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Why “Doing It All” Hurts Your Business and What to Do About It!
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Why “Doing It All” Hurts Your Business and What to Do About It!
Do you view
Multi-Tasking as a good thing? Do you think that if you don’t do it all, it
won’t get done correctly? Worse yet, it
won’t get done at all? If you say “yes” to one or all questions, let
me tell you that you are not only hurting your business, you are also putting
your physical and mental health at risk, and your usual peak performance will
diminish.
Consider:
¨
What
causes you to multi-task, almost obsessively?
Possibilities:
¨
Need
to control.
¨
Need
to be in many places at the same time.
¨
Nobody
cares as much as you do to get things done.
¨
Need
for perfection, because no one does it:
a)
Better than you.
b)
Faster than you.
c)
Prettier than you.
Illusional Benefits of a “Do-It-All”:
¨
Saving
Time.
¨
Saving
Money.
¨
Keeping
things on track and “perfect”.
¨
By
being in control at all times, nothing can go wrong.
Real Consequences:
¨
Distractions.
¨
Lack
of Focus.
¨
Incomplete
projects.
¨
Mistakes.
¨
Forgetting
what’s truly important.
¨
Not
enough Self-Care.
¨
Putting
yourself last.
¨
Time
and Money seem to elude you.
¨
You
begin to feel tired.
¨
You
begin to feel sick and tired of being tired.
¨
Unexpected
financial costs begin to creep-up
¨
Suddenly,
you are not working on your business; instead, you’re spending a lot of
hours working IN it.
¨
You
are not engaged in your personal growth.
¨
Your
self-esteem takes a hit.
¨
You
begin to question your self-worth.
Processes:
¨
Create
a one-page list of what you would like to see happen; one page for your
business, and one page for your personal life.
¨
Create
a Profit and Loss statement of what activities are working for you and which
ones are not. Yes, you must identify the
“energy” leak in all aspects of your life.
¨
Create
a new Vision statement, both business and personal; and revisit your mission
statements. Do they still hold true
today? If not, re-write them.
¨
Check
your list of Personal and Professional Values.
If you don’t have one, create them!
This is very important.
Solutions:
The
following action steps will help you take back your life, even in a “good”,
multi-tasking way, where the “Do-It-All” in you, can take a much deserved rest.
¨
Take
time to analyze and evaluate what each list is telling you.
¨
Identify
the areas where you have energy leaks, and they are:
a) Physical
b) Mental
c) Financial
d) Emotional
e) Spiritual
¨
Understand
what’s working and not working.
¨
Hire
a mentor or professional coach to help you plan to take action and make changes
accordingly with what’s working and what is not.
¨
Focus
on activities that are revenue generating.
¨
Work
with your list of values. It is the
foundation for identifying your ideal client.
It is also the foundation for identifying the people you need in your
life to help you succeed; both professionally and personally.
¨
Find
a pool of Virtual Specialists or on-site professional assistants to help you in
the different aspects of your business.
¨
Learn
to let go and delegate.
¨
Once
you delegate, it becomes leverage.
¨
Build
your “trust” factor in others, as others will on you.
¨
Soon
you will find more time to do the things you really enjoy.
¨
Put
the FUN back in what you’re doing.
¨
Re-kindle
the passion.
¨
Begin
to do what you love.
¨
The
results of your efforts is an image of who you are and what you do, so your
inner work is as important if not more, than your outer work.
¨
And
always remember a very simple rule:
“When you grow, your business grows.”
In closing,
go do what you do best, and let the others do the rest. You can still multi-task without having to be
a “Do-It-All”.
Re-claim your
self-confidence, assertiveness, assurance and self-worth, and let your
brilliance shine.
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