Slowing Down to Speed Up: The Mindset & Boundaries Required for Growth, Plus Your Opportunity to Work with Us
Episode 609: Show Notes
With all the conversations we’ve been having about learning, scaling, and unlocking new strategies for your business, people have started to worry about how they are going to find the time to add something else to their plate. You may really feel that learning something new will be beneficial to your business, but the thought of doing that when you’re already overwhelmed can be extremely daunting.
But the thing is, it’s mentally taxing to be a human in the world right now, and learning strategies that will help you better manage the hustle and grind that you’re on is one of the best ways to grow! If you’re feeling overwhelmed, this episode is for you, because we’re going to provide you with some mindset and business benchmarks to help you gain some clarity on what you should be focusing on right now!
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Urgent Versus Important
There are things that you have incorporated into your work day that you can straight up stop doing; maybe forever, maybe for a season. Not everything that you do provides you with a return on investment, and spending time on tasks that are urgent but not important is not a recipe for success. If you stay in the urgent-but-not-important zone, you will continue to put out fires and check staff off your to-do list, and you’ll always feel busy, but you’re never going to move forward or see growth. If you’re feeling totally overwhelmed, you’re probably spending too much time in this zone, letting other people drive the boat, and reacting to what is going on around you, rather than being in control.
Creating Time for Growth
Early on in our business we developed a block schedule where we had a day that nobody else could touch, and to us, that was a massive building block for us to start working towards the business we truly wanted. Now, approximately half of our time is spent on growth-based activities, compared to the early days where we have around 95% of our time away. Clawing your way out of the phase where you’re sacrificing most of your time to deal with urgent tasks, isn’t easy, but we have a few suggestions which will help you on your way. For example, changing your office hours, creating canned email responses, and setting up some automated systems. We want you (with our help) to find a minimum of four hours a week that you can spend on self-development, so that you and your business can thrive, because at the end of the day, if you don’t make yourself a priority, nobody will!
Why You Should Sign Up for the Incubator!
No program is perfect for everyone, but we know that through our Incubator program we can definitely make a huge difference for so many of you listeners out there! This is our best program ever, so we’re not afraid to pitch it to you because we know you won’t be disappointed. Depending on what stage you’re at in your business (in terms of mindset and actual results), you need to focus on different goals, and we can help you set those out so that you make the most efficient use of your time. If you aren’t sure what lever you need to pull in order to move forward, that’s where we come in. Inside the Incubator we have a step-by-step approach that will very quickly give you some of your time back, while making more money at the same time!
What To Do If You’re Struggling To Find Leads
If you’re struggling to get clients through the door, you’re probably not at the stage where you’re quite ready for the Incubator. If this sounds like you, you’ll probably thrive in the Co-Op! The Co-Op is such an amazing community which will provide you with the tools you need to attract potential clients and convert them. You can stay in the Co-Op forever because the tools will always be valuable, and the foundations of the formula that we are teaching you can be applied in any industry!
Quote This
I want you to look at your schedule and try to find four hours a week at minimum that you can spend on growth, thought, visioning and learning.
Highlights
Urgent Versus Important. [0:07:01]
Creating Time for Growth. [0:09:54]
Why You Should Sign Up for the Incubator! [0:21:28]
What To Do If You’re Struggling To Find Leads. [0:28:32]
ON TODAY’S SHOW
Abagail & Emylee
The Strategy Hour Podcast
We help overwhelmed and creative entrepreneurs break down their Oprah-sized dreams to create a functioning command center to tame the chaos of their business. Basically, we think you’re totally bomb diggity, we’re about to uplevel the shiz out of your business.
KEY TOPICS
Overwhelm, Growth, Hustle, Task Management, Pause, Self-development, Priorities, Time, Stress
