The Curse of Being Busy on the Wrong Thing

Summary

• Goaling is all about prioritizing. Focus on what drives business growth.
• Identify the three most important things that will grow your business.
• Take on fewer tasks but make sure to achieve them.
• Many new entrepreneurs set too many goals at once.
• I once had 27 goals in a quarter, hit them all, but many were unnecessary and didn’t drive the business forward.
• Reflect and prioritize effectively to avoid wasting time on tasks that don’t contribute to growth.

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How To Take Action

I would suggest implementing these strategies to see real growth in your business or personal endeavors:

• Prioritize Your Goals: Identify the top three priorities that will drive business growth. These should be major tasks that have the biggest impact. Don’t overwhelm yourself by setting too many goals.

• Reflect on Past Goals: Look back at previous goals you’ve set. Ask yourself if all of them were necessary for growth. If not, this reflection will help you focus better on what truly matters going forward.

• Reduce Task Overload: Consciously take on fewer tasks but ensure you complete them. Quality over quantity is key. It’s better to finish three important tasks than start ten and finish none.

• Be Deliberate in Task Selection: Before adding a task to your goal list, evaluate its potential impact on business growth. If its contribution is uncertain, reconsider its importance.

• Avoid Time Wasters: Identify and eliminate tasks that don’t directly contribute to growth. This will save time and energy, allowing you to focus on what actually matters.

By focusing on fewer, high-impact goals, you’ll find that your efforts are more effective, leading to better results without wasting time on unnecessary tasks. This approach is low-cost in terms of both money and time, and the value you get from executing high-priority tasks will be substantial.

Full Transcript

I want to be really specific about what goaling is it's prioritizing it's like yes priorities that drive the business growth and so you have to figure out like what are your three things that grow your business take on less than more and actually hit them because I think a lot of times especially when you're newer in building a business or your entrepreneurial Journey it's like we just set way too many like I actually had a sheet that I found not that long ago and it was all my goals from my first quarter of running gym launch and it was so embarrassing I had like 27 goals I hit them all right just like never slept um but it was like unnecessary you know a lot of it didn't actually drive the business forward it was just stuff that I was like I don't know maybe it could and so like I'm going to throw it on there anyways