Think Big - Act Small

One of the problems of being your own boss is that you haven’t got a boss to keep you on the straight and narrow!  Now, don’t get me wrong – I wouldn’t go back to PAYE world given the choice.  But when you run your own business it can be hard to keep the motivation going each and every day.

Yesterday, I just couldn’t get my act together.  I faffed about, checked my emails (but didn’t reply!), cruised around a few web links and twittered on twitter.

By 12noon, enough was enough. I had to get my focus on the week and get certain projects moving forward.

How?  By thinking big and acting small.

In 10 minutes, I had reminded myself what my big picture was, what my goals where and what parts of my business needed work on before writing down everything I needed to achieve before the end of the week.

Not a big to-do-list consisting of an unrealistic number of tasks but simple, small actions that would all help me move towards my big picture.

2 days later and I have crossed off 4 things from my list of 10 actions.  My week is now rocking along fast and furiously.

How about you try it, too?  Let me know if thinking big and acting small works for you – leave a comment below.

Comments

[Alice Elliott]

I can't imagine you faffing about Karen!

I have several whiteboards around my office to keep track of my to-do list, including one to organise my month so I don't start to get bogged down in panic about how much I have to do! Or you could be like my VA who organises each week at a go and sticks to her guns so she gets all her work done.

[Karen Skidmore]

Thanks Alice - but I think you would be amazed about how much faffing I can actually do in a week :)