{"id":2129,"date":"2011-04-21T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T14:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/central-ohio-north\/growth-coach-challenge-spring-clean-your-business"},"modified":"2011-04-21T10:04:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T14:04:03","slug":"growth-coach-challenge-spring-clean-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/central-ohio-north\/growth-coach-challenge-spring-clean-your-business","title":{"rendered":"Growth Coach Challenge \u2013 Spring Clean Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Ohio, every year spring faithfully arrives.<\/strong> It brings with it\u00a0rain and rising temperatures that cause the leaves and buds to sprout, the grass to grow, the flowers to bloom, the weeds to explode, my allergies to kick in high gear, and my boy\u2019s baseball season to get underway. And best of all,\u00a0we get to say\u00a0goodbye to winter … quite a harsh one in the Midwest this year.<\/p>\n

Also, the new season brings with it talk about spring cleaning.\u00a0For me, it\u2019s really more about a ritual spring sorting and purging … getting rid of all the non-essential clutter in my personal life … especially clothes.<\/strong> Every year, my walk-in closet and dressers inexplicably seem to overflow with non-essential clothes that have multiplied over the prior 12 months. Clothes I simply no longer wear, like, need or use … and sadly, some from the prior spring\/summer that simply no longer fit or aren\u2019t in wearable condition. True for most of us, we routinely and habitually wear only about 20% of our available clothes. That leaves an amazing 80% of our clothes as potential clutter \u2013 non-essential stuff taking up space and creating confusion in our lives. The 80\/20 Rule<\/em> is darn accurate … even with spring sorting.<\/p>\n

Every year, I do a thorough purge and give those clothes in good condition to others who can better appreciate them, use them, and like them. The purging process feels great.<\/strong> I simplify my life and help others at the same time. I feel mental relief,\u00a0freedom and a sense of accomplishment.\u00a0 As a bonus, I can better see and access the 20% of the clothes I actually like to wear … no longer buried\u00a0beneath the clutter.\u00a0By removing the massive amounts of clutter every year, I get rid of chaos, complexity, and confusion<\/strong> every time I search for clothes to wear.\u00a0Now, selecting clothes I like to wear takes seconds instead of minutes.<\/p>\n

As a business coach<\/a>, I cannot resist the metaphor.\u00a0\u00a0As a business owner<\/a>, what kind of chaos, complexity and confusion have you allowed to develop in your business life?<\/strong> How much non-essential stuff and activities have you allowed to accumulate? \u00a0What massive amounts of clutter are in your business closets, on your desk, on your computer, and in your daily calendar? You know what I mean by business clutter.\u00a0It’s all the low-value, unimportant, non-essential tasks (the trivial many) we routinely and reactively handle each and every day.\u00a0Very often we confuse urgency with importance. Like an overflowing and disorganized closet of stuff,\u00a0business clutter\u00a0consumes our days, clouds our perspective and clarity, wastes our time, clogs our creativity, reduces the flow of meaningful work, and ends up drowning out our productivity.\u00a0Clutter is a major enemy, a thief of time, for an otherwise effective and productive business owner. Up for the challenge to slay your clutter?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a business coach<\/a> for nearly 20 years, I know this much with certainty … every business owner has clutter in their business and personal lives and most of it revolves around doing the wrong type of work each and every day<\/strong>.\u00a0 That\u2019s right, the absolute WRONG TYPE OF WORK on a daily basis. Hard to believe but the honest truth. Because entrepreneurs are too busy being busy, they don\u2019t take the time\u00a0to think and differentiate between meaningful\u00a0and meaningless work.\u00a0Entrepreneurs are simply technicians and doers and get lost in the daily operations of the business … wearing way too many hats and doing way too many things. They habitually engage in work that is not worthy of their time, talents, and energy … again, the wrong type of work.<\/p>\n

Do yourself a huge favor and take The Growth Coach<\/a> Challenge.\u00a0 Do some spring cleaning on your business.\u00a0 Give an honest assessment of all the clutter in your business life.\u00a0<\/strong> What’s the clutter in your closet, on your desk, on your PC, and in your daily activities?\u00a0 Some typical examples of clutter could include: you doing administrative or hourly type of tasks (bookkeeping, collections, answering phones, sorting mail, etc.), checking and responding to email or texts throughout the day, reading the newspaper, having unnecessary meetings, chatting with co-workers, repeatedly checking your smartphone or playing with apps, shuffling trivial paperwork, surfing the web, answering your phone no matter what, doing other people’s jobs, roaming the office or warehouse,\u00a0solving the problems others created, doing mindless trips or chores,\u00a0constantly setting and putting out fires, etc.\u00a0 Are you guilty of these or others?\u00a0 Most owners simply and automatically do the wrong type of work.\u00a0 Many of these activities are just habitual and tension-relieving and not goal-achieving. You may feel good doing them, but they get you nowhere!<\/p>\n

Time to face reality.\u00a0<\/strong> Just like most of our clothes are not necessary, most of your daily tasks are not necessary.\u00a0 Realize that 80% of your results come from only 20% of your talents and activities.\u00a0<\/strong> Therefore, wake-up to the fact that 80% of your daily activities are really not that important and do not advance your true goals.\u00a0 In fact, they are a waste of your time and energy.\u00a0 Sorry, but you probably already know this deep down in your gut to be true.\u00a0 Stop wasting your time doing the wrong kind of work.\u00a0 Think of the time you could free up for more important, strategic opportunities (sales, marketing, promotion, etc.) to grow your business and profits as well as spend more time with your family and friends.\u00a0 Commit to clean out the clutter from your business.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some quick business coaching tips.\u00a0 Identify the clutter.<\/strong>\u00a0 Spend 15-30 minutes and write down all the clutter in your professional and personal life.\u00a0 What is wasting your time and talents?\u00a0 What work should you NOT be doing at all?\u00a0 What work should you do LESS of?\u00a0 What distractions are steering you away from critical priorities?\u00a0 What diversions are robbing you and your company of greater productivity?\u00a0 What should you delegate or outsource?\u00a0 Where do you need to hire help?\u00a0 Look honestly at the list.\u00a0 Accept the truth and acknowledge the clutter … own up to the situation you created and commit to eliminate or delegate the 80% of your activities (clutter) that produce minimal results for your business or career.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead of creating a “to-do” list each and every day, start creating a “not-to-do list.”\u00a0<\/strong> Share this with your staff.\u00a0 Start giving up tasks that are not worthy of\u00a0your time and that you probably don’t enjoy doing or aren\u2019t good at doing … either delete those tasks all together or delegate\/outsource them to others.\u00a0 Choose instead to focus on the meaningful 20% of your talents and activities that drive the vast majority of your results and success.\u00a0 The typical “vital few” tasks are those that produce money, save money, keep your customers happy, or help systematize your business.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, accept that as an owner your time is worth at least $150 per hour (could be lower or even much higher).\u00a0 As such, no longer accept and tackle any task that is not worth that value.<\/strong> For example, if you engage in an hour of bookkeeping a day, and assume that\u2019s a $20 per hour task, you are stealing $130 per day ($150-$20) from your profits\u2026and $650 per week ($130 x 5 days). Again, delegate or outsource such a task\u2026it\u2019s not worth your time or effort.<\/p>\n

Ready to change your mindset and behavior and truly take The Growth Coach Challenge<\/a>?\u00a0 Learn to work smarter, not harder!\u00a0<\/strong> Do those tasks you are naturally good at doing and enjoy doing.\u00a0\u00a0Give up the rest.\u00a0 Commit to clean up and give up the “clutter” in your professional and personal life.<\/strong> Good luck sorting and purging.\u00a0 Happy spring!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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