I Can’t Keep It Up At this Pace!

Did you start your business thinking there would be some flexibility and freedom? You knew there would be some upfront heavy lifting… but you’re a few years in and nothing seems to be slowing down?

I get it!

I was there!

My clients were there!

We all get it!

And we all thought we were alone!

?No Time For Time Management!

I always had a big push back when it came to time management.

For starters, I got a lot done in a day. I’m the “get stuff done girl” in my world.

So I thought time management… that’s for other people.

And also, as I was so busy...

that I didn’t have time for heavy time management systems. 

After some investigating…

that was inspired by almost electrocuting myself…

because I was in a rush.

I learned something rather profound

I realized I had subscribed to the old way of doing things…

- where your personal life pays the price.

- you’re working harder, and harder

- buying new technology,

- burning out 

- repeating the cycle

- and I realized it wasn’t working. 

Turning A Corner

So I started feverishly examining productivity. I didn’t have time for heavy time management systems. I needed something that would give me big results with minimal effort.  I got a lot done in a day but it just wasn’t enough!I was determined to make my productivity my super power! 

It was tough at first. It felt like 2 steps forward 1 step back - ALL THE TIME. I kept pushing forward because the status quo was simply not an option. I examined everything that I did and went over the results with a fine tooth comb.

I poured over studies that explained how the brain worked best constantly learning how to optimize my results. I became a student of human behaviour and monitoring how I managed in different situations.

Why did I struggle in some areas? Was it me, my environment or my set up? I started successfully putting practices and strategies in place that gave me some relief. With the smallest successes, I had hope and I was determined to build upon it.

I started to feel a calmness that I had never experienced before. Sometimes it was fleeting but it was a taste and I wanted more! 

Activity Isn’t Results

It was exciting to execute plans instead of juggling emergencies. Even with my successes, I had adjustments to make. I had been going hard for so long that I conditioned myself to confuse activity with results. I was thrilled when I started getting freedom back into my life!! I had no idea on how much I was missing!  

In hindsight, I realized even when I wasn’t working. . . I didn’t have a relaxed energy about me. I acted like a football player that was benched during the playoffs. Not in the game but on the sides and ready to jump in at any moment. Honestly, I had no idea how wound up I was! And how much guilt I had been carrying around.

I was also ALWAYS carrying around massive guilt. 

I felt guilty when I …

-was working and should be home

-when I wasn’t working

-or when I wasn’t getting enough done

When I finally started to relax, I felt I was on my way! I started to do little things like take a lunch break, and chew my food instead of shovelling it in with one hand and gulping it down. I exercised in the mornings, and made it home for dinner. Enjoying weekends was new to me! I felt like I was working part time hours but the work was getting done. In fact, more work than before!

I started to see my work with a clarity that I had never had before. I was more creative and could see details that I had never noticed. Patterns became clear to me and all this accelerated my results in ways I didn’t expect! I felt different. I also could also see how my behaviour impacted everyone around me. 

I had to reassure people regularly, “it’s okay, I am not in a rush.” There seemed to be this energy that I had created -- “we must keep moving and no one should delay Kris.”  

Sound like you?

If you’re the kind of person that 

-gets really excited when you get a new client 

-or a new project, 

-dives in 100% 

-and other things fall to the side. 

-someone who sneaks emails when your with your family

-wish you could go to the gym, 

-you’re rushing and expecting other people to keep up. 

-you don’t stop for lunch ...

then reach out - we can help!

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After running a successful Branding/Marketing (Shadowblast) company for 10 years -- I wanted to help other small business owners get their life back.

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