Get More Focus and Get More Business

 

As a business owner, you’ve got a lot going on.  Sometimes it’s

hard to know what your top priorities are and where to put your

focus.  And since there are only so many minutes in a day, you

need to find the best way to utilize your time so you can grow

your business.

 

Figuring out what your priorities are, and then focusing on

them, will require an investment of time.  I know, you don’t

have any extra time and that’s the whole problem.  The fact is,

nothing will change until you decide to do things differently.

If you keep going the way you have been, you’ll stay lost about

what is most important to your business and therefore won’t be

able to focus your efforts.   

 

You see, you do have a choice about how you spend your time.

You can make the decision to use your time to think about what

is most important for your business (prioritizing) and then

choose to devote your time (focus) on those things.

 

Stephen Covey made a good point when he said, “The key is not

to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your

priorities.” 

 

There’s no time like the present, ready to get started?  Why

not stop what you are doing right now and identify your

business goals.  Focus on goals that are connected to the

profitability of your business, goals that are close to the

money.

 

Talking through your thoughts is a great way to get begin.  You

can do this by writing down your thought process, talking out

loud to yourself, or better yet talking it through with someone

you trust.  Once you’ve written down all of your business

goals, prioritize your list with the intention of selecting the

top three goals.

 

Next to each of your top three goals, write down the things you

are doing to reach every goal and how much time you are

spending actually focused on those things.  Sounds simple, I

know, and sometimes we make things more complicated than they

need to be.

 

Keep this list somewhere you can see it.  Better yet, memorize

it.  Start a new habit of stopping to think before you begin

doing something and ask yourself this question: “Will this

action move me closer to my business goals?”

 

Here’s another way to think about priorities and focus from

Tony Robbins, “It's not what's happening to you now or what has

happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather,

it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to

you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine

your ultimate destiny.”

 

The point is this, the more time you invest in analyzing what

the most important activities are for your business and then

planning how you will focus on them - the more profitable your

business will be! 

 

© Stephanie Ward, 2006

 

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