Daniel My Brother

bycacaoboy

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11 years ago

Yes, This blog is inspired by Daniel Euergete's blog. I feel a kinship to Daniel cause we both came in to WA on the same month. I am Adult ADD , and cause of it I struggle with focus on the tasks. The frustration I experience fuels my procrastination. I am a tradesman in the construction industry, and my focus there is fine, cause it is linear thinking. I install flooring . I start the job and finish it, going through the process that I have learned so well, which sometimes can takes days to complete. My attention to detail and aesthetic aim, has earned me a very good reputation locally as the guy you want to have do your job.

When it comes to doing new things, even in the construction industry, I get butterfly's and develop an anxiety toward doing it right. What I have found over and over again is that when i immerse my self in the act of doing, That anxiety subsides as my new task unfolds. The same thing happens when I play my guitar in public, though I can play the song well in my studio, the moment i get up there to preform, I nearly choke, till I begin to play. then usually the notes and lyrics begin to flow. and by the end of the song I have earned an applause, (three people clapping out of maybe fifty) but still... The point is, doing helps the process, not doing compounds the anxiety. This happens to everybody!!! Don't deny it you know its true.

So do you find it easier to begin something when somebody like a Boss is excepting productivity and results. That's what they are there for. Kyle and Carson can give us a lot for our money in the way of training, support and motivation, but they cant glare over our shoulders and poke us with electric cattle prods. I wouldn't like them so much if they did that.
Its up to us to boss Us!

I have a solution.
The Paper Boss. This concept comes to me by way of our stores owner/manager (Merrill Huntsman). Because he has no-one above him to tell him what to-do next. He has created a Paper Boss, a To-Do List written on paper. Not virtual sticky notes on your computer screen, but on a big yellow pad that flips over the top to the next page. You have to have something solid in this virtual empire we are attempting to create here. He runs two columns, One is the list of things to accomplish, and the other is the daily notes relative to the list, sometimes prompting a new entry to the list. Once he crosses off a task, it not only leaves the list but it leaves his mind, unless there is a crumb left in the note side. The page is flipped at the end of the day to the new page. This is his Paper Boss, and he strives to keep him happy. What doesn't get completed that day goes on the new page as a priority. now the Boss is a little peeved with you. So you better get it done today ASAP. A happy boss is a scratched out to-do column with productive notes, because the boss dose like to stay informed. It is proven that hand writing something down increases the power of manifestation of that goal. And when you Ordain that list with authority over yourself, then it becomes more than a piece of paper with chicken scratch on it. It is your Better Half.