Do more –achieve more is a recipe for exhaustion and collapse. And you are probably tired of being tired right? Doing more does not make you more productive or efficient. In fact, the more that you heap onto your plate, the less you are able to effectively manage. Your proficiency decreases.

Identify the essential and eliminate the unnecessary.

Learn to think creatively to find more effective ways of getting things done is nothing new- work smarter, not harder. Putting in laborious hours into your day doesn’t necessarily equate to powerful payoffs of valued activities. Just think of the wasted hours surfing the net or scrolling through social media updates. That is time used. Time wasted. Get the things done that add value and impact to your life and your business.

1. Do LESS – ACHIEVE more

How is that possible?

It sounds pretty silly doesn’t it?

Kick start doing less:

1. Learn to say no
2. Set boundaries and priorities
3. Resist the urge to be busy
4. Slow down – be fully present in whatever you are doing
5. Stop multi-tasking. It’s counter productive
6. Finish projects, don’t just check off a few To Do items
7. Reduce distractions

2. Do LESS – ACHIEVE more

How could you give up tasks and projects yet increase your productivity and effectiveness? Here’s the little secret …

 D    E    L    E    G    A    T    I     O    N

Entrepreneurs are accustomed to doing it all from changing printer ink, uploading tweets, proofing blog posts and ordering supplies to curating content, creating images, retweeting and sharing content and testing the latest social media apps.

This is just the short list of every day, mundane To Dos that eat up time and energy. Have you ever truly kept track of the hours you spend on the low payoff routine activities? What is your tally? 20+ hours perhaps?

This is time you are not working ON your business. If you aren’t, then who will? With only one person at the helm, there is only so far that you can scale.  While it isn’t easy to relinquish some of your daily demands, it is a tremendous benefit to free up your valuable time and avoid burnout.

VALUED FOCUS

As a business owner you need to focus on the items that are of the most value to you and your company. Simply put, the things that YOU and ONLY you are capable of doing. The core business activities that: generate income, build relationships, nurture clients, develop new leads or foster a positive customer experience. You get the idea. Structure your day around these key elements.

Remember that old 80/20 rule?

Apply it here. You know that 20% of your efforts yields 80% of favored results. The trick is to determine what represents that 20% and DO MORE OF IT! Live and breathe that as your core genius.

The Pareto Principle, or “80/20 Rule” as it is frequently called today, is an incredible tool for growing your business. For instance, if you can figure out which 20% of your time produces 80% of your business’ results, you can spend more time on those activities and less time on others. This doesn’t mean that the low payoff tasks and projects aren’t useful or worthwhile to your business – they are. BUT, they don’t exemplify the best use of YOUR time.

You’re the CEO not an employee. Of course it can be a challenge to step outside of that role, removing a few hats and grabbing the reins but as the President, you owe it to your company to take charge.  You owe it to your clients and prospects.

If you buried deep in paperwork and social icons, how do you intend to shake hands and build long-lasting relationships? You all have a propensity to take on more work, do every task or project which leaves you overwhelmed and distracted. This cycle needs to stop before you do.

Don’t keep adding more work.

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all. Peter Drucker

When you are able to focus on fewer things you increase your productivity and achieve better results. AND you want results. Every business owner does.

Ask yourself these questions:

1. What are THE most important core business activities that you should be doing?
2. What generates revenue?
3. What leverage points produce the greatest results

You now have some key items or tasks that you have identified that do not need your focused attention. You have three options: do, dump or delegate. Make an executive decision on how you will manage or pass off these non-essentials. Consider what you will gain when you are no longer tied up doing some of the daily minutia.

Do less Achieve more!

What will you give up….. to gain?