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Many times our productivity system is focused on what we wish to accomplish. In this premiere episode of Productivity Cocktail, I share with with my thoughts and recommendations about people. Those family and friends that are important to us sometimes comes after we do what we deem important. My hope is to challenge you on this a bit. I love productivity as it brings me immeasurable joy to see things that are important to me get done. This gives me the time to be present with my family. Thank you and keep painting that masterpiece in the mirror.  I'm so honored to be named the President of the TOASTMASTERS club for my day life. I started as a guest less than two years ago and I’m excited to serve my colleagues as we develop collectively this important skill. Each of us at some point will have to communicate to a group an idea, a process, or a belief. For me, it’s exhilarating each and every time. Speaking makes my brain work faster and I truly love it. I was chatting with a good friend today about having a "purpose stack" when you can integrate things you love . In this case for me it’s speaking and educating. It creates for me explosive energy. Every day I wake up with a pain somewhere, but the key is I woke up. I believe God wakes me up each day so I can find a way to love my fellow man. The Schisms that exist between us are real, however when we use that platinum rule, each day we have an impact even if we can’t see it. I’ve another article in SHOUTOUT Atlanta magazine in which I’m thankful.  Every day if I get the major item from the day accomplished, it is a success. I tell you, living a life in which you think about what is important to complete was initially stressful when I started on this journey over twenty years ago. Over time, I realized how much I can grow my ability and it becomes addicting. It becomes a lifestyle. If I can help you, please reach out to me. If you get the one thing that will move your life forward it is totally worth it. That's a successful day.  Our world shares that we must be focused on ourselves first. For many of us, that is extremely difficult. It may fly in the face of our productivity goals and our daily time management aspirations. In this video, I give you my thoughts on some ways to think about requests. If we are living a life in which we help and support others, they are going to ask for help. Hopefully you find this helpful.
I originally posted the below last year. As I continue to develop the first ever TBT course, start thinking about our values and our shared values? Make sure you are there for your family and friends this week. Relationships are the only things that matter in this life. This weekend we had a chance to do our 2nd annual family reunion and it was great. Take care of yourself and each other. The below pic was from my graduation from Kennesaw State University with my MBA. This was fifteen years ago, this year. My sister, Alyson and brother, David always have my back. I remember I weighed two hundred and ninety pounds on this day. Whoa!  Thanks for sticking with me on this journey. I believe that being more effective has transformed my life, Please let me know how I can help and I wish you the best in the coming year. Your life has a calling attached to it. If you have found it, bless you. If you are still searching, keep giving authentically to others. The more you give, the more you will heart and opportunities will grow.  I often talk here and other places about why most of us wish to be more productive. It is usually a "who" that is part of the answer. I recently had a chance to go to NY and see my family for the first time in almost two years. Not only was it relaxing but recharging. In that visit I met a Sister that I have only had a chance to speak with over the phone or WhatApp. We all need fuel in this life. For many of us, our loved ones can help us fill up the tank. I hope we each get a chance to connect with those that are important to us over the coming weeks. The last almost two years has taught us all one lesson. Today is real. The conversation you have with someone today is real. What happened yesterday is a "racket" we create to mask our hurt. Thank you all for being part of TBT. Over the coming days stay tuned for news I have to share with you. I'm excited. I was asked recently about setting up a family calendar so everyone could stay in touch with each other. It was so long ago since our family broached this topic, that I had to go back and think about it. My response is focused around those of us that have google emails and calendars. I know there are outlook, yahoo, apple and others out there. but this is strictly gmail users. The responses are in two camps: Create a unique email address ( A calendar is created with each gmail account creation.). It could be something like "WilsonFamllyX@gmail.com Sharing your current calendars with your household. Some Pros and Cons for each Unique One Calendar Pros: One unified spot. Sharing is visible for all. Personal Calendars stay intact. Cons: Google's two factor authentication system means someone and someone's account (like a YouTube or device) has to be constantly validate the users and where they wish to view the calendar. Creates a new set of tasks for the family members to integrate the calendar into to tools and devices that they use. Creates another group of tasks on how often each person accesses the calendar. Some of us use calendars more constantly than others. Sharing our current calendar Pros: Easy to share (Go to your current calendar on a browser, invite the family member, and give them privileges). Transparency. Doesn't impact your google set up. Cons: Can create redundant entries. If you have a big family it could be weird to see five instances of "date night." All may have to be in the same system for full functionality. I'll admit, I haven't tried with someone outside of Google. I know this can be done in each ecosystem. Microsoft and outlook do it quite easily for those on the same platform. The frequency of accessing the calendar can still be issue if others look at it more regularly. I've dabbled in some other systems in the way back past. One that we tried was called Cozi Family Organizer. It was cool, but it was trying to replace my entire system and it having my whole family on one productivity system wasn't good for me (nor them). I use a tool called Notion for Content Creation and some database management. You can link your calendar in the views, but to me that defeats the purpose. Notion is great for collaboration. There is a new tool called Craft that purports to be a dashboard of our entire system. I haven't delved deep in that one yet so make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel and I will do a video on that in the future. Have an awesome weekend and take care of you and yours. -WW https://www.cozi.com https://www.notion.so https://www.craft.do
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