My OCD gets the best of me
Tuesday 1/28/20...
I fucked up last week. I was supposed to close out Friday by editing the next podcast and getting it ready for Monday's launch. But I took a break to take Zarah for a walk with Nic. When we got back, I totally spaced and said screw it, I'm done for the day.
I think I thought I'd get to it over the weekend, but that never happened. I didn't' realize until yesterday morning so I tried to squeeze it into my schedule, but it was a busy day.
Plus, it's only the second episode, so I'm still figuring out this whole process.
Turns out, the audio recording on this one wasn't so great, so I had to spend a bunch of extra time editing, trying to improve the listening quality. So now it's Tuesday and I'm still not even done putting it together.
In order to make time for it on my schedule, I had to bump a few other things. The big one was sales follow-up. I still haven't sent a follow-up email to all the people I've spoken to in the past week. That NEEDS to happen because most of them have next steps.
I also have a second call in the afternoon with a potential client and need to take some time to do my research. I want to have some partner recommendations ready to go for them so I can help narrow in on what they're looking for.
I often let my OCD get the best of me, I want so badly to be caught up on everything that I'll prioritize activities because there's more to do or because I haven't done it in a while. But the thing is, I need to stay focused on the opportunities I already have in the pipeline.
I'm often worried about being behind on my LinkedIn inbox, but that's a top of funnel activity. If I ignore the real opportunities or deprioritize them just to bring in more, what's the point?
I need to consistently be working my way from the bottom of the funnel up. If I go a month without responding to LinkedIn messages, so be it. That means I'm putting more focus on clients and potential clients.
Once I've done my job there, then I can get back to just chatting with people and booking more calls.
I'm even putting too much focus on my social strategy. I'm so worried about how many likes I get on content when I have more conversations and I'm booking more calls than I can possibly handle - who the fuck cares?!
Stay focused on what's going to drive the business forward!
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- Dan