Is complicated bad for business?

The totally unnecessary, energy draining, mind numbing complexity that you add to your own business is damaging. Damaging your business, damaging your health and damaging the relationships around you ??

Faced with choice of complicated or simple - complicated wins!

Whether that's adding unnecessary meetings to your already too busy calendar or drowning in emails that could be dealt with in an easier way. There are steps that could make things run in a simpler way, if you embraced it.

There are opportunities to streamline things but you'd rather stay with inefficiencies as 'that's the way you've always done it'. It worked when you first started doing it that way, but things change. Technology changes, communication styles change and you have to be open to reviewing how you do things on a regular basis to stay efficient.

From how you get clients to how you keep clients. From how you deliver your services to how you get paid. From how you create content to how you market and sell.

There are choices - complicated or simple.

Complication can often be defined by 3 areas:

You have no system.

Everytime you complete the same task, you're starting from scratch. You don't have the steps and requirements cleared mapped out to help you do it effortlessly.

Systems aren’t about being rigid—they’re about setting you free. They’re about saving time and freeing up headspace.

You have a broken system.

So if they're not saving you time and headspace, then there's something broken.

If the system you have in place isn't giving you benefits and making life easier then run back through the steps. Why is it not as streamlined as it could be? Where could it change?

Complication helps you self sabotage.

If you keep things complicated, you're always 'busy'. You don't have time to focus on developing the new services you want or launch your podcast or write your book. Staying small and hidden could be your way of embracing complication.

Now you've removed complication you're expecting to always have the feet up. But removing complication won't mean that there are no problems. Everything won't always be plain sailing. However, it's certain going to be a lot easier to navigate those difficult situations when they do happen.

Not sure where to start to remove your complexity? Email me [email protected]