What do you wish you could do in your business, but don’t have time for?
Do you want to do more and can't fit it in? Or less, but can't get away from running things?
I love what I do but but having more time for creativity, hobbies, friends, and just relaxing is great too! I find my best ideas come sometimes when am not working.
Hi Jane
Great question! Time doesn't impact myself or my business. I know who I AM, I know what's important to me and I know what I need to be fully fuelled and full of energy every day. When you make simplicity the basis of what you do, you always have exactly the right amount of time and energy to do all the things you want to do.
Thanks @Bronwen Sciortino - I think taking care of yourself and your mental health first is super important. When you're in a good frame of mind - everything else seems to come easily. However I do sometimes get anxious and feel that there aren't enough hours in the day to seemingly get through everything I need to do - When that happens I just have to let go and say to myself 'what will happen if i leave this til tomorrow?' - And the answer to that is more often than not ... 'nothing'.... :)
I also think that you can look at your to do list and see it as a fantastic sign that there is still things to do. After all, if there weren't things in the inbox then that presents an even greater challenge. Anxiety is often a by-product of fear and fear is usually a sign that you've told yourself a story somewhere that isn't working for you. Asking yourself questions (like the one you posed above) is fantastic because it allows you to step back from the situation, gather inforamtion and see things in a different way. :)
For me time is definitely a challenge. I’m currently running two distinctly different small ventures and getting ready to launch a third venture soon. However, because I still have a full-time job on top of all of that, keeping up with everything is definitely challenging. I even created an acronym for TIME which stands for Today Is My Enemy because time is always working against my progress.
So for me, the goal is being able to get one or more of my ventures in a financial spot so I can focus solely on entrepreneurial endeavors with 100% focus. Ideally, that would be happening within the next year, but I’ll have to see how things play out.
Thanks @Jef Lippiatt - Sure sounds like you've got a lot on. Be sure to take timeout for yourself though when you can so you don't burnout.
I do take time to relax and refresh, but finding the balance between being able to relax while not thinking about what I’m not working on is challenging to say the least.
Great question! Personally I just wish I have more time to spend with each of my team member to better understand and support them. We have an awesome team, all of whom are mostly sefl sufficient and are very good at what they do. And I am humbled every day by their amazing dedication and creativity in problem solving. Granted I have a lot to juggle, but I really should do a much better job at being more present for my team. Does anyone else feel the same? Love to hear some of your tips.
Share with us what you wish for your business but don't have time for... @Heather Winchcomb @Saijo George @Richard Forrest @Francine Bishop @Frank Fava @Bronwen Sciortino @Jeff Doidge @Steve Smith @Paige Arnof-Fenn @Sandra Wright @Wendy Huang @Chris Mason
Yee Trinh, Cofounder at SavvySME
Creativity needs room to move around in. Doesn't work too well under pressure - for me at least!