My son often dumps a giant load into the washing machine all at once, despite our teaching him about smaller loads get the clothes cleaner, and separating the colors keeps the colors bright longer, blah blah blah. He often tries to do too much at once thus creating this situation. I think you are also doing too much.
How can I say that? I spend a thousand hours a year with business owners and CEOs here in DFW and I see how they are constantly taking on more than they can efficiently handle. This tends to come from a passion to reach new goals or the guilt that they have not done enough. Either way, they are taking on more than they should and the result is burnout, less than excellent results, and a lack of satisfaction in their personal life.
“You are doing things anyone could do, and not getting to the things only you can do best.”
Wise leaders set annual, quarterly, and monthly goals, establish processes and procedures, delegate to their teams, and use KPIs to keep on track. Without these, we tend to spend most of our time reacting to what others bring to us and rarely get around to what we really want to do.
The Owner Trap
This is called the “Owner Trap” and too many business owners are stuck in this mode and become the busiest employee of the company. Getting clarity of what matters most and what you want to do in chasing your vision is part of what I do when I provide Executive Coaching for my clients here in DFW.
I do not tell these busy CEOs and business owners what to do, I ask them what they want to do, then I help them make plans to get it done. The first step is often the hardest so I help them get clarity and prioritize what needs to get done to reach our goals. Seems simple but often these leaders are so overloaded and struggle to make healthy decisions.
Get Un-stuck
Try it out at no cost and see how this can help you. Let’s have a ‘Get Un-stuck Call” next week to talk about your priorities and goals, and see how I can help you get things done. Contact me to set up your Un-stuck Call at RobertH@REFdallas.com
Robert J Hunt