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3 Reasons Why You Aren't Seeing Results There may be many reasons why you aren't seeing
results with your home time management. I'm going to briefly touch on 3 of the more common
ones. If you see your stumbling block in one of these that's great because the first step
towards removing a roadblock is finding it. Reason #1: You Haven't Changed Your Behavior
If you act the same as you always have then it shouldn't be a surprise when you get the
same results you've always gotten. So, common sense would dictate that if you want different
results you have to act... well... different. For instance, say you want a cleaner house.
Well, you're going to have to get your butt up off of the couch and clean. In order to
reach that goal you have to act in a way that's going to allow you to take gradual steps toward
eventually reaching that goal. Even if you're only cleaning for 30 minutes
per day you will...after some time...have a cleaner house.
Many people... myself included... want a change but we still want to be in our comfort zones
(behaviorally speaking). I want my nice toned body of 10 years ago but actually working
out... well, I'm still working on that motivation. (I really am.)
Reason #2: You Haven't Changed Your Expectations Here's a common example of this that I see.
A parent wants their child to start helping more around the house. They talk about giving
their child chores... and many times they do only that: Talk.
The problem lies in them not changing their expectations and actually expecting the child
to do what's been assigned. For example, one parent had assigned her 6
year old to do the bathroom. He did a splendid job. Daily he'd take everything off the counter,
wipe it down, and then put everything very carefully back. He'd clean the toilet and
even sweep. As would inevitably happen, the newness wore
off and so did his motivation. (Tell me you didn't see that coming from a mile away.)
It became... well, a chore to get him to do it (pun intended). Because of that I'm pretty
sure he now does it only sporadically, at best... certainly not daily.
The problem was that his mother's expectation of him didn't change. She wanted him to do
it. She needed him to do it. She even trained him to do it. But she didn't then expect him
to do it. Reason #3: You Don't Have a Clear Idea of
What to Do This is a problem I see a lot. Someone wants
to change this or that... they may even have some wonderful ideas... they just have no
idea of how to get started. This is especially true of someone whose household is basically
a wreck and it seems an insurmountable task to even get started.
There's little, if any, time management practiced at home. Dinners aren't planned til the last
minute while walking through the grocery store and secretly peering into others' shopping
baskets. Laundry is left to overtake Saturdays. Time with family and friends are always on
next weeks' to- do list. All of these reasons can be eliminated and
if you eliminate the reasons why you aren't seeing results then you will... by default...
see results. If you found this video helpful then don’t
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My goal as a Home Time Management Coach is to help you save time on the things you HAVE
to do… such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, and housework so that you can reinvest that
time into your marriage, your kids, your family and friends, and even yourself.
As a matter of fact, this video has been created from an excerpt of my free 58 page eBook on
Home Time Management and Cooking which is available for download from my website @ http://marysegers.com/cookingbook
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Remember… you only have one life. It's up to you how you live it.