That’ll do pig: how to stop perfectionism and overwhelm

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Our lives have never been easier. Less than 50 years ago you couldn’t get a guaranteed hot shower every day and now we have constant hot water, heated homes, the world and all its answers at our fingertips and yet we’ve never been more miserable and stressed.??

For small service-based business owners this is a problem. Research finds that 4 out of 5 business owners report poor mental health. ??

Part of the problem is that there is always work to be done in a business, solve one challenge and another one pops up. Plus, the bigger the business, the bigger the problems.??

And yet, our lives have never been easier.??

Instead, we need to find our “that’ll do pig” moments.??

We need to know what “good enough” looks like so that we don’t over-service and undercharge our clients (a very common mistake I see small service-based business owners making), or so that we don’t put ourselves under too much pressure to achieve.??

Part of the problem is perfectionism. In itself, perfectionism is a sign of low self-esteem. Nothing is ever good enough because you don’t feel like you’re good enough. So, you don’t launch or call that potential client until everything is just right. Which really means never taking action at all.??

Instead, if we know what our “that’ll do pig” moment is, we can take action without all the planets being aligned because progress is better than perfect.??

The other side of the problem is all the open tasks we have to do in our heads. This is something I’ve been working on with our members this month. Looking at how our feelings of stress and overwhelm are caused by all those unfinished tasks.??

We need to:??

• Understand what is urgent and what we can put back to a future date?
• Delegate our list where possible??
• Make sure we feel we’ve closed out all of our tasks at the end of each day (our that’ll do pig moment)?
• And start saying no to what we can’t or don’t want to do.??

When we start finding our “that’ll do pig” moment, we’ll stop waiting for perfection, start reducing our stress and overwhelm and have more time to concentrate on the actions that will help build the business we want.??

Give it a try and let me know how you get on.??

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