,

David H. Paul

13 Year NonSmoker
And Your Friend for Life

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If you or someone you love wants to quit smoking once and for all, then you have come to the right place….

My name is David H. Paul, a successful non-smoker for the past 13 years. Before I finally became a non-smoker, I was a pack and a half a day chronic smoker for 12 straight years. Like most smokers, I started when I was in my late teens as a way to fit in with my crowd.  It didn’t take me long to believe that I had become addicted to cigarettes. If fact, my whole life revolved around cigarettes, smoking, and making sure I always had “enough smokes for the trip” (sound familiar?).

Back in 1996, help to quit smoking was fairly limited, and there certainly wasn’t a program that could help me to simply quit smoking now, yes right now, like there is today. I was successful in becoming a non-smoker because 1) I was hell bent on changing. I wanted to become a non-smoker more than anything else in the world, and I would be damned if I wasn’t going to do it, and 2) I had stumbled upon a neat little program (a booklet and a cassette tape) called “I am a Non-smoker”, and low and behold after 1 month and two honest tries, I successfully and permanently transformed into a non-smoker. It turns out that little cassette tape had a hypnosis program on it, and I listened to that tape every morning before I did anything else and every night before I fell asleep.

Within Your Guide to Quit Smoking Now you will find:

• vital information on what it takes to quit smoking now
• answers to your most pressing questions about quitting
• how-to advice on preparing and then executing for success
• tips on how to quit right now, once and for all
• and even a method to create your own top ten list of reasons to quit

If you woud rather just get right to it and experience the latest and most effective (97.2% success rate) program to Quit Smoking Now, then you need to click here go to Quit Smoking Today: Amazing Secret Guarantees You'll Stop Smoking Today.  

Take Care,

David H. Paul

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"I broke down and cried like a baby when I finally figured this out..."

Hi, I'm David H. Paul, an ordinary family guy with a burning desire to accomplish two things in life. 1) Raise my kids in such a way that they have every opportunity to do what they love and experience immense success and satisfaction from it, and 2) Figure out how in the h*** to practice what I'm trying to teach my kids.

So, what am I trying to teach my kids? Simply put, Do Exactly What You Love and The Universe Will Reward You with Success in All Areas of Your Life.

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Those tears I cried when I finally figures out how to doing what I love where tears of sheer joy and relief. I could, now show my kids how to do what you love and make money doing it, rather than just talk about it. I finally knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was doing exactly what I was born to do, and I will never have to stress out, feel anxiety about, or get frustrated over a j.o.b., a boss, or someone else's company ever again.

Ok, so Here Are Three Steps..... Ready? Are You Sure You're Ready?

Step 1- Go back into you memory banks, even way back into your early childhood if necessary, and think about all of your most happy and satisfying experiences. Which of those experiences did you love, really LOVE the most?

Step 2- Right Now, go get a sheet of paper and a pen or pencil. On that sheet of paper I want you to think back again to what you really LOVE, and write down your top 2 or 3 things you love the most.

Step 3- Now, I want you to write on that sheet of paper a promise to yourself. I want you to promise yourself that NO Matter What, You Are Going To Find a Way Come H*** or High Water To Make Money Doing Something Related to At Least One of Those 2 or 3 thing you just wrote down. If you can make that commitment to yourself, right now, then you are on you way.

You are now on your way to discovering how you can finally have success in doing exactly what you love, and "Follow Your Bliss". Even if you have struggled for 15 years (I did), trust me when I tell you that the secret to making it all happen for you is in figuring out how to turn what you love into a full time income.

Now, based on your new found passion for doing what you love, you need to begin your journey of researching, developing, and finally starting a successful online business that will make all of your dreams, goals, and desires a reality. For help with this process, check out Attract Money Now, a Free Ebook on making money doing what you love, by Dr. Joe Vitale. You can also contact me from my website @ http://neotraining.net.

With Love and Respect,

David H. Paul
Your Home Business Coach
and Friend for Life

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David H. Paul

Your Home Business Coach

and Friend For Life

tHi Everyone,

As you may be aware, I am giving away Free Home Business Coaching, both on this blog and on Skype: dhpgolf. Why? This is my way of giving something back. On my journey of following my personal bliss, I have been blessed with the security of owning and operating a very stable home business. So, I don't need the money. I have learned that by helping you to get what you truly want and desire most in you life, to help you learn to "Follow Your Bliss", I will get what I want and desire most, the gleeful joy of knowing that I made a difference in the world.

My #1 passion in life is to be able to make a difference in the world with the gifts that I have been given. Now gifts are nothing without the education, skill development and willingness to learn and grow that is necessary for to make your dreams, goals, and desires a reality. You have heard and seen the phrase "Follow Your Bliss" all over my stuff for the past few months, and this is not a new idea by any means. What I am going to present to you today just may change your perception of this concept. And this may also shine some light on why so many people choose an easier, softer way of life.

I have a Bachelor's Degree and I am 4 classes away from earning a Master's Degree in Training and Performance Improvement. But this is not the kind of education that I am referring to here. The kind of education that is required to "Follow Your Bliss" comes from practicing a very simple principle that Mark Joyner teaches, "You must ruthlessly and mercilessly root out all negative personality traits within you." Trust me when I tell you that the "school of hard knocks" education that comes from fully practicing this principle will teach you everything you need to know in order to truly "Follow Your Bliss".

Let take a closer look at this idea. First of all, what in the world is a negative personality trait? Even more basic, what is a personality trait? Here are the top 5 definitions of personality from dictionary.com:

So, anything about your personal collection of qualities that impresses others in a way that is less than pleasing would be considered a negative personality trait. What is your personal identity? What is your essential character?

Oh, I can hear it now, "You can't change your personality. People don't change like that." "You can't just go change who you are just like that. It's impossible."

I'm here to tell you and prove to you that not only is it possible to change your personality, but that it is REQUIRED in order to truly "Follow Your Bliss". Case in point (non-Christian bear with me): Jesus did it. Christians will recalled the story of Jesus as a young adult going into a rage in the Jewish temple over the fact that people were using the temple as their own personal market place. Over time, Jesus changed himself from the inside out to the point where he allowed himself to be crucified at the hands of the Roman Soldiers. If you don't know what it means to be crucified just click on the hyperlink. Jesus is the ultimate example of what it means to "Follow Your Bliss". Jesus loved his father, God, above all else and he changed from the inside out in order to live his life accordingly. What do you love more than anything else? As long as what you come up with doesn't entail harming others or yourself, then you have probably found your bliss. But, to "Follow Your Bliss" means to change yourself from the inside out. It means to do what you love most to the best of your ability, and make a difference in the world.

Yikes, I know. At this point you are either rolling up your sleeves to start working, or you are getting ready to stop reading my blog. You have either realized that to "Follow Your Bliss" means that you are going to work harder than you ever have before, or you have decided to take the easier, softer way. If you stick with the process of rooting out your negative personality traits and do the work to change yourself from the inside out, then you are now ready to be coached.

If you choose the easier softer way, then unfortunately your life will most likely be one of safety, mediocrity, and frankly not all that abundant. I wish you all the best, but you are not ready to be coached.

For those who are still reading and have decided that you want what I have, a passion to make a difference and the willingness to "ruthlessly and mercilessly root out all negative personality traits within you", then keep coming back. Over the next month or so, I will be laying out a step by step plan of action that with help you grow like you've never grown before.

I am absolutely ecstatic about the journey that we are going to take together as you now lay the foundation for a life of true happiness and abundance as you now "Follow Your Bliss".

Take Care,

David H. Paul

Your Home Business Coach

and Friend for Life

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share with you an email letter I received from Steve Smith, the owner of Ad-Ventures4U.com. Read this letter and you will understand why this program is my #1 rated home business program online.

I believe the most amazing thing about our program (Ad-Ventures4U) is this -  In most programs on the net you have to be the first person to join to really make money,  Not HERE!!!!.  I don't know how to express it any other way to get the members to understand that you don't have to be the first any longer.  Many send emails asking if it is "really true" - why? - because frankly it is not the normal approach in today's arena of pay per view, marketing, downline-building network marketing programs.
We have members than joined last week and had more ventures than some of our first members that joined and guess what?  They earned more money than the first ones that joined before last week.  It is just amazing to see that brand new members have the same exact opportunity as the very first that joined!
The other thing that fascinates me about the program is recruiting. Our recruiters are making a ton of income, we pay 15% -  yes, that is right - 15% and we pay that on new upgrades and rollover earnings.  Nobody is paying that way - period!  You know what is even better? YOU do not have to recruit at all if you don't want to in this marketing program in order to share the revenue - it's just another method of earning within the membership.
And the last thing is this - we have grown even with my terrible writing skills, It is proven that it is not what I write that makes our program grow, but the actions of our program that makes us grow.
We have been paying weekly from the beginning and we have been paying in real time.  Now we are going to the next level with launching the gold site.  We are so close that it is just a day or two away.
I am just inspired by all the things about this program and I think I am more excited about http://ad-ventures4u.com than I was when it launched.
We had several members ask if we have monthly fees and the answer is no, once you upgrade to pro you are a pro member for life.  What we have found out from past experience is that monthly fees is just a way members do not stay in a program.  They are not making money in the program and they leave very upset because they were promise the moon and got zip, notta, nothing, zero.
With our program we see our members coming in and testing. They see that in fact they are earning a share of the ventures and members continue to upgrade so that they can even earn more.  WE DON'T NEED MONTHLY FEES BECAUSE OUR PROGRAM IS PROVEN TO EARN MEMBERS MONEY!!!!
Every one of our members that joins us eventually upgrade and of the upgraded-members 90% do multiple upgrades to continue to make their earnings grow.  That is just amazing, we don't force members to put money into our program - they do it all on their own.
Do yourself a favor and just look at the members and see how many ventures they have, it is just mind boggling, and all of them made that decision on their own because we surely did not force them to upgrade and make them pay us a monthly fee.
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I'd like to share a valuable principle with you. It's something I've taught to many business owners and executives I've worked with. This principle may go against the grain of some of your beliefs about time and the best way to get things done. Because of that, I ask you to keep an open mind.
Multitasking is a myth. It just plain doesn't exist.
Does that shock you? Multitasking has become something of a heroic word in our vocabulary. Many executives pride themselves on their ability to "multitask." Recent job descriptions that I have seen even ask that potential employees have the ability to multitask. A current national commercial sings the praises of multitasking. However, multitasking, as most people understand it, is deceptively counter-productive. Multitasking is tremendously costly. Multitasking hurts us every time we attempt to engage in it.
I should clarify a few definitions. When I speak of multitasking as most people understand it, I am not referring to doing something completely mindless and mundane in the background such as exercising while listening to a CD, eating dinner and watching a show, or having the copy machine operate in the background while you answer emails. For clarity's sake, I call this "background tasking."
When most people refer to multitasking they mean simultaneously performing two or more things that require mental effort and attention. Examples would include saying we're spending time with family while were researching stocks online, attempting to listen to a CD and answering email at the same time, or pretending to listen to an employee while we are crunching the numbers. What most people refer to as multitasking, I refer to as "switchtasking." Why?
Because the truth is we really cannot do two things at the same time -- we are only one person with only one brain. Neurologically speaking, it has been proven to be impossible. What we are really doing is switching back and forth between two tasks rapidly, typing here, paying attention there, checking our "crackberry" here, answering voicemail there, back and forth, back and forth at a high rate. Keep this up over a long period of time, and you have deeply engrained habits that cause stress and anxiety and dropped responsibilities and a myriad of productivity and focus problems. It's little wonder so many people complain of increasingly short attention spans!
When we speak of multitasking, what we really mean is that we are switchtasking: switching rapidly between one task and another. Yet, each time we switch, no matter how quickly that switch takes place in our mind, there is a cost associated with it. It's an economic term called switching cost -- and the switching cost is high.
When I shared this principle of switchtasking to a CEO of a respected national company, she was astounded. We did a budgeting exercise where we looked at how much time she was spending in a given week. In the process of budgeting her time and looking at how much time she was spending on each activity, we found that she was extremely over budget in what she thought she could accomplish in a week. The truth is, there are only 168 hours in a week, and yet she had put down that she was accomplishing 188 hours worth of work in that week! As we went through the process, we realized where the extra time was coming from. It was from the fact that she was doing research at the same time that she was spending time with her family. When we came across this, I taught her how multitasking was a myth. She was spending time either with one or the other. She was switching rapidly between the two. In reality she was rarely spending any time with her family. She was really doing business research in the presence of her family. There is a happy end to this story, however.
The next day we met, she burst into the room, full of excitement. She exclaimed, "I'll have you know that I spent time with my family last night, and I didn't multitask! I got home and said let's go to dinner. My kids were surprised. But we went to the restaurant and I paid attention to them, and I didn't think about anything else but spending time with my family. At first I don't think they took me seriously. After they realized that I was really spending time with them and paying attention to them, they were excited, and I could tell they really appreciated it."
This CEO had come to understand that not only was switchtasking hurting her business, but it was taking a toll on her family. Once she clearly understood the truth and received some guidance on how to take action, she committed make changes. Her business, her family, and she are all better because of it.
May I offer the following "beginning steps" to help slow down the switchtasking in your life?
1. Take control over technology
Your cell phone ringer (even on vibrate) doesn't need to be on all the time. You can turn off email notification on your computer as well. Become master over the nagging beeps and buzzes by creating some silence.
2. Schedule what you can schedule
Set regular times in the day and week to check your voicemail and email. Let others know that you will be using that schedule so they know when to expect a reply.
3. Focus on the person
When you switchtask when dealing with a computer, you simply lose efficiency. But if you switchtask on a human being, you additionally damage a relationship. Be present, listen carefully, and make sure everything has been taken care of before moving on.
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Dave Crenshaw is a time management expert and author of "The Myth of Multitasking: How 'Doing it All' Gets Nothing Done." Go here to learn how to slow down the switchtasking in your life: http://www.davecrenshaw.com

My husband and I are spending time in the Seattle area, house-sitting for a friend. Today I began the drive from Boulder to Seattle, through Wyoming and Montana. It rained most of the morning, but by early afternoon, the scenery was simply spectacular. The colors seemed so alive and vivid, the landscape fresh and new. One particular field of sunflowers simply took my breath away.
I'd driven for more than 700 miles when I started to pay attention to the ribbon of highway in front of me. The road looked just like the ribbon candy that my grandmother used to have in a dish on her coffee table. It was just one ripple after the next, continuing into the distance. Just like I have done so many times before, I picked a spot in the distance, several ripples away, and tried to determine how far it was from my location to that point. Five miles? Ten miles? More? I decided that I would focus on the spot until I reached it and clock the mileage. I've done this so many times on long drives before, or should I say that I've tried to do this.
The problem is, I can't remember one time when I actually remembered to maintain my focus that long. It always seems that a half hour passes and I remember, "Oh yeah, I was looking for that spot... now where was that?" when I'm long past that point. I'm not sure I've EVER remembered and actually clocked it in the many times I've attempted to do this. Something always takes my concentration away.
Today I was determined. I looked at the spot in the distance and thought of it as one of my goals. I thought of this experience as a metaphor for life -- knowing that life always brings interesting things to us to take our focus from our goal. I reaffirmed my commitment to achieving this goal and not forgetting or losing focus. I looked at my odometer and guessed the spot was at least 10-15 miles away. Certainly I can hold my concentration for that long!
It was almost like a meditation in that I was training my mind to stay focused on the goal at the end. Just like in life, if we stay focused on the goal and not the things that appear, we're so much more successful. I was quite proud of myself, going 80 mph for more than 5 minutes and still maintaining my focus on the spot in the distance. I was even saying my goal out loud, talking to myself to reinforce where I was going.
And just as I was beginning to get cocky, wham! I drove into a swarm of flying bugs. Splat, splat, splat all over my windshield. At first I thought it was big raindrops; then I realized that it was yellow bugs! Yuck! It went on for at least a minute or two, but the bugs were constant. I felt badly about smashing them, but there was no alternative. They were everywhere. I had to turn on the windshield wipers to be able to see where I was going. I was so grateful that I wasn't on a motorcycle.
And just that quickly, a hilltop, then a mountain came and went, and about 20 minutes later I realized I'd gone right past my focus point -- without noticing it or remembering it at all. Once again I was distracted with other things -- in this case bugs -- and drove right past it. I never did figure out how far those two points were from one another.
The experience made me think of how many times we do the same thing in life. We'll choose a goal that we want, and six months later we wonder what happened to that path. We're so caught up in another situation that just showed up, that we barely remember what it was we were looking for. My guess is that the yellow bugs of life sideswipe us all. Perhaps your bugs are bills, getting fired from that job, illness, or whatever. Regardless, if we let the bugs take our focus off of the goal, who knows where we'll end up? Try to watch for the bugs in your life today and stay focused on what you want -- not just what shows up.
(Note: Just as I was posting this I noticed a glitch in our site ranking. I immediately went into fix it/panic mode, for only a few seconds. Then I realized it for what it is -- a bug. Just a yellow bug. Instead of changing my focus, I went back to be goal and retained my focus on the end goal. There will always be bugs, but I know I get to choose if I chase them or not!)
About the Author:
Gail Lynne Goodwin, known as the Ambassador of Inspiration, has been lifting people's spirits for years. Motivated by mentors like Jack Canfield, Wayne Dyer, and others, Gail realized the importance of daily morning inspiration in her own life. After years of gathering and sharing some of the best available inspirational wisdom with others, she founded Inspire Me Today in 2008 to make the Best of the Best Inspiration Daily, easily available to the world. Get daily inspiration and your free "Secrets to Soaring" eBook now: http://www.inspiremetoday.com

Check out the Experts page for Gail Lynne Goodwin, the SelfGrowth.com Official Guide to Inspiration.

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