June 26, 2018
The best strategic plan addresses what you can stop doing. That’s counterintuitive, especially for small businesses who grasp at any shiny object to bring in revenue. But it’s not until you simplify and focus that you gain the clarity and strength to leverage your time, talent, and treasure. My ‘stop doing’ list became a lifeline. At the time, I was having a stress meltdown. No surprise, given the way I ran myself ragged. Spent way too many hours in front of the computer, the phone and other people. Not enough hours resting, exercising, trusting. Meltdowns feel like a mini-volcano: the anger, stress and frustration start to rise in my body, beginning somewhere in my stomach, like a lava flow about to erupt through my throat. I’m simultaneously pulled in all directions, yet too paralyzed to move in any one of them. Then a colleague turned me on to Jim Collins and the quiet wisdom of “less is more.” Suddenly, I was whisked into the world of the “stop doing” list. This is the basic premise: You…
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