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Immediately’s episode is for you when you get overwhelmed by what number of concepts you’ve got for making your life and your online business higher.
I’m sharing 3 sensible issues you are able to do (past Energy Planning) that can enable you create optimistic constraints round your concepts so your mind doesn’t maintain again your greatest concepts for concern of overwhelm.
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In This Episode You’ll Be taught:
- Why you’ll be extra productive when you’ve got optimistic time constraints
- What to do with selections and concepts that don’t should be taken care of proper now
- Learn how to choose a ‘theme’ for every quarter
- Why you want a not-to-do listing is and find out how to create one
- Examples of the entire above from my life and my shopper’s lives too
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FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT
Introduction
Hello and welcome to a different episode of The Perfectionism Challenge, a podcast stuffed with perfectionism recommendation for entrepreneurs. My title is Sam Laura Brown, I assist entrepreneurs launch their perfectionism handbrake to allow them to get out of their very own approach and construct a satisfying and worthwhile enterprise. I’m the founding father of the Perfectionist Getting Shit Performed group teaching program, which is in any other case referred to as PGSD. And for much more perfectionism recommendation that can assist you with your online business. You possibly can observe me on Instagram @perfectionismproject
Sam Laura Brown
Immediately, I’m going to be sharing with you three sensible methods to cease getting overwhelmed by your whole concepts. Primarily, this episode goes to be about concept administration. And there are such a lot of methods that you would be able to handle your concept, however I simply wished to share three of them with you that I’ve personally use. And I’ve shared with my purchasers as nicely, so that you just don’t both stifle concepts earlier than they’ll bloom since you don’t wish to get overwhelmed. And also you’re already anticipating not executing them and never having the ability to deal with so many concepts and that you just’re going to enter that evaluation paralysis and never really get shit performed. Or perhaps you simply have so many concepts, and also you’re the form of one who has a continuing stream of concepts, however you don’t really implement them, you simply really feel so overwhelmed by what to do, you’re continuously form of like, reconciling what to do, you’ve got limitless to do lists, such as you simply, there’s not sufficient time within the day to get every thing performed that you just wish to do.
And to actually see all these concepts come to life. And so I wish to simply assist you concentrate on your concepts and handle your concepts in a more practical approach. So that you just don’t subconsciously repress concepts, and so that you just don’t get overwhelmed by them. However you’ll be able to have a wholesome relationship with concepts the place your mind looks like it will probably really share these concepts with you and convey them to your aware consciousness. And you may really sit with concepts with out feeling this rush to make selections, or with out form of feeling such as you’re the one that retains placing issues off time and again. And once more, just because it’s not the proper time to decide on one thing. So I’m actually going to be sharing simply sensible issues with you on this episode.
And this was impressed by a training name I simply did inside my program, perfectionist getting shit performed, the place we talked about a number of the issues that I’m going to be sharing with you on this episode. So I assumed I’d deliver it to the principle podcast, and share with you find out how to cease getting overwhelmed by your whole concepts, so to really get shit performed, do it with out burning out and do it with out having to consider concepts in a adverse or unhelpful approach that you would be able to, once more, have that actually wholesome and optimistic relationship with concepts together with your creativity together with your mind.
So initially, I wish to point out earlier than I get into the three issues, that energy planning, which I after all train, and you’ll go to the present notes, when you aren’t but energy planning to observe my free coaching on find out how to do energy planning, you will get began with it immediately. However it’s good to have a productiveness technique that you just’re utilizing a productiveness instrument that creates optimistic constraints. So when you’re working from an limitless to do listing, or an overschedule, calendar, or an electronic mail inbox, or put up it notes, otherwise you’re working from a paper planner, like all these totally different productiveness instruments that don’t really create optimistic constraints, it’s so straightforward to get overwhelmed and to get misplaced in your whole concepts.
And even when you may need a system, for instance, the place you’ve got that lengthy to do listing, however you spotlight your priorities, or perhaps you’ve got three issues that I must get performed right now, you continue to wish to even have a productiveness technique, a productiveness instrument that truly permits you to have constraint, true constraint by way of time intervals, for various duties, it’s versatile. So energy planning actually creates versatile construction for you. However it’s good to even have the truth of how a lot time you’ve got delivered to your consideration. I do know it’s actually uncomfortable. However say for instance, when you had that lengthy to do listing, after which perhaps you spotlight your three priorities, or your one precedence, you would possibly spend approach an excessive amount of time on it. So that you’re not really actually doing it in one of the best ways that you would be able to, otherwise you would possibly spend too little time on one thing or get sidetracked.
And we actually wish to have mainly a instrument that works on your perfectionist mind, and actually simply works on your human mind as nicely, that desires to distract itself. And that desires to not be doing the arduous difficult issues which may should be performed. So when you’re not energy planning but, then go to the hyperlink in my present notes. And you may learn to begin energy planning as a result of that’s actually the inspiration of what I’m going to be sharing with you on this episode.
So listed here are three sensible issues you are able to do to handle your concepts. And also you don’t should be doing all three of those, I’m simply going to be presenting these to you and you’ve got the choice to decide on one among them if it resonates with you. Or you could possibly do a pair they’re not mutually unique. However I simply need you to take heed to this and take into consideration okay, how am I take advantage of this like which one among these resonates with me to really be capable to create some optimistic constraints for myself in order that I can have concepts with out feeling like I’ve to do all of them proper this second with out feeling like I’m the form of one who’s not making selections and placing issues off just because now isn’t the proper time to make that call or it’s not pressing or necessary to make that call.
So the primary one is a selections for my future self listing, and I can’t keep in mind to be trustworthy what I used to name this listing or like I’ve performed previous episodes on it years in the past, I’ll share an instance of how I take advantage of it. However for now, I’m going to name it the selections for my future self listing. That is actually only a technique to park your concepts for a future cut-off date. And we wish to do that in order that we get as a lot of your psychological load as doable. So that is actually a technique, if there are selections that you’ve got been fascinated by making, however you don’t must make them simply but, as an alternative of getting them behind your thoughts, or once you’re doing all your energy planning that come up each week, you’ll be able to really park that concept for the long run, so you will get it out of your psychological load.
So a few examples. So one factor that I actually did this fashion that was with my podcast. So this podcast, for the primary few years, it was fully a solo present, I solely did solo episodes, there have been a variety of causes that I liked and nonetheless love the format of doing a solo present. However my mind each every now and then, could be like perhaps I ought to have visitors on the present. And there’s so many nice causes to doing that. And do I wish to do this, and I form of entered this indecision and confusion about do I wish to do it, do I not wish to do it, after which I’d discover it could be arduous to execute sure issues I already had ongoing, as a result of I wanted to make that call to be able to transfer ahead.
So what I did a number of occasions, I wish to say I did this for not less than like a yr and a half. However I’d resolve, okay, I’m really for now going to maintain doing a solo present on the podcast and never have any gasoline in any respect, and at the start of subsequent quarter. So 1 / 4 is a 3 month interval within the yr. So at the start of subsequent quarter, whether or not that’s April or July, or October or January, I’m going to revisit this after which decide for that quarter. In order that it’s not simply in my head of do I wish to do it or not the professionals and cons like simply entertaining and holding myself busy with that confusion. However I’m deciding on this second, I’m gonna preserve doing it the way in which I’m doing it, which is a solo present. And that at the start of for instance, July, I’m going to place in my calendar in my energy planning that I’m going to be making some selections.
And I can revisit this after which you’ve got a bit of listing whether or not it’s a Google Doc, or whether or not it’s in your iPhone notes or no matter, you’ve got a spot the place you’ll be able to put these concepts in order that when your brains like, ah, ought to we be having visitors on the podcast or not, or no matter that’s for you, that you would be able to inform your mind, we’ve got received that coated, we’re going to be deciding about that in July for now we’re going to maintain doing it the way in which we’re doing it. So primarily permits you to decide for now, understanding that you would be able to revisit it later after which deciding when you’ll revisit that call, it’s so necessary to resolve when precisely that shall be like sooner or later that shall be on as a result of when you’re like oh, I’ll take into consideration that once more sooner or later, then it’s nonetheless this open loop in your mind, it’s nonetheless in your psychological load.
So we wish to say, right here’s a particular time that I’m going to make that call whether or not it’s every week later, or 1 / 4 later, or a yr later, I’m going to revisit this choice then. And I’ve the choice to make a unique choice. However for now, I’m simply constraining myself to regardless of the choice within the second is doing a solo present, in order that I’m not arming and personal about it. And that actually allowed me to create a lot content material and be so dedicated to the way in which I used to be doing it as a result of I wasn’t continuously entertaining. Do I do it? Do I not do it? What do I like higher like all of that form of, I don’t know, similar to all of the psychological drama and confusion round it.
I wish to share an instance as nicely from right now’s teaching name. Considered one of my purchasers she was desirous to do for her it was doing a brand new intro and outro for her podcast, and updating the shopper movies on her gross sales web page. And these have been issues that she was discovering when she was doing her energy hour at the start of her week that these items continuously stored developing that she wished to do them. However they weren’t really the needle movers for her to construct her enterprise. They have been simply issues that have been form of like good to have, they have been already adequate, like her intro and outro have been already adequate as they’re the identical with the shopper movies, however she nonetheless desires to do them. So what I supplied to her is what I’m sharing with you on this episode, which is you’ll be able to really resolve, for instance, proper now,
that’s adequate what I’ve, and at the start of subsequent quarter, I’ll have my listing of choices that I’m going to revisit. And at that cut-off date I can resolve, Okay, do I wish to do a brand new intro and outro? Or not? Do I wish to replace the shopper movies on the gross sales web page or not? In order that the psychological chatter of like, do I wish to do it do I not wish to do it isn’t there anymore. And likewise, and this can be a actually necessary factor. I’m not gonna go an excessive amount of into self picture, and identification, however to actually be productive. You could create the self picture and identification with your self that you’re a productive individual that you just don’t put issues off. However there are issues that you’ll want to strategically delay that’s actually necessary, however we simply don’t wish to have this identification that you just’re a procrastinator or that there are all the time these items in your thoughts that you just don’t know once you’re going to do them.
So by way of actually establishing and sustaining an identification with your self that you’re a productive individual. And when you’re placing one thing off, its strategic, this can be a strategic approach to try this, so to preserve it that you’re a productive individual. So I’m not gonna go an excessive amount of into the self picture stuff right here. However we wish to simply all the time be approaching productiveness in a approach that helps you to assume actually extremely of your self. It doesn’t imply it’s good to be excellent to be able to consider you’re a productive individual, or like completely productive. However we wish to be appearing as if you’re that productive individual, till you actually begin to embody that. And till that turns into a norm to your mind. And so issues like there’s these three methods that I’m sharing with you, on this episode, coupled with energy planning as nicely, is de facto going that can assist you create and solidify that identification.
So that you’re pulled in the direction of productiveness, when your self picture is aligned with being a productive individual, you get shit down with out burning out, that implies that you’ll default to productiveness, reasonably than defaulting to procrastination and placing issues off. So it’s very, essential. And that is actually supporting that as nicely. There’s selections for my future self listing that you would be able to create. The second factor that you are able to do is to select a theme for the quarter for the month for the week, for no matter time interval you wish to have, I’d recommend 1 / 4 in my program, we’ve got your progress purpose, which is a 12 month purpose. After which we work in quarters, I like having only a longer time period than every week or a month that may be little Dash’s that you just do. However having a theme for the quarter actually simply helps you zoom out and see the larger image as a result of we will are likely to get actually misplaced within the weeds, and hyper centered on little particulars that don’t actually matter very a lot.
So I simply wish to share just a few examples of when I’ve performed this, and likewise a shopper instance as nicely. So a time that I had a theme for the quarter that I wish to share with you is in quarter one among 2021. So I used to be as a result of give beginning to my daughter in the midst of that yr, Lydia. And so what I wished to do was arrange my program to have the ability to ship outcomes to purchasers with out me having to be there, I actually wished to create the enterprise the place it wasn’t needing my presence to be able to function. And in order that meant that I wanted to concentrate on totally different actions than I usually would. So what I did for that quarter was at the start of the quarter a batch recorded podcast episodes, I did like 13 episodes in every week, which is fairly regular and straightforward for me to have the ability to do I’ve created the identification, and likewise methods round supporting that. However I did that. After which I used to be in a position to spend the remainder of that quarter centered on hiring PGSD coaches, creating the coaching for them, onboarding them, I actually was in a position to put my power and a spotlight into that.
And it was actually necessary to have that as a theme for myself, as a result of it actually required a variety of braveness to be approaching my enterprise in that approach. It felt like my enterprise was my child. And I simply went by means of this entire identification disaster after I was going by means of that of feeling like my child’s grown up and doesn’t want me anymore, which is perhaps a bit of bit bizarre to say when it’s a enterprise. However you probably have a enterprise, you’ll be able to most likely relate to that feeling of like desirous to really feel wanted by your online business. Regardless that we’d like to have the liberty to not be wanted, it will probably simply really feel a bit jarring to make that transition. And so I wanted a variety of emotional capability for that work I used to be doing, in addition to the psychological capability to really work out the logistics of that as a result of I didn’t know many individuals who had performed that earlier than, I actually needed to determine that out as I went. And so I used to be in a position to actually say okay, there are issues my enterprise wants me to do.
And I’m going to batch create them in order that my important focus goes to be on hiring the PGSD coaches, onboarding them and ensuring they’ll ship outcomes to our PGSDears with out me having to be there. with out me having to be listening to each single name, I can simply create a system for the enterprise the place I can know that they’re getting outcomes. They’re getting what they got here for, with out me having to hover or really be there. And so I did accomplish that. However it was from actually having that as a theme. And deciding that that’s the place I used to be going to place my psychological and emotional capability for that quarter.
For me proper now simply to share and I haven’t performed a private replace podcast episode in a short time. And I’m going to be doing one once more quickly. I actually actually miss doing that. However proper now for this quarter developing. So we’re about to enter quarter two of 2024. My focus is de facto across the content material engine so to talk for the enterprise, delivering outcomes to you forward of time earlier than you ever pay me earlier than you ever develop into a shopper of mine by means of this podcast by means of the emails that you just would possibly obtain it. In the event you’re an electronic mail subscriber of mine by means of the Instagram content material that we create as a enterprise proprietor that I really feel like I’ve been by means of a interval. And I’m simply form of like coming out of it now.
However by means of a interval of simply actually like not trusting myself with content material feeling like I must sound like I do know every thing, and that I’m an knowledgeable on every thing and simply not sharing in the way in which that I do know is essentially the most useful to you, and essentially the most compelling and interesting the place I’m actually simply sharing like, right here’s what I’ve realized, right here’s what I’ve seen, by means of my very own expertise, and thru working so many purchasers, but in addition like not having to be this like all understanding form of model of myself that I can simply be like, right here’s issues I’m determining. And I don’t know, and I’m like engaged on this higher. And I’m studying this factor from that individual. And I’m simply actually desirous to return to the way in which that I understand how to create content material with episodes like this as nicely, the place I’m not making an attempt to make it sound like I do know completely every thing however like, hey, there are some issues I’ve realized which are going to be actually useful.
And I do have experience across the issues that I’m sharing with you. But in addition the way in which I’m fascinated by it, I don’t must really feel like I do know every thing or that nobody might ever like choose aside what I’m saying or no matter. Like I’m simply in a spot of self belief and repair and actually wanting that can assist you and never holding something again. I really feel like I’ve been by means of a interval as nicely of like, form of holding again within the content material I’ve been creating. And I by no means used to try this I used to share all of the issues and the people who I like working with and have invested some huge cash with, they’re people who share all of the issues on their podcast, significantly I like podcasts, as you’ll be able to most likely guess, however sharing all of the issues after which I all the time wish to work with them to try this subsequent degree of labor that deeper layer and to actually create mastery. And so I’m actually simply going to be returning to that strategy.
And so that should be a magnet for me as a result of I’m needing to form of like change the way in which that I’ve been doing issues and arrange just a few new methods but in addition similar to mindset sensible, make some shifts in the way in which that I’m fascinated by content material creation and delivering outcomes and like the way in which that my enterprise operates, in order that’s going to be actually a important focus for me in quarter two. In order that’s having a theme for the quarter. I wish to share an instance as nicely that one among my purchasers shared on the decision right now so she is a therapist.
And he or she was speaking about what really I requested her might she share her insights on needle movers and determining what’s most necessary as a result of she has simply achieved her quarterly milestone that she has. For her progress purpose. She simply achieved it. And since we have been on the subject of how to determine the place to place your time the place to not, I requested her to share her insights from having achieved that milestone, how did she work out the place to place our time the place to not put our time, and there was so many unimaginable issues she shared, when you’re a PGSDer, positively go to the PGSD, personal podcast and take heed to that recording, as a result of it was superb.
However one of many issues that she shared was that her theme for the quarter was on infrastructure the upcoming quarter, and that she had recognized that there’s friction that must be solved, and that she had beforehand had constrained and had various things for her quarter. Like when she got here into this system, her theme was actually round purchasers and simply these issues. And now she has the cash she’s desirous to be making that she’s in a position to then construct the infrastructure to help progress of the enterprise and have a season of the enterprise the place she’s centered on long run infrastructure by way of methods and processes.
Issues like establishing totally different accounting issues and issues like that, which are a bit boring. However it additionally essential that now she’s at a spot the place she will concentrate on that, as a result of in earlier quarters, she had been constrained to producing income, to serving the people who she works with and to doing notes and issues like that, that she wanted to create to have the ability to run her enterprise. And so it was simply such an excellent reminder, for me listening to that, concerning the energy of getting a theme on your quota. One of many issues as nicely that she stated on that decision was like, what are the Lego blocks that I’m constructing my enterprise on? And to form of assume like, when you have been constructing your online business, or like constructing a home, the place there’s the inspiration, after which there’s all of the various things that occur in a sure order. I
t’s not that there’s this excellent order that it’s good to do issues. However when you can give it some thought, like zoom out, this requires you to zoom out and see huge image, what are these first issues that should be in place? After which what are the subsequent issues, I do know that we will actually wish to be doing every thing all of sudden. But when you concentrate on constructing a home, it doesn’t make sense to be engaged on like placing the roof on once you haven’t but poured the concrete. So it’s good to really do issues in a sure order. And so you’ll be able to belief your self with no matter it’s you’re engaged on, to know what that order is. And to know that when you don’t really know you’ll be able to go someplace to get that info. However there’s no excellent technique to do it. There are totally different approaches that you would be able to take.
However simply asking your self, what is that this season for? What are the Lego blocks that I’m needing to construct, like, what’s the subsequent one for me to placed on. And understanding that like, if that doesn’t work, you’ll be able to all the time change what it’s and issues like that by simply having a theme is so highly effective. And I wish to point out to my coach Stacey Boehman, one idea that she talks about is having three necessities. So having your three necessities for 1 / 4, that is mainly simply constraining your self to those are three issues that I’m going to be engaged on. And as a enterprise, for myself and my workforce, we’ve got three issues every which are our necessities for the quarter that we work on, as nicely.
So the third factor I wish to share with you is a to not do listing. So that is simply one other approach that you would be able to create some optimistic constraint for your self, so to focus your power. So I as somebody working three days per week, I don’t have time to do every thing I wish to do. However no matter when you’re working 5 days, seven days, such as you most likely don’t have time to do all of the issues that you just wish to do. So in relation to my examples round a to not do lists, and I’ll share a really particular place you’ll be able to go to listen to about this in a second in a previous podcast episode. However actually, by the character of me energy planning, so I’m very current to how a lot time I even have the place my time goes the place my time is greatest invested.
But in addition like i simply i the busy work I used to have time for I simply, I can’t even have it in my calendar for too lengthy, as a result of I’ll discover as a result of issues aren’t taking place and shifting the way in which that they should be shifting. So I’ve naturally like a to not do listing. And I’ve over time developed a really constrained strategy to enterprise. As a result of I simply know the character of like, I’d wish to be leaping from factor to factor to factor. If I get into the messy center of one thing my mind my perfectionist mind would like the brand new starting when nothing has gone on and every thing continues to be excellent. And I will be so optimistic concerning the future. After I’m within the messy center of one thing, and issues aren’t going to plan and I would like to determine an answer. And I’m getting met with like failure and setbacks and all of that, that I wish to simply bounce to a unique factor.
So I simply know that about my mind and I believe just like the human situation that we actually should be in that progress mindset to have the ability to be engaged with the messiness of figuring one thing out. So I like not having the choice to leap to different issues. So for instance, in relation to the platforms that I take advantage of to advertise and market the enterprise that I’ve, I’ve an after all, there are such a lot of totally different platforms, however I like constraining myself in that approach and having a to not do lists. So I’ve podcasts, Instagram, electronic mail is and a web site. And there are such a lot of different platforms that I could possibly be sharing on. And for instance, like after we put up on Instagram, it routinely will get posted to Fb. And there are issues like that, the place it’s like, there’s no precise psychological power going there.
However YouTube, for instance, which in the meanwhile, I’m like, I’d like to be an AI supplied factor is like, I’d like to be like again on YouTube. As a result of I used to do YouTube, I believe I finished in perhaps 2019, or 2018. However I had a few years the place I uploaded a variety of movies to YouTube. And particularly with energy planning, there’s a lot of like visible issues I need to have the ability to present you. And similar to documenting my very own, like productiveness and issues like that, like I like sharing in that approach. However I’m not letting myself do this, till I’ve really been absolutely dedicated to the issues that I presently have on my plate. And I’m actually taking good care of these issues like really having the ability to reward myself with that, reasonably than making an attempt to flee like, nicely, this factor isn’t working. So I’ll do that different factor as an alternative. So YouTube, one thing I’m fascinated by, however I’m constrained to not doing that, although it could possibly be a unbelievable concept.
It’s simply actually, the precedence is about constraint and ease. As a result of if we dilute our focus an excessive amount of, we will’t really transfer something ahead. Even when they’re the proper issues, when you’re form of like half assing every thing or like you probably have 100% of your consideration to provide in any given week. And you’ve got like 5% right here, 10% right here, 10% right here 10%. Like, it’s actually arduous to create any form of actual momentum or any feeling of momentum, as a result of every thing’s similar to shifting alongside at a really gradual tempo. As a substitute of being like, Okay, nicely, right here’s the place I’m actually going to focus and actually funnel my power into. And it simply actually creates that chance for exponential progress. And likewise studying as nicely, when you’re form of like dabbling in a variety of various things.
It’s actually arduous to have sufficient knowledge to have the ability to inform like what’s working and what isn’t working and what wants to alter. So additionally like YikTock, Pinterest, like I grew my weblog. Initially, this enterprise began as a weblog, I grew the site visitors for that by means of Pinterest. So there’s issues like Pinterest and Fb and like, my mind simply actually desires a brand new starting reasonably than being within the messy center of my present commitments. And so I form of proper now, my strategy with the to not do listing is I don’t have a proper to not do listing. However I’ve constraints round like, right here’s what we’re centered on. And we have to have a very nice argument to alter that. It’s not that it will probably’t be modified. However the default is like if doubtful, preserve it the identical and preserve doing what I’m doing. As a result of I simply know, my mind simply desires to do all of the issues and needs to be in that new starting.
So an instance of this a shopper instance and a coach on this this morning on the decision is I’ve a shopper who’s a dietician and needs to return to constructing her enterprise by means of networking and connecting in actual life versus social media and was simply form of discovering that she’s on social media as a result of she thinks she ought to be versus like beforehand, she had constructed her enterprise by means of like in individual networking and connecting and loves doing that. And so after I was teaching her, that is simply one thing that I posed to her as an possibility that I wish to additionally give to you as an possibility is that you would be able to create a bit of container for your self like a bit of interval, the place you’ve got the factor in your to not do listing, for instance, simply to get particular with this.
So for her saying, okay, as an alternative of being like, I’m going to do some bit extra networking, and a bit of bit much less Instagram, like streamline that and form of similar to make little changes to as an alternative say, what if I had for the subsequent quarter on my to not do lists, and I like doing and to not do lists by quarters. However what if for the subsequent quarter, I didn’t do Instagram in any respect? And perhaps for instance, and I like going to extremes with issues. That is one thing that I realized from Tim Ferriss like asking your self excessive questions, to actually deliver up solutions that wouldn’t in any other case come up after we’re desirous to make incremental enhancements and modifications. So for instance, if we stated like, Hey, you’ve got two hours to get your Instagram account arrange in order that if anybody comes throughout it within the subsequent three months that they’re taken care of.
So mainly you’ll be able to deal with your Instagram account like a enterprise card, you pin just a few posts on the high or do some highlights or no matter you want to take action that folks can get in your electronic mail listing or wherever it’s they should go to be linked with you. And on this case, she has a VA already so you’ll be able to have as an alternative of you doing all of the checking and as she stated like babysitting of the Instagram account and ensuring like everybody’s welcomed and like nobody’s ready for responses. Know that you could possibly have another person be doing that if you would like, or you could possibly simply not have or not it’s performed in any respect and arrange just a few issues in order that they know the place to go and belief that they are going to be redirected, and they’ll discover you elsewhere.
However when you stated, Okay, for the subsequent three months, apart from a bit of little bit of setup time that I’m going to provide myself, I’m really going to place the entire power that I used to be placing into social media, I’m going to now have Instagram on my to not do listing for this era, I can all the time return if I must, I can all the time return to what I’m presently doing. However what I’m going to do is I’m going to focus all that power on to the networking and the connecting in individual and doing that form of factor. And it’s so highly effective as nicely to do it this fashion. As a result of what is going to occur is, and on this case was like, I can’t even think about it not working that if I made that shift, that I wouldn’t be capable to get purchasers and all of that. However I stated to her, like, let’s think about it doesn’t work. As a result of a variety of occasions when a call feels so aligned and feels so energizing, that we nearly have this entitlement to it working as a result of we be ok with it. And that actually doesn’t assist our resourcefulness, our resilience, we really simply get form of lazy and entitled about it.
And so what occurs, and it’s to not say it wouldn’t work. However what occurs is that after we are approaching issues on this approach, it’s actually arduous to unravel once they aren’t working. As a result of we’re like, nicely, it simply mustn’t work, as a result of I assumed it could and I felt nice. And so we simply returned to the factor that we have been doing earlier than. So I stated to her, Nicely, if it didn’t work, what would you do? Identical to what I’d returned to an Instagram was like, however what if the factor you’d do is definitely remedy for the networking and the connecting, working? And also you caught with that? Quite than going again to Okay, nicely, that didn’t work on my again to Instagram, like, what when you might get something to work? And also you created a container with your self the place you weren’t then in a position to be like, Okay, nicely, I’ll return to posting on Instagram.
Or you probably have every week the place you might be doing a variety of networking and such as you aren’t signing purchasers or like no matter indicators you want, they’re not taking place, that in tha
t second of feeling disheartened, a variety of us like we actually like going into motion and like over actioning and being busy with issues. And it’s very straightforward to try this with social media content material creation and issues like that. So we wish to be sure that we will create for ourselves a bit of alternative to pause and replicate. And to say, Okay, nicely, Instagram on this instance is on my to not do listing. And so I’m going to take a minute and actually self coach and see like, what’s the pondering that will have been going again? Or like altering my choice? And do I like these causes? And am I keen to take a seat with that for a day for every week, like, Am I in a rush about it, as a result of I do know that after I’m in a rush about making a call, that there’s one thing occurring that like I’m not trusting myself and pondering there’s a proper technique to do it or that I’m tremendous behind, like there’s just a few defective logic occurring in my mind that’s making a rush.
And that I after I work from that place, I create messes and like so many issues that I would like to unravel for sooner or later, as a result of I wasn’t keen to really simply be in a spot the place I used to be not rushed about it. And so all of us make selections in several methods. And it’s like, by way of human design, when you’re conversant in that there are totally different ways in which a few of us like have that intestine feeling. Others of us like myself have extra of those like waves the place I’ll have like, after I take into consideration a call this excessive, emotional excessive, after which an emotional low about it, like simply feeling prefer it’s the perfect concept ever than it’s the worst concept ever. After which I’ll get to this place of like calm and groundedness.
So it’s to not say it’s good to take a variety of time. However simply discover when you’re in a rush about making a call, however having the to not do lists can be a instrument to provide you a second to pause and replicate and say okay, nicely, this wasn’t my authentic plan to be occurring Instagram, for instance, after I had deliberate to place my power into networking and connecting. So provided that’s the case, I’m going to take a little bit of time to discover and actually see what’s occurring. And I can replace that call. At any cut-off date. I’m in command of that. However I set this up for myself for a motive.
So I wish to share with you an episode that I recorded fairly just a few years in the past now. However I recorded particularly on the to not do listing and find out how to create one and on this episode, I haven’t gone again and re take heed to it. However I can keep in mind roughly what I stated in that episode. However it’s about how I used to be having a to not do listing and what was on that to not do listing. And the way I actually determined whether or not I wished to alter that to not do lists or not and all of that. So if you wish to hear extra about that idea, it’s episode 228 referred to as, the 5 causes you want a to not do listing and find out how to create one. So I’ll hyperlink that up for you within the present notes as nicely. However simply to recap, that is actually all about having a technique to handle your concepts in order that your mind feels protected to supply nice concepts to you however you don’t really feel overwhelmed that it’s good to implement them proper now overwhelmed with the place to begin, otherwise you don’t unintentionally and create the identification and the self picture that you just’re the form of one who places issues off just because it isn’t really the time {that a} choice must be made. And it may be made at a unique cut-off date.
The opposite day, I used to be really listening to podcast episode. And it was so fascinating. And this could possibly be a complete different factor to speak about. However I simply wish to shortly talked about that in relation to choice making, there’s so many, a lot recommendation round find out how to make actually good selections and all of that, and it’s one thing I like learning and studying and training on. However one thing he talked about that not lots of people talked about. And it’s true, I actually haven’t heard that is like, however when do it’s good to make that call, there’s like find out how to make the choice and likewise the timing of the choice. And so we simply wish to ensure that we’re not forcing ourselves to decide that doesn’t should be made.
After all, perhaps you err on the facet of procrastination in relation to selections. And you’ve got unmade selections for like weeks and months and years. And that’s one thing to take a look at. But in addition similar to the timing of the choice, it’s a reliable choice to say, I’m going to resolve to not make this choice proper now. And sooner or later, I’m going to make that call. And right here’s precisely when sooner or later so I can launch it from my psychological load. So yeah, all about concept administration, the selections for my future self listing, selecting a theme for every quarter, month or week or no matter time interval works for you and making a to not do listing. I hope you’ve got discovered this episode extremely useful. In the event you’re not but energy planning, ensure you watch the coaching in my present notes so to start energy planning as a result of that’s actually going to assist with the core of this. In the event you’re simply working from an limitless to do listing or perhaps you similar to have every thing in your mind. You could change that to have the ability to even have the perfect concepts doable and never get overwhelmed by them. So yeah, I hope you’re having a wonderful day and I’ll speak to you within the subsequent episode.
If you wish to get shit performed with out burning out then I invite you to observe the free coaching that I’ve created on find out how to plan correctly as a perfectionist with energy planning. By the tip of the coaching. You’ll be prepared to begin utilizing energy planning right now to get your perfectionist mindset in your facet so you will get out of your personal approach in your online business. To enroll and watch the coaching. Go to samlaurabrown.com/plan.
And he or she was speaking about what really I requested her might she share her insights on needle movers and determining what’s most necessary as a result of she has simply achieved her quarterly milestone that she has. For her progress purpose. She simply achieved it. And since we have been on the subject of how to determine the place to place your time the place to not, I requested her to share her insights from having achieved that milestone, how did she work out the place to place our time the place to not put our time, and there was so many unimaginable issues she shared, when you’re a PGSDer, positively go to the PGSD, personal podcast and take heed to that recording, as a result of it was superb.
However one of many issues that she shared was that her theme for the quarter was on infrastructure the upcoming quarter, and that she had recognized that there’s friction that must be solved, and that she had beforehand had constrained and had various things for her quarter. Like when she got here into this system, her theme was actually round purchasers and simply these issues. And now she has the cash she’s desirous to be making that she’s in a position to then construct the infrastructure to help progress of the enterprise and have a season of the enterprise the place she’s centered on long run infrastructure by way of methods and processes.
Issues like establishing totally different accounting issues and issues like that, which are a bit boring. However it additionally essential that now she’s at a spot the place she will concentrate on that, as a result of in earlier quarters, she had been constrained to producing income, to serving the people who she works with and to doing notes and issues like that, that she wanted to create to have the ability to run her enterprise. And so it was simply such an excellent reminder, for me listening to that, concerning the energy of getting a theme on your quota. One of many issues as nicely that she stated on that decision was like, what are the Lego blocks that I’m constructing my enterprise on? And to form of assume like, when you have been constructing your online business, or like constructing a home, the place there’s the inspiration, after which there’s all of the various things that occur in a sure order. I
t’s not that there’s this excellent order that it’s good to do issues. However when you can give it some thought, like zoom out, this requires you to zoom out and see huge image, what are these first issues that should be in place? After which what are the subsequent issues, I do know that we will actually wish to be doing every thing all of sudden. But when you concentrate on constructing a home, it doesn’t make sense to be engaged on like placing the roof on once you haven’t but poured the concrete. So it’s good to really do issues in a sure order. And so you’ll be able to belief your self with no matter it’s you’re engaged on, to know what that order is. And to know that when you don’t really know you’ll be able to go someplace to get that info. However there’s no excellent technique to do it. There are totally different approaches that you would be able to take.
However simply asking your self, what is that this season for? What are the Lego blocks that I’m needing to construct, like, what’s the subsequent one for me to placed on. And understanding that like, if that doesn’t work, you’ll be able to all the time change what it’s and issues like that by simply having a theme is so highly effective. And I wish to point out to my coach Stacey Boehman, one idea that she talks about is having three necessities. So having your three necessities for 1 / 4, that is mainly simply constraining your self to those are three issues that I’m going to be engaged on. And as a enterprise, for myself and my workforce, we’ve got three issues every which are our necessities for the quarter that we work on, as nicely.
So the third factor I wish to share with you is a to not do listing. So that is simply one other approach that you would be able to create some optimistic constraint for your self, so to focus your power. So I as somebody working three days per week, I don’t have time to do every thing I wish to do. However no matter when you’re working 5 days, seven days, such as you most likely don’t have time to do all of the issues that you just wish to do. So in relation to my examples round a to not do lists, and I’ll share a really particular place you’ll be able to go to listen to about this in a second in a previous podcast episode. However actually, by the character of me energy planning, so I’m very current to how a lot time I even have the place my time goes the place my time is greatest invested.
But in addition like i simply i the busy work I used to have time for I simply, I can’t even have it in my calendar for too lengthy, as a result of I’ll discover as a result of issues aren’t taking place and shifting the way in which that they should be shifting. So I’ve naturally like a to not do listing. And I’ve over time developed a really constrained strategy to enterprise. As a result of I simply know the character of like, I’d wish to be leaping from factor to factor to factor. If I get into the messy center of one thing my mind my perfectionist mind would like the brand new starting when nothing has gone on and every thing continues to be excellent. And I will be so optimistic concerning the future. After I’m within the messy center of one thing, and issues aren’t going to plan and I would like to determine an answer. And I’m getting met with like failure and setbacks and all of that, that I wish to simply bounce to a unique factor.
So I simply know that about my mind and I believe just like the human situation that we actually should be in that progress mindset to have the ability to be engaged with the messiness of figuring one thing out. So I like not having the choice to leap to different issues. So for instance, in relation to the platforms that I take advantage of to advertise and market the enterprise that I’ve, I’ve an after all, there are such a lot of totally different platforms, however I like constraining myself in that approach and having a to not do lists. So I’ve podcasts, Instagram, electronic mail is and a web site. And there are such a lot of different platforms that I could possibly be sharing on. And for instance, like after we put up on Instagram, it routinely will get posted to Fb. And there are issues like that, the place it’s like, there’s no precise psychological power going there.
However YouTube, for instance, which in the meanwhile, I’m like, I’d like to be an AI supplied factor is like, I’d like to be like again on YouTube. As a result of I used to do YouTube, I believe I finished in perhaps 2019, or 2018. However I had a few years the place I uploaded a variety of movies to YouTube. And particularly with energy planning, there’s a lot of like visible issues I need to have the ability to present you. And similar to documenting my very own, like productiveness and issues like that, like I like sharing in that approach. However I’m not letting myself do this, till I’ve really been absolutely dedicated to the issues that I presently have on my plate. And I’m actually taking good care of these issues like really having the ability to reward myself with that, reasonably than making an attempt to flee like, nicely, this factor isn’t working. So I’ll do that different factor as an alternative. So YouTube, one thing I’m fascinated by, however I’m constrained to not doing that, although it could possibly be a unbelievable concept.
It’s simply actually, the precedence is about constraint and ease. As a result of if we dilute our focus an excessive amount of, we will’t really transfer something ahead. Even when they’re the proper issues, when you’re form of like half assing every thing or like you probably have 100% of your consideration to provide in any given week. And you’ve got like 5% right here, 10% right here, 10% right here 10%. Like, it’s actually arduous to create any form of actual momentum or any feeling of momentum, as a result of every thing’s similar to shifting alongside at a really gradual tempo. As a substitute of being like, Okay, nicely, right here’s the place I’m actually going to focus and actually funnel my power into. And it simply actually creates that chance for exponential progress. And likewise studying as nicely, when you’re form of like dabbling in a variety of various things.
It’s actually arduous to have sufficient knowledge to have the ability to inform like what’s working and what isn’t working and what wants to alter. So additionally like YikTock, Pinterest, like I grew my weblog. Initially, this enterprise began as a weblog, I grew the site visitors for that by means of Pinterest. So there’s issues like Pinterest and Fb and like, my mind simply actually desires a brand new starting reasonably than being within the messy center of my present commitments. And so I form of proper now, my strategy with the to not do listing is I don’t have a proper to not do listing. However I’ve constraints round like, right here’s what we’re centered on. And we have to have a very nice argument to alter that. It’s not that it will probably’t be modified. However the default is like if doubtful, preserve it the identical and preserve doing what I’m doing. As a result of I simply know, my mind simply desires to do all of the issues and needs to be in that new starting.
So an instance of this a shopper instance and a coach on this this morning on the decision is I’ve a shopper who’s a dietician and needs to return to constructing her enterprise by means of networking and connecting in actual life versus social media and was simply form of discovering that she’s on social media as a result of she thinks she ought to be versus like beforehand, she had constructed her enterprise by means of like in individual networking and connecting and loves doing that. And so after I was teaching her, that is simply one thing that I posed to her as an possibility that I wish to additionally give to you as an possibility is that you would be able to create a bit of container for your self like a bit of interval, the place you’ve got the factor in your to not do listing, for instance, simply to get particular with this.
So for her saying, okay, as an alternative of being like, I’m going to do some bit extra networking, and a bit of bit much less Instagram, like streamline that and form of similar to make little changes to as an alternative say, what if I had for the subsequent quarter on my to not do lists, and I like doing and to not do lists by quarters. However what if for the subsequent quarter, I didn’t do Instagram in any respect? And perhaps for instance, and I like going to extremes with issues. That is one thing that I realized from Tim Ferriss like asking your self excessive questions, to actually deliver up solutions that wouldn’t in any other case come up after we’re desirous to make incremental enhancements and modifications. So for instance, if we stated like, Hey, you’ve got two hours to get your Instagram account arrange in order that if anybody comes throughout it within the subsequent three months that they’re taken care of.
So mainly you’ll be able to deal with your Instagram account like a enterprise card, you pin just a few posts on the high or do some highlights or no matter you want to take action that folks can get in your electronic mail listing or wherever it’s they should go to be linked with you. And on this case, she has a VA already so you’ll be able to have as an alternative of you doing all of the checking and as she stated like babysitting of the Instagram account and ensuring like everybody’s welcomed and like nobody’s ready for responses. Know that you could possibly have another person be doing that if you would like, or you could possibly simply not have or not it’s performed in any respect and arrange just a few issues in order that they know the place to go and belief that they are going to be redirected, and they’ll discover you elsewhere.
However when you stated, Okay, for the subsequent three months, apart from a bit of little bit of setup time that I’m going to provide myself, I’m really going to place the entire power that I used to be placing into social media, I’m going to now have Instagram on my to not do listing for this era, I can all the time return if I must, I can all the time return to what I’m presently doing. However what I’m going to do is I’m going to focus all that power on to the networking and the connecting in individual and doing that form of factor. And it’s so highly effective as nicely to do it this fashion. As a result of what is going to occur is, and on this case was like, I can’t even think about it not working that if I made that shift, that I wouldn’t be capable to get purchasers and all of that. However I stated to her, like, let’s think about it doesn’t work. As a result of a variety of occasions when a call feels so aligned and feels so energizing, that we nearly have this entitlement to it working as a result of we be ok with it. And that actually doesn’t assist our resourcefulness, our resilience, we really simply get form of lazy and entitled about it.
And so what occurs, and it’s to not say it wouldn’t work. However what occurs is that after we are approaching issues on this approach, it’s actually arduous to unravel once they aren’t working. As a result of we’re like, nicely, it simply mustn’t work, as a result of I assumed it could and I felt nice. And so we simply returned to the factor that we have been doing earlier than. So I stated to her, Nicely, if it didn’t work, what would you do? Identical to what I’d returned to an Instagram was like, however what if the factor you’d do is definitely remedy for the networking and the connecting, working? And also you caught with that? Quite than going again to Okay, nicely, that didn’t work on my again to Instagram, like, what when you might get something to work? And also you created a container with your self the place you weren’t then in a position to be like, Okay, nicely, I’ll return to posting on Instagram.
Or you probably have every week the place you might be doing a variety of networking and such as you aren’t signing purchasers or like no matter indicators you want, they’re not taking place, that in tha
t second of feeling disheartened, a variety of us like we actually like going into motion and like over actioning and being busy with issues. And it’s very straightforward to try this with social media content material creation and issues like that. So we wish to be sure that we will create for ourselves a bit of alternative to pause and replicate. And to say, Okay, nicely, Instagram on this instance is on my to not do listing. And so I’m going to take a minute and actually self coach and see like, what’s the pondering that will have been going again? Or like altering my choice? And do I like these causes? And am I keen to take a seat with that for a day for every week, like, Am I in a rush about it, as a result of I do know that after I’m in a rush about making a call, that there’s one thing occurring that like I’m not trusting myself and pondering there’s a proper technique to do it or that I’m tremendous behind, like there’s just a few defective logic occurring in my mind that’s making a rush.
And that I after I work from that place, I create messes and like so many issues that I would like to unravel for sooner or later, as a result of I wasn’t keen to really simply be in a spot the place I used to be not rushed about it. And so all of us make selections in several methods. And it’s like, by way of human design, when you’re conversant in that there are totally different ways in which a few of us like have that intestine feeling. Others of us like myself have extra of those like waves the place I’ll have like, after I take into consideration a call this excessive, emotional excessive, after which an emotional low about it, like simply feeling prefer it’s the perfect concept ever than it’s the worst concept ever. After which I’ll get to this place of like calm and groundedness.
So it’s to not say it’s good to take a variety of time. However simply discover when you’re in a rush about making a call, however having the to not do lists can be a instrument to provide you a second to pause and replicate and say okay, nicely, this wasn’t my authentic plan to be occurring Instagram, for instance, after I had deliberate to place my power into networking and connecting. So provided that’s the case, I’m going to take a little bit of time to discover and actually see what’s occurring. And I can replace that call. At any cut-off date. I’m in command of that. However I set this up for myself for a motive.
So I wish to share with you an episode that I recorded fairly just a few years in the past now. However I recorded particularly on the to not do listing and find out how to create one and on this episode, I haven’t gone again and re take heed to it. However I can keep in mind roughly what I stated in that episode. However it’s about how I used to be having a to not do listing and what was on that to not do listing. And the way I actually determined whether or not I wished to alter that to not do lists or not and all of that. So if you wish to hear extra about that idea, it’s episode 228 referred to as, the 5 causes you want a to not do listing and find out how to create one. So I’ll hyperlink that up for you within the present notes as nicely. However simply to recap, that is actually all about having a technique to handle your concepts in order that your mind feels protected to supply nice concepts to you however you don’t really feel overwhelmed that it’s good to implement them proper now overwhelmed with the place to begin, otherwise you don’t unintentionally and create the identification and the self picture that you just’re the form of one who places issues off just because it isn’t really the time {that a} choice must be made. And it may be made at a unique cut-off date.
The opposite day, I used to be really listening to podcast episode. And it was so fascinating. And this could possibly be a complete different factor to speak about. However I simply wish to shortly talked about that in relation to choice making, there’s so many, a lot recommendation round find out how to make actually good selections and all of that, and it’s one thing I like learning and studying and training on. However one thing he talked about that not lots of people talked about. And it’s true, I actually haven’t heard that is like, however when do it’s good to make that call, there’s like find out how to make the choice and likewise the timing of the choice. And so we simply wish to ensure that we’re not forcing ourselves to decide that doesn’t should be made.
After all, perhaps you err on the facet of procrastination in relation to selections. And you’ve got unmade selections for like weeks and months and years. And that’s one thing to take a look at. But in addition similar to the timing of the choice, it’s a reliable choice to say, I’m going to resolve to not make this choice proper now. And sooner or later, I’m going to make that call. And right here’s precisely when sooner or later so I can launch it from my psychological load. So yeah, all about concept administration, the selections for my future self listing, selecting a theme for every quarter, month or week or no matter time interval works for you and making a to not do listing. I hope you’ve got discovered this episode extremely useful. In the event you’re not but energy planning, ensure you watch the coaching in my present notes so to start energy planning as a result of that’s actually going to assist with the core of this. In the event you’re simply working from an limitless to do listing or perhaps you similar to have every thing in your mind. You could change that to have the ability to even have the perfect concepts doable and never get overwhelmed by them. So yeah, I hope you’re having a wonderful day and I’ll speak to you within the subsequent episode.
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If you wish to get shit performed with out burning out then I invite you to observe the free coaching that I’ve created on find out how to plan correctly as a perfectionist with energy planning. By the tip of the coaching. You’ll be prepared to begin utilizing energy planning right now to get your perfectionist mindset in your facet so you will get out of your personal approach in your online business. To enroll and watch the coaching. Go to samlaurabrown.com/plan.
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