Andy Black
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Step 1) Realise being “busy” is NOT a good thing. It’s not a badge of honor or something to be proud of.
I was on a course given by Blaise Brosnan (I quote him a lot).
He pointed out that when you ask people how things are going in Ireland and the UK then they will often say “Busy!”, to which the standard reply is “Oh, that’s great!”.
Blaise recommended we don’t measure how well we’re doing by how busy we are.
He suggested we stop using the word “busy” when people ask how we’re doing, and to stop thinking busy is good.
Realising being busy isn’t a good thing is the most important step.
Here’s some practical tips:
2) Addicted to social media? Can you lean into it and make this your lead generation channel? Alternatively, see the desire to hop onto social media as your Lizard Brain trying to distract you from important work - so thank your Lizard Brain for letting you know you're about to do important work, and knuckle down.
3) Work less hours. Set strict deadlines to get tasks done. You'll do the task better anyway.
4) Know that perfectionism is the cousin of procrastination, and both are fear of shipping. Just ship already and stop being busy building stuff.
5) Unsubscribe from EVERYTHING that doesn't help you at exactly this stage in your journey. There is far too much content out there trying to turn you into their consumer. You can find what you want later on when you actually need it (the teacher appears when you're ready right?). Set email filters to move everything else into a "To Read" folder so it's not in your inbox. Read them sometime at the weekend, OR if you find you don't even bother, then go ahead and unsubscribe.
6) Burn these Blaise Brosnan lines into your brains:
“You can’t invoice for input.”
“The market doesn’t pay for activity.”
I was on a course given by Blaise Brosnan (I quote him a lot).
He pointed out that when you ask people how things are going in Ireland and the UK then they will often say “Busy!”, to which the standard reply is “Oh, that’s great!”.
Blaise recommended we don’t measure how well we’re doing by how busy we are.
He suggested we stop using the word “busy” when people ask how we’re doing, and to stop thinking busy is good.
Realising being busy isn’t a good thing is the most important step.
Here’s some practical tips:
2) Addicted to social media? Can you lean into it and make this your lead generation channel? Alternatively, see the desire to hop onto social media as your Lizard Brain trying to distract you from important work - so thank your Lizard Brain for letting you know you're about to do important work, and knuckle down.
3) Work less hours. Set strict deadlines to get tasks done. You'll do the task better anyway.
4) Know that perfectionism is the cousin of procrastination, and both are fear of shipping. Just ship already and stop being busy building stuff.
5) Unsubscribe from EVERYTHING that doesn't help you at exactly this stage in your journey. There is far too much content out there trying to turn you into their consumer. You can find what you want later on when you actually need it (the teacher appears when you're ready right?). Set email filters to move everything else into a "To Read" folder so it's not in your inbox. Read them sometime at the weekend, OR if you find you don't even bother, then go ahead and unsubscribe.
6) Burn these Blaise Brosnan lines into your brains:
“You can’t invoice for input.”
“The market doesn’t pay for activity.”
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