It's here! Another new year, a fresh start. Have anything you were waiting to release until today, the first day of 2019?

If you're either a self proclaimed or peer proclaimed 'high achiever' like me, you have probably suffered at some point with perfectionism. In fact, you may have even used it as a 'weakness' for a job interview thinking that it was a cleverly disguised strength. 

In the corporate world you were probably right, but in the realm of running a business, perfectionism is just another word for procrastination, and I'm going to just say it, fear. I'm saying this purely because I am so very guilty of it. 

When we are in preparation, consuming, learning and perfection mode, we can't fail. There is no one to judge you, it's SAFE, so a lot of us get stuck here. We convince ourselves that we need to learn more, know more, become a better expert before we can actually serve anyone, let alone sell anything. 

We negotiate with our minds,...

What if I told you that a little structure could bring A LOT more freedom into your life and by freedom, I mean time. If you are like most entrepreneurs you may be a little hesitant... but by structuring your week and creating boundaries between work and life, focusing on the tasks that make the biggest impact in your business, and following the rules you have set out for yourself you can actually reduce the amount of time you’re working AND get more things accomplished.

If you’d rather watch a video on this topic check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/CreatedFutureAcademy/videos/314798442633885/

What you want, versus what you say you want...

I used to say that I wanted to learn to speak french, but speaking french never ended up on my calendar.. So guess what? I never learned French. It was something that I said I wanted, but it wasn’t important enough to me to actually do it. What ‘French’ do you have in your life and business? If it really is...

Multitasking is making you less productive. Most people think that by multitasking, we are getting more things done. But there is actually a hard cost when we switch between two things or more at the same time. This is called context switching was developed by Gerald Weinberg at UCSD in the early 90’s.

Utilizing our time effectively is important ESPECIALLY when we are just starting out in our business.

If you are thinking “I am great at multitasking” then consider this. A Stanford study conducted in 2009 found that people who self identified as high multitaskers were actually worse at it. Meaning they couldn’t pay attention, switch tasks or control their memory as well as people who self identified as liking to stick to one task at a time.

So, how bad is it?

So say you were working on 1 project for 10 hours. You would have 10 hours and zero time lost to context switching. 

With 2 projects at the same time you would think okay great that is 5 hours for...

If you're anything like me, it took you quite a long time to actually jump off the corporate ship in favor of what the tumultuous seas of entrepreneurship were sure to be.

But, you did it! You decided to leave. And to continue on with the water metaphor you may have spent a good amount of time 'recirculating' or getting caught up in the waves that made you spin in circles over and over again without making any further progress on your great adventure. 

Here is the hard part. Here is where we don't give up. Because there is a difference between a decision and working at something until it gets hard, changing your mind and then deciding something else. 

Did you know that the root of the word decide means to 'cut off'. So when we are making the decision to do something, actually decide it means there are no other options available to us, but the one we have chosen. 

After decision, all that is left is execution.. or as Amelia says, tenacity. "The most difficult thing is...

Maximize your productivity so that you can avoid day to day distractions that can take you off course from achieving your goals.

To improve your execution, you’re going to need to focus on the key strategic activities each and every week.

My invitation to you is to use this method to keep yourself focused and productive this week.