I’ve been fairly productive this morning, so much so that I didn’t want to stop to write a dang Monday Motivation post! But then I saw a post from Lynn, who is a brand-new participant in MM, so I felt I kind of had to keep the tradition going. 
That being said, you were all so dang sweet last week – yeah, I was having a bad day. And yeah, your comments made me feel tons better.
So here’s the Monday Motivation drill:
Step 1 – let us know what you are going to get done today, tomorrow, or this week (your to-do list, so to speak).
Step 2 – put it in a comment below or a post on your own site.
Step 3 - let us know what will motivate you to get it done – a reward, consequences, or whatever you need to think that will ensure you do what you say you are going to do. I’ve found that the public announcement and accountability is a particularly great motivator, but throw down consequences if you really need a kick in the pants to get stuff done! Unless, of course, you are working towards a new laptop too, in which case I think the reward is particularly motivating.
We don’t care how you get it done, we just want to support you in reaching your goals.
Today before I go to sleep I will:
- Clean out my inbox of a relatively “light” 270 emails (I was better about maintenance last week!)
- Prep for my Blog Talk Radio interview tomorrow with USAToday’s Anita Bruzzese on her show Smash the Ladder (as in the corporate kind)
- Make some Adserver updates
- Follow up on a killer PR lead from Peter Shankman’s Help a Reporter list
And by the end of the week I will:
- Finish all remaining pages on my new project (almost ready to break the news about it, too!)
- Write up a review of the Sony Cybershot that I was graciously given to test
- Take my kids somewhere fun
- Put up the Business Inspiration Blog Carnival
Ann, I’m going to take your advice – if I get all of my stuff done, I will take a whole day next weekend to go shooting (as in the photo kind). AND if I don’t get all of this done, no coffee for me for a week!
So what are you going to get done today?
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Well, holy cow! I’m famous! And you already posted my links….and I got all my stuff done for today. I get to drink diet dr pepper tomorrow. Oh and have a mudslide tonight : )
Tomorrow I will be tackling the rest of the week’s list. Well, some of it anyway. Thanks for the motivation Wendy.
Lynn K.s last blog post..Christmas IS Coming!
Go Lynn!
Here’s my to do list . If I get it all done… hmmm… I think I’ll go to the salon for the dye job and not do it myself.
Kandass last blog post..Strength by Construction
Thought I would drop in to get me motivated for launch of my Law of Attraction new business.I have just realised what I need to do by Friday when I give my first presentation to a local Business network
1. get talk prepared
2. Design new business card
3. prepare worksheet
4. Plan date for intro teleclass LOA and your blogging business
5. set up landing page
When I get this done I will take Saturday off with Des, if not I’ll still be here at the keyboard.
Suzie Cheels last blog post..Guest Writing: Beach Notes at Successful Blog
Wendy, thank you for the link! but my goodness, no coffee?? I couldn’t even think about that!
This week I’m feeling energized; I got a new job which starts tomorrow!
Ann at One Bag Nations last blog post..My Rocks are in a Row
OK, I am revising my list.
I’ve been having a harder and harder time lately getting my things done for my MM lists – and I finally realized today that it’s because I’m still committing to the same things I have always committed to, but haven’t taken into account that I am much busier than I used to be.
So my one revision is that I will get through my inbox by tomorrow night instead of tonight. The dang messages came in faster than I could clear them out today!