Comments on: Explosions, homework & a new marketing plan http://www.fluentself.com/blog/mindful-time-management/homework-and-marketing-plan/ When you need some destuckification. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:14:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: David http://www.fluentself.com/blog/mindful-time-management/homework-and-marketing-plan/#comment-285 David Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:00:53 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=136#comment-285 @Havi - Thanks for that. It's funny how you can read something and get a take on it, then read it later and see something different. It's obvious that my frame of mind at the first time was all. about. me. :) What I see and like about it now is the idea of changing your perspective. It's a very childlike idea, to change the world into the one that works for you. Those children might just have something there. Davids last blog post..<a href="http://illoicious.blogspot.com/2008/08/creating-in-vacuum-sucks.html" rel="nofollow">Creating in a Vacuum... sucks</a> @Havi - Thanks for that. It’s funny how you can read something and get a take on it, then read it later and see something different. It’s obvious that my frame of mind at the first time was all. about. me. :)

What I see and like about it now is the idea of changing your perspective. It’s a very childlike idea, to change the world into the one that works for you.

Those children might just have something there.

Davids last blog post..Creating in a Vacuum… sucks

]]> By: Pace http://www.fluentself.com/blog/mindful-time-management/homework-and-marketing-plan/#comment-284 Pace Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:28:28 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=136#comment-284 Havi, Hi! I found your blog from Triiibes and I've been really enjoying your writing since then. This post really moves me. I've been struggling with the exact same thing -- when I envision "wild success", I envision being booked solid and having lots of stress. Thanks for sharing your story and your drawing. It's really helping me. Havi,

Hi! I found your blog from Triiibes and I’ve been really enjoying your writing since then.

This post really moves me. I’ve been struggling with the exact same thing — when I envision “wild success”, I envision being booked solid and having lots of stress. Thanks for sharing your story and your drawing. It’s really helping me.

]]> By: GirlPie http://www.fluentself.com/blog/mindful-time-management/homework-and-marketing-plan/#comment-282 GirlPie Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:04:21 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=136#comment-282 Love that we share the technique (both for our clients and ourselves) of using the wonderful gift of words to work FOR us, as we please, on command and at our leisure. I always gravitate toward "expand" for the biggification-type stuff because it seems inclusive, out-reaching, and dare I say, expansive. And your set of techniques (notice, revise, shift focus) is expressed so well in this tale -- thanks for the detail. (On your "success = extra naps" idea, I was raised with "you gotta spend the ones to make room for the hundreds" version of "if you make room for it, it will come." Man, does it ever.) Here's to your having an expansive time at the park. Looking forward to your reporting back on it! Love that we share the technique (both for our clients and ourselves) of using the wonderful gift of words to work FOR us, as we please, on command and at our leisure. I always gravitate toward “expand” for the biggification-type stuff because it seems inclusive, out-reaching, and dare I say, expansive. And your set of techniques (notice, revise, shift focus) is expressed so well in this tale — thanks for the detail.

(On your “success = extra naps” idea, I was raised with “you gotta spend the ones to make room for the hundreds” version of “if you make room for it, it will come.” Man, does it ever.) Here’s to your having an expansive time at the park. Looking forward to your reporting back on it!

]]> By: Emma McCreary http://www.fluentself.com/blog/mindful-time-management/homework-and-marketing-plan/#comment-281 Emma McCreary Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:08:20 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=136#comment-281 @Havi - Yeah! I'm about "easification" and "enjoyification". And planning that into the biggification! And part of that is a mental thing--not just buying into the idea that "success = stress". Emma Emma McCrearys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/taoofprosperity/~3/358915856/" rel="nofollow">Do You Need to be Aggressive to Get Sales?</a> @Havi - Yeah! I’m about “easification” and “enjoyification”. And planning that into the biggification! And part of that is a mental thing–not just buying into the idea that “success = stress”.

Emma

Emma McCrearys last blog post..Do You Need to be Aggressive to Get Sales?

]]> By: Emma McCreary http://www.fluentself.com/blog/mindful-time-management/homework-and-marketing-plan/#comment-280 Emma McCreary Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:50:24 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=136#comment-280 Ah shucks David, everybody is cheesy sometimes. =) The important thing is that the event was awesome! I wish you could make it! Emma McCrearys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/taoofprosperity/~3/358915856/" rel="nofollow">Do You Need to be Aggressive to Get Sales?</a> Ah shucks David, everybody is cheesy sometimes. =)

The important thing is that the event was awesome! I wish you could make it!

Emma McCrearys last blog post..Do You Need to be Aggressive to Get Sales?

]]> By: Havi Brooks http://www.fluentself.com/blog/mindful-time-management/homework-and-marketing-plan/#comment-279 Havi Brooks Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:39:49 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=136#comment-279 @David - Ohmygod, no I didn't think you were a cheesy marketing type at all! Actually, if anything I was way too deep in my own stuff to even think about who actually came up with the formulation and why. Definitely don't think it has a cheesy marketing vibe. It's not like "take it to the next level" or anything. And I totally get the intention of "fun in the park!" -- just my stuff. Sad you won't be there. We'll have to crayon it up together some other time... @Emma - yes, yes and more yes. Love the way you described it. So perfect. Also: "Growth for the sake of growth is like, dumb" could be a pretty awesome tagline. Yay! @David - Ohmygod, no I didn’t think you were a cheesy marketing type at all! Actually, if anything I was way too deep in my own stuff to even think about who actually came up with the formulation and why.

Definitely don’t think it has a cheesy marketing vibe. It’s not like “take it to the next level” or anything. And I totally get the intention of “fun in the park!” — just my stuff.

Sad you won’t be there. We’ll have to crayon it up together some other time…

@Emma - yes, yes and more yes.

Love the way you described it. So perfect. Also: “Growth for the sake of growth is like, dumb” could be a pretty awesome tagline. Yay!

]]> By: David http://www.fluentself.com/blog/mindful-time-management/homework-and-marketing-plan/#comment-278 David Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:19:41 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=136#comment-278 So, I just cancelled my RSVP because I'm not going to hit my deadlines if I go tomorrow. So, that sucks because I won't be supporting an event/idea that I actually started. It also sucks because I had no idea you would be there. Then, after reading this post I kind of feel like one of the cheesy marketing types I try to avoid. I came up with the "explode" thing and after reading it here it sounds like just about the lamest thing that's ever come out of my keyboard. I hate second-guessing my writing or thinking or doing or being, but I also hate knowing that people would look at something I created and feel like I might be one of those cheesy marketing types. It was really about the park and the crayons and being loose, so I'm glad that part was accepted. Enjoy the day, support Christian Messier in his hosting! Your drawing is cute, I really, really like the space. Davids last blog post..<a href="http://illoicious.blogspot.com/2008/08/creating-in-vacuum-sucks.html" rel="nofollow">Creating in a Vacuum... sucks</a> So, I just cancelled my RSVP because I’m not going to hit my deadlines if I go tomorrow.

So, that sucks because I won’t be supporting an event/idea that I actually started. It also sucks because I had no idea you would be there.

Then, after reading this post I kind of feel like one of the cheesy marketing types I try to avoid. I came up with the “explode” thing and after reading it here it sounds like just about the lamest thing that’s ever come out of my keyboard.

I hate second-guessing my writing or thinking or doing or being, but I also hate knowing that people would look at something I created and feel like I might be one of those cheesy marketing types.

It was really about the park and the crayons and being loose, so I’m glad that part was accepted.

Enjoy the day, support Christian Messier in his hosting! Your drawing is cute, I really, really like the space.

Davids last blog post..Creating in a Vacuum… sucks

]]> By: Emma McCreary http://www.fluentself.com/blog/mindful-time-management/homework-and-marketing-plan/#comment-277 Emma McCreary Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:01:56 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=136#comment-277 Oh totally. When I first heard that was what we were going to talk about I was like "Eeh, but I don't want my business to explode!". I am a firm believer in laziness-with-self-approval. My purpose in going into business was to create a way to NOT have to work. Growth for the sake of growth is like, dumb. But then I realized that I could frame it any way I wanted as "What do I want my business to look like in 6 months" and then I was fine with it. You can always rewrite things in your head. My drawing had nothing to do with that kind of exploding, but it did ironically turn out to look like a heart expanding with waves of colored light and stuff, kinda like an explosion. A gentle, woo-woo explosion. I actually did the drawing without thinking at all about what it meant. I like to draw first and interpret later, I think I learn more that way. When I was done I realized it was about integrating the "businessy" and "creative/woo-woo" parts of myself into a big radiant whole with my heart at the center. Yay! I love your drawing, it's so cute!! See you soon! Emma aka cheekyboots Emma McCrearys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/taoofprosperity/~3/358915856/" rel="nofollow">Do You Need to be Aggressive to Get Sales?</a> Oh totally. When I first heard that was what we were going to talk about I was like “Eeh, but I don’t want my business to explode!”. I am a firm believer in laziness-with-self-approval. My purpose in going into business was to create a way to NOT have to work. Growth for the sake of growth is like, dumb.

But then I realized that I could frame it any way I wanted as “What do I want my business to look like in 6 months” and then I was fine with it. You can always rewrite things in your head. My drawing had nothing to do with that kind of exploding, but it did ironically turn out to look like a heart expanding with waves of colored light and stuff, kinda like an explosion. A gentle, woo-woo explosion.

I actually did the drawing without thinking at all about what it meant. I like to draw first and interpret later, I think I learn more that way. When I was done I realized it was about integrating the “businessy” and “creative/woo-woo” parts of myself into a big radiant whole with my heart at the center. Yay!

I love your drawing, it’s so cute!! See you soon!

Emma
aka cheekyboots

Emma McCrearys last blog post..Do You Need to be Aggressive to Get Sales?

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