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So, you are leading a team of professionals at your origination and trying to get the right things done, but things just don’t seem to be happening!

Being forced to live the life of a single parent my self, I found it very hard to get the right things done at the beginning. Well, at one point in time I was not sure what the right thing is in the first place! I started looking around for answers, and I was fascinated by the work a lot of single moms do out there. I couldn’t believe how they do it. I mean really busy and highly successful women like Sandra Bullock, Halle Berry, Kate Hudson and others, how do they do it?

So I decided to research and analyze what successful single moms do to get things done and yet be successful at business and life. Here’s what I found:

1. Strategic planning, for tomorrow to be, what needs to happen today! and what needs to be today, for tomorrow to happen! So, if kids want to spend the day out on the weekend playing, she makes sure that all pending stuff are cleared, emails are responded to, grocery is in and so on. For many single moms to get through life and succeed, life needs to be a factor of proper planning, scheduling, executing, follow through and adjusting, rather than randomly, passively responding to coincidently happening events.

2. Juggling multiple tasks and still looking great. So, she cooks, goes to work, works out, attends meeting after official business hours and still takes care of the kids, and keeps them well fed and dressed! It’s all about understanding and deciding on the priorities at hand, and proper execution at the right time. They certainly understand and put in to action the concept of Doing the First things First. They don’t get involved in to too much analysis of things, but rather look at things as they are and execute accordingly.

3. Sometimes things just don’t happen as they were planned to be, but it’s not the end of the world. They adjust and maneuver their way and learn from setbacks to get the right things done next time. Positively thinking and focusing on the bright side of things and how to make it better next time is very important to detach from the past, and look for the future of things to make it better next time.

4. Staying connected and establishing a clear understanding of their kids needs through attentively listening, and sincerely seeking to understand then be understood is something successful single moms do well. They patiently give enough time for the kid to steam out all the negative energy, listen to what he says, and then smartly redirect the energy to get the kid do what they need them to do.

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Here is a direct link to the complete article.

Wesam (Sam) Halwani, CTP|CSP|CPTS|DISC, Chairman & Chief Performance Strategist, works with business leaders & professionals to excel.