Focus 100% and get rid of those distractions
I was mentoring a client last week who was pursuing two businesses at the same time. Neither was making enough income to support him and both were draining energy from each other. It was clear he had to make a decision to abandon one and follow the other 100%. The point here is the 100%. We say we will make something a total priority but we still hang on to other options - just a little. Having made the decision to dump one of the businesses, I invited him to burn all the paperwork associated with that business right down to the very last business card, in a closing ceremony and delete all files relating to it on his C drive. The look on his face was one of pure horror. He realised at that moment that this was focused effort Kaday style, which involves 100% dedication of purpose with no side shows to divert the attention. The energy released when you really let go of the distractions is just fantastic. In my experience it is better to do one thing well rather than a lot of things badly. Are there some unnecessarily distractions in your business life which you really need to dump once and for all?
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June 18th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
Focus.
Not that’s an interesting subject which has think hard in the past week.
I have a travel blog, a travel business, a business blog, a travel affilliate site, and tons of travel related domains. I get distracted easy by these sites, and it’s probably part of the reason why I have taken my eyes off the ball with my main business, and I am now paying for that.
I’m thinking of selling my business blog, affiliate site, and all of my domains to concentrate on my business and travel blog.
What would your advice be?
June 19th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Well Darren it is coming up to the end of June so why not decide what income you wish to generate by June 30th 2008. Then review your ‘businesses’ and decide which one will produce that. As I suggest in my article see if you have the commitment to ceremonially dump the distractions and focus on the main event. Do this by 1st July. You might also like to consider why you have created all these things in your life and maybe what you are actually avoiding by not getting rid of them. OK a heavy one but worth looking at?
August 27th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
I Was Just Like You ? Runing 1 Business Is Hard But When One Is Runing 2 One Will Pay For That
I Business 100% Or 2 Business 50% I Now What I Would Concentrate On You Can Only Be Commitment
100% To 1 Business?