
Aloha!
I’m back in Hawaii for a while and happy to be “home.”
My Airbnb apartment has a beautiful lanai (outdoor patio) filled with colorful plants and flowers, pictured above.
I feel surrounded by life and excited to have my Sunday beach days again!
Last night after I got settled in, I walked to Tiki’s for dinner and had the best miso butterfish with brown rice.
It was melt-in-your-mouth delicious, along with the pineapple cheesecake I had for dessert!
As you know, I love to eat and Hawaii is one of my top foodie destinations.
I’ve been traveling pretty much nonstop for the past year and it feels good to “settle down” for a while and soak up the sunshine, play in the sand and focus on completing a few important projects by the end of 2015.
Fast Company recently published a fantastic article on Oprah and how she stays productive.
This was the money quote for me:
“I have learned that your full-on attention for any activity you choose to experience comes with a level of intensity and truth,” she says.
“It’s about living a present life, moment to moment—not worrying about what’s going to happen at 3 o’clock and what’s going to happen at 7 o’clock.”
In other words: focus.
“That whole thing about multitasking? That’s a joke for me. When I try to do that, I don’t do anything well.”
Here at Happy Black Woman headquarters, I’ve been focused on creating.
New event.
New podcast.
New Facebook group.
New mentorship program.
All to serve YOU – my Happy Black Woman Tribe!
Now if you’ve been consuming more than you’ve been creating, then it’s time to get FOCUSED and recommit to achieving your big goals during these last few months of the year.
It’s time for you to stop procrastinating and honor the power of COMPLETION.
Nothing in your life or business will ever be “perfect,” so let go of that unrealistic scenario.
What matters is that you get things DONE so you can keep moving forward.
If you want to stay focused on results, stop starting new projects every 5 minutes.
Instead, ask yourself what current project can you FINISH that will have the most impact on your business? Your career? Your life?
(For you, that might be your website, your blog, your sales page, your speaking packet, your book, etc.)
You might be good at networking or social media, but when you master the art of COMPLETION, that’s when the money will really start to flow.
What will you complete by the end of 2015?
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Rosetta Thurman is a nationally-recognized author, speaker, mentor and coach dedicated to helping women create their ideal lives.
Thanks! Love the post :)
Thanks for reading Alicia! Glad to see you here :)
Hi Rosetta,
Thanks for the inspirational post. I have twin goals for completion in 2015. First is to focus my main energy on my legal studies and pass the bar in Feb. 2016. Second is to complete my blog setup and actively art journal as a creative outlet from my studies. The Oprah quite resonated with me as I find myself frequently jumping ahead and not focusing my full attention in the moment. To study successfully I have to stay present in the moment!
These are great goals, Mimi. Good luck with your blog!
I am completing my master’s thesis and oral defense tomorrow. I graduate in December. Starting in November, I will participate in NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. I am ending the year just how I envisioned, and it feels good!!!
Love this Rosetta. I am completing my website for my blog. I had 18 million projects in my head, but I have to keep them all to the side and do one at a time to stop the overwhelm and procrastination.
Tonya, I am also doing NaNoWriMo next week – yay!
All the best to you, Aisha. Setting up your blog is a great item to cross off your to-do list before NaNoWriMo!
Congrats Tonya! Enjoy NaNoWriMo :)