The last fews weeks I have been updating and enhancing my GreatManagement products. This has meant that I have neglected both my own blogging posts and, even worse, commenting on others.

This Is Really Bad Advice

To keep on top of the latest Management and Career ideas (and to offer advice to others), I subscribe to numerous appropriate blogs via RSS (here's my blog rss here) and Google Reader. The last 2 weeks I have ignored my RSS subscriptions and that's bad.

Even worse, when I went to start reading them I had over 1500 to read! 1500! So what happens in those situations - well for me I just want to get down to zero, as fast as possible. That means the main outcome is to get to zero and not read all the wonderful tips, ideas and information. That's means I don't read many of then and I just delete them and that's really, really bad.

A New Tool

But I have just come across Guy Kawasaki’s new site, Alltop, which is great for looking through a lot of great and relevant blogs fast. You can see all the headings of all the posts to see if you want to read further.

So if you are using RSS, try out Alltop - I have, it's great!

New Products vs Blogging

I always promised myself I would evenly spread my time working on existing products, new products, marketing and blogging.

But when I am revamping an existing product or creating a new one I get so engrossed and excited it seems to take over. I can't wait to inform everyone about the new enhance product or a completed new one and it takes over my life. Then I have to catch up on the marketing and blogging (and accounts and paperwork!).

How overcome?

I really have to force and discipline myself to spread the time evenly and sometimes I just can't.

I make lists of all the tasks I have to complete and ensure they cover the subjects of new material,  blogging, marketing, etc.

I place the lists where I can see them and then stick to them.

I eat chocolate...just because!

Maybe I need an admin assistant?

But I am so glad the weather isn't sunny...

...because the past few days I have been catching up on the blogging, the paperwork, the bill paying (it still has to be done!) and the marketing.

What do you do?

Do you have the same problem? Something overtakes your life and everything else comes second. How do you cope? How do you overcome that? What ideas and tips do you have?

I am so excited...

So this look out for the first enhanced product launch, The Great Successful People Package, now with a 27-Week Audio Postcard Coaching Bonus.


Andrew