Success in Sweatpants

It has been so busy that I’ve neglected my blog. I apologize most humbly.

Busy-ness is very much a good news/bad news thing, mainly because my instinct is to give all my energy to my clients and neglect my own projects.

Any business coach would tell me to “work on my business, not in it.” And I would tell them what they could go work on….talk is one of the cheapest things on the market today—along with words on the Internet—and it’s so easy for even the most well-meaning coach to make things sound so simple and straightforward when they are complex and bendy.

Of course, if I said that to a coach, they’d say something like, well, of course, it’s hard work. Or, yes, that’s true, but it’s worth the effort. Blah blah blah.

Yes, working on the business rather than in it is the right way to go. Now, let’s go a little further and talk about what it means to do that.

Here are some truths about how to get there:

• It will take time to go from “all by yourself” to having people who do the things you don’t need to spend your energy on. So be patient.
• This is true even if you “put out the intention” and invoke the law of attraction and do all the stuff The Secret or whatever version of “the power of thought” data you are subscribing to.
• And you do need to have the intention to move your business in a direction that allows you to delegate to others.
• Otherwise, you will keep coming up with reasons and justifications for continuing to do all that stuff yourself.
• And you will keep hitting the limit in revenue and energy that that kind of work habit creates.
• It’s entirely possible that the first person (and the second and the third) that you bring in to delegate to doesn’t work out. The number of reasons why people don’t work out approaches the infinite, and if you have any doubts about having someone help you, that will just add to the issue.
• Be persistent. If someone doesn’t work out, don’t make it into a law (“See there? I knew it wouldn’t work…”). Use the situation as an opportunity to learn, then go back out and try again.

It is important to get assistance in your business.

I have been going through the process of finding and losing an executive assistant for the past year and a half. After seeing four people come and go, I am now getting serious and going the route of finding a highly qualified Virtual Assistant to work in my business—while I work on it.

I’ll let you know how the process goes…