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“Misty Hollow
Carving” was launched in
October 2008
Misty Hollow Digital Images were
launched on September 26, 2012.
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Business
Goals and Personal Goals – ‘Misty Hollow’ and Me
So have you set your 2013 Goals and/or
Resolutions up already?
Many of my friends are setting their new Business
Goals for 2013. I have done that also.
I toy with the idea of my Goals for the next
year at the end of the year. Then when I arrive I kind of lose focus because of
life. How about you?
I am the sole proprietor of a small and busy
business. I am the CEO, COO and CAO of “Misty Hollow Carving” – also known as “Misty
Hollow”. I am also the production line manager, shop foreman, and janitor. I am completely in charge of the Sales Force,
Advertising Division, and Accounting, as well as personally handling all the
major and minor accounts that have been developed over 4 years of building the
business.
On the side I am also involved in keeping the
staff of “Misty Hollow” healthy both physically and mentally. I am continually working on Balance in all
areas of each employee’s life. And what makes it really fun is that there is only
one person that does it all – “ME”.
I came across a great posting by another business
owner. She happens to also be a mom and wife… which makes her about 10 times
busier than I ever could imagine. I can
see where her ideas are much like mine.
Today I will share two ideas - Schedules and
Work/Life balance.
Number
One: Set Schedules and Stick to them
We work with three calendars in our family,
My Google Calendar, My wife’s written calendar and the one that dictates to
what we all do – the one that is all about my 92 year old mother’s life. She lives with us.
My other life before launching “Misty Hollow”
was one of constant service to people plus the regular everyday routine things
that had to be done. Crisis could take place anytime of the day, night or week.
The regular things that absolutely had to be done were worked on constantly.
The Crisis that came up was worked on immediately. Panic and Steadiness guided most of my 35
years of doing what I did. If I compare
it to other jobs it was like owning and running the local Ambulance service
while painting houses each day for a living. Drop the brush and run to the Ambulance
call… come back and pick up the brush.
Starting my “Misty Hollow” business became
like owning six Ambulance services and three painting companies.
The only way to control what is taking place
is by a good calendar and regularly checking with it. In four years of building “Misty Hollow” and
keeping pace with an active, crisis filled life is keep to the schedule… and
refer to the Calendar!
Number
Two: Balance - Either Work, or be with your Family, but not both
“Misty Hollow” is a place in my mind and the
minds of other people. But it is worked on in a number of places. It happens in
my Garage Workshop where the physical wood products are created. It happens at the Mall where presentation,
sales, and delivery take place. It happens at McDonalds and Star Bucks where
the Wifi and Coffee stir imagination and new ideas are worked on. And it
happens in an office area where the tedious things are done.
But at times I have to leave “Misty Hollow”
and focus on family. I drop “Misty Hollow” and pick up on Family things that
must be done. With just my wife and
myself – we still do date nights and date days. We keep time to ourselves.
Then there are times when our grandkids and
the clan show up. Everything stops business wise when they come. But we
carefully schedule time for this. We know when they come and when they go. We
spend time and celebrate family.
Add to that an aging and rather frail mother,
that lives with us, takes more family time.
Doctor’s appointments and test schedules take priority some weeks – over
all else.
But taking the portable work of “Misty Hollow”
along while waiting on the “Mom Event” – provides for work not to be interrupted
too terribly much. As an artist and illustrator
at “Misty Hollow” the material needed for that task comes along to the waiting
room.
Tomorrow I will deal with Number Three: ‘Vacations/Time
away’, Number Four: ‘Check ins’ and Number Five: ‘Delegate and delay’
But for now this post has to be wrapped up.
The schedule for it today requires me to move on to the next steps of today.
~ Murray Lincoln ~
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