================================================= Simply Speaking...Selling Yourself & Your Ideas E-Zine Volume 2, No 12, December, 1999 Copyright, 1999 ================================================= Published by: Lenny Laskowski, DTM & Professional Speaker FREE Monthly Speaking Tips http://www.ljlseminars.com/monthtip.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- LJL Seminars http://www.ljlseminars.com A Truly Entertaining & Dynamic Speaker Presentation Skills Seminars & Keynotes & Internet Marketing Voice 1-860-666-4855 eFAX: 1-305-489-6481 In Continental USA: 1-800-606-4855 106 Schoolhouse Road, Newington, CT. 06111-4002 United States Of America Subscribe to our FREE Simply Speaking E-Zine mailto:Sales@LJLSeminars.com ========================================== In this issue: 1. A Big Hole in Your Day - Guest Article 2. Our NEW Simply Speaking Discussion Board 3. How to Successfully Grow Your Business Using the Internet Seminar - NEW!! 4. Classified Ads / HOLIDAY SPECIALS !!! 5. Seminars, Workshops, Consultation services 6. Lenny's keynote speeches 7. Lenny's books, videotapes, audiotapes & booklets 8. How to request more information about Lenny's services 9. How to Subscribe / Unsubscribe 10. Advertising Rates / Sponsorship Rates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * FREE Monthly Speaking Tips - November, 1999 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================================================== 1. THE BIG HOLE IN YOUR DAY By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore We all have 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week. And if you multiply that out and my math is correct (I assume it is because I've done this a few times), that gives us a total of 168 hours per week. And the thing about time is that it can only be spent, it cannot be saved. (Did you ever have any time left over on Sunday night that you could lop on over to the following week?) And there are only two ways to spend time, spend it wisely, or, well, not so wisely. The average person is working in excess of 40 hours per week and I have found that most people lose about 3 hours per day or 15 hours per week in a Black Hole that sucks away and consumes better than a third of the quantity of time we have available to be productive in our work. The Hole? Needless interruptions. Now an interruption is nothing more than an "unanticipated event". (That's what makes it an interruption.) They come to us in two ways, either in-person or via the telephone. (Telephone would include all the electronic devices such as fax, email, beepers, pagers, etc.) Like everything we encounter, interruptions are both good and bad. A lot of what you and I do on a daily basis is to address the "good" interruptions, those that are "crucial" and "important". Indeed, a lot of what we are paid for is to handle those "good" interruptions. Those are not the concern. What takes away from achieving higher levels of productivity are the "bad" interruptions, those that have "little" or "no" value". Examples of "good" interruptions are when a client or customer calls you to place an order, your boss stops by to inform you that you will be getting the raise, or a co-worker interrupts you at your desk to show you how to complete a project in less time. These are all interruptions but they will lead to enhanced results. They are "good", so very good. Examples of "bad" interruptions are when a co-worker drops by to complain about the price of hay in Denmark (assuming that you are not in that business) or some irrelevant, uninteresting topic or a telephone solicitor reaches you at work to try to sell you something you do not need or want. Here are some interesting statistics. (Your actual mileage may vary, but if you need something to compare yourself to.). On average, we experience one interruption every 8 minutes or approximately 6-7 per hour. In an 8-hour day, that totals around 50-60 interruptions in the day. The average interruption takes approximately 5 minutes. (Some may take several hours or days; others may only take a few seconds.) If you are receiving 50 interruptions in the day and each takes 5 minutes, that totals 250 minutes, or just over 4 hours out of 8, or about 50% of the workday. Now, if you we were to track and rate each interruption we experience during the day, (let "A" = Crucial; "B" = Important; "C" = Little Value; and "D" = "No Value"), most people will discover that only about 20% of their interruptions are of the "A" and "B" variety and 80% are of the "C" and "D" variety. (Maybe you will come out better; I hope so.) Finally, if you experience 250 minutes of interruptions in your day and 80% are of the "C" and "D" variety, having "Little" or "No Value", 80% of 250 is 200 minutes or just over 3 hours per day going down the drain being consumed by interruptions that are not worthy of your time. For most, there is a hole so big in their productive day that they could drive a truck through it. Dr. Donald E. Wetmore, a full-time Professional Speaker, is one of the foremost experts on Time Management and Personal Productivity and the author of "Beat the Clock". If you would like to receive a free copy of his companion article, "How to Plug up the Hole", to help reduce the interruptions in your day that have "Little" or "No Value", email your request for "plug" to: ctsem@msn.com Would you like to receive free Timely Time Management Tips on a regular basis to increase your personal productivity and get more out of every day? Sign up now for our free "TIMELY TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS". Just go to: http://www.topica.com/lists/timemanagement and select "subscribe". We welcome you aboard! Dr. Donald E. Wetmore-Professional Speaker Productivity Institute Time Management Seminars 60 Huntington St. P.O. Box 2126 Shelton, CT 06484 (800) 969-3773 (203) 929-9902 fax: (203) 929-8151 e-mail: ctsem@msn.com website: http://www.balancetime.com Professional Member-National Speakers Association since 1989 Copyright 1999 You may re-print the above information in its entirety in your publication or newsletter. For permission, please email your request for "reprint" to: ctsem@msn.com =================================================== ******************************************************************* =================================================== 2. Our NEW Simply Speaking Discussion Board !!! ==================================================== I asked, you responded and I listened... Join our on-line discussion board where you can participate and ask me questions specific to presentation skills, speaking, communication skills & related topics. You do this by "posting" your questions on my discussion board and I will provide a response. Other visitors to my website and subscribers to my Simply Speaking E-Zine can also post a response. This is YOUR Discussion Board. To go immediately to the Simply Speaking Discussion Board take the link below and enjoy! http://www.ljlseminars.com/discussion.htm ==================================================== 3. " How To Successfully Grow Your Business Using the Internet" ==================================================== Lenny's website routinely receives between 40,000 and 60,000 visitors EVERY month and the numbers continue to grow! Lenny has sold his speaking products to clients in over 78 countries and now has over 18,500 subscribers to this Simply Speaking E-Zine as a direct result of his Website! Lenny's articles are published regularly in over 100 newsletters or magazines every year. His website receives visitors from over 100 countries around the world! Do you have a website? Are your thinking about developing a website? Would you like to know Lenny's secrets? Columbia University Business School invited Lenny to share his techniques & secrets at a special program just for them on October 11, 1999! You to can also learn from the master. Lenny can provide this INFORMATION-PACKED ONE-DAY seminar entitled "How to Successfully Grow Your Business Using the Internet" for your business or organization. Here is what you will learn in this seminar: * Strategy of Website Design * Key Website Design Elements * How to get top listings in major Search Engines * How to effectively use Newsgroups * How to effectively use E-mail * How to use E-Zines to grow your business * How to get FREE listings * What publishing articles can do for your bottom line * How to combine your on-line with your off-line marketing methods And MUCH MUCH MORE!!! 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