Are you the kind of entrepreneur who has 8,000 ideas each day and is invigorated by them all?

Or are you the kind who gets overwhelmed when you have more than 2 things in front of you?

If you’re the former, the drawbacks can be that NONE of your 8,000 ideas ever go anywhere because you can never put 100% of your FOCUS on one.

If you’re the former, the drawback is that as soon as idea #3 comes up, you freeze because it’s too much. And therefore nothing gets gone because you’ve lost FOCUS.

(FYI: I’m the latter)

No matter which kind you are, however, honing in your skill on how to FOCUS is the key to producing results.

So, here are 3 of my favorite hacks to get FOCUSED immediately!

1.) BRAIN DUMP: I usually like to do this in my journal, but you can do it in your planner, white board or a random piece of paper. The idea is to get all those ideas, concepts and opportunities out of your head and onto a place where you can SEE them! This has two effects. 1) it’s extremely cathartic and will eliminate most of the stress you may have been feeling. And 2) You will quickly see what you really need to work on. Which leads me to…

2.) PRIORITIZE: Write a big 1, 2, 3, 4, etc respectively next to the items that deserve your attention the most. How you prioritize is 100% dependent on your current business and life situation. For example, if you’re currently wanting to create recurring, reliable income for your biz and family, then your top priority would be anything associated to selling an offering that lends itself to monthly payments. Or, if the most important thing for your business right now is freeing you to work on the most important tasks so you can free up your time to scale, then your top priorities would be anything to do with attracting, hiring and successfully training team members and finding efficiencies.

3.) CHOOSE ONE: This is the most challenging part. Choose just ONE THING to work on right now and let everything else go. Let’s say that items 1, 2, and 3 all have to do with generating recurring income…just choose one of those items to work on today. And do it.  And relinquish yourself from the responsibility of having to do anything else. Doing this every day builds an insane amount of momentum towards your results!

4.) BONUS – TURN OFF YOUR PHONE: Even if it’s unrealistic for you to turn it off (the daycare may call, etc), commit to completely avoiding your phone while you’re working on the one thing. I’m super serious about this! I don’t even pick up my hubby’s phone calls when I’m in this zone! Because once you start taking action on this task, you are in flow and interrupting that will disrupt it! So dig your heels in and just GET IT DONE!

Where focus goes, energy flows. 🙂

Which means, results only happen when you focus!

So, what are you focused on today?

Love,

Katie

PS: if you’ve been unclear for way too long and you know it’s been inhibiting the growth you are meant to have, then let’s work together! I’m opening up just a few more spots for private coaching clients and I’d love to see how I can help you achieve your goals! Just email me: katie@bizwomenrock.com and we’ll set up a time to chat!

“I had been watching Katie work her magic with so many women for at least a year before I decided to commit to working together and it is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I went into working with Katie knowing or having an idea of what I wanted to do, but not really having a strategy and the ability to map out my plan. Katie helped me get really clear on my goals, and map out a plan. She helped me run not one, but two groups during our time together. And helped me to host an event that was incredible for my business and the community. I know without Katie, I would still be spinning my wheels wondering how to move forward, second-guessing myself and expecting everything to be perfect before beginning. But I hear Katie in my head all the time talking about taking imperfect action and just starting, just moving forward without having to have every single question answered in advance, Because of Katie I went through the month of December normally where I would make no money because I assume that everybody’s going into the holidays and not willing to sign up for a new program or look to work together one-on-one. And so she helped me shift my mindset and because of that I made $18,000 in the month of December. If you are looking to have that accountability and you want to work with somebody who is amazing with mindset with strategy and with implementation, ou definitely want to sign on and work with Katie.” ~ Jackie MacDougall, 40 Thrive