Chaos to Cash Strategy:
Have you ever put something super easy on your to-do list? It seemed straightforward when you wrote it yet sits on your list forever.
This happened to a client of mine. She put “Call dermatologist.” on her list. She needed to make an appointment for her daughter. It sat on her list for three weeks. I asked her to pick up the phone and just call. She told me she couldn’t. Turns out that before she could call she needed to find out her daughter’s class schedule so the appointment would not conflict with her advanced chemistry or calculus class. What my client needed to put on her to-do list was to find out her daughter’s schedule.
Chaos to Cash Strategy:
“To stop procrastinating, make sure you understand the exact steps a project requires. The more specific you are, the more likely you’ll be able to accomplish the task.”
~Chaos to Cash: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Eliminating Chaos, Overwhelm and Procrastination So You Can Create Ultimate Profit! Chapter 2, Page 188
What projects on your “to-do” list could use a bit of clarification? Let me know by sharing them with me.
This is just one simple strategy out of more than 250 in my book Chaos to Cash. To see more Chaos to Cash strategies go to www.ChaosToCashBook.com/
One of the things I did after reading Chaos to Cash was to develop a form to help me break down my projects into smaller action items. I schedueled the first action item to occur last Monday (June 25th). It is still on my to do list. Stuff just seem to happen and things get pushed back. It is frustrating,
Hi Dennis! I’m so happy to hear that you’ve developed new habits since reading Chaos to Cash. Breaking up the project is the 1st step. Now let’s see if we can get the steps done. Is the step really the first step? Ask yourself what’s stopping you from doing it. If it’s that you prefer to do other things or that something else is important too ask yourself what you really want finished.
Hope that helps!
Carrie