As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).

After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.

Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Needing to Smarten Up... Tuesday, September 25

I work hard but am I working smart, that is the question.  I definitely am hustling but I end my days exhausted and questioning if I really was productive with my use of time and effort.  Honestly, sometimes I still do feel like that hamster in the turning wheel -- running at full speed but not actually getting anywhere.

I have my list of weekly goals, my daily goals too of what I want to do, but every day there are ones that don't get checked off.

Are my goals too big?!  I don't know.

My biggest flaw right now, with regards to building my business, is that I'm very impatient and I see it on the daily.  I catch myself.  I find myself answering business phone calls and interrupting the conversation to ask them "and what's the point of this call?" or "sorry, why are you calling?"  That's pretty bad, I know, but my attention span on phone call is about that of a gold fish -- 2 seconds.

Sometimes I feel like I'm still working at the speed of Korea but everyone one else is working at Filipino time, so regardless of how fast or how hard I work, I have to continually wait till the catch up.  If I have to wait, I lose interest and am already on the next thing, or busy finding a replacement.  If you're late for a business meeting with me, then you're not doing business with me, I'm out.

I need to be more patient and I need to reevaluate how I'm working -- I need to work smarter.

Any suggestions?


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