How many times have you read an e-mail and decided to answer it later only to find it unanswered in your Inbox 2 weeks later? Or what about the times that you had a great idea, wrote it down on a slip of paper on your desk and it got lost or forgot within a few days?
What do you do to ready your business when you’re about to take some time off?
Do you schedule your content in advance? Alert your clients and virtual assistant? Set up an autoresponder for emails?
While these are all useful and necessary steps to do pre-vacation, there are some less practiced, but just as critical steps, that many entrepreneurs forget to take that would help them relax on their vacation with the peace of mind that everything is being taken care of.
To see a full list of the tasks you should complete before you take a vacation, get my Pre-Vacation Checklist.
When I was little, my favorite time of the day was bedtime when my dad would sit next to me and tell me a bedtime story.
But the stories he told were special! My bedtime stories were Greek myths!
I couldn’t wait to hear about another adventure of Odysseus or a labor of Heracles.
The pictures of battles between mythical creatures would forever be imprinted in my mind…
What do you absolutely need to focus on if you’re serious about growing your business?
Marketing and sales? Social media? Customer service?
Actually, growth depends on something else. . .something you might not have realized or might be avoiding.
You’ve got to create systems—predetermined procedures for getting stuff done.
Systematizing can seem like the least of your worries. After all, as an entrepreneur, there’s always something else to do, another priority that has to be taken care of pronto.
It’s true.
I’m a gadget girl. I’ll admit it. I still haven’t conquered my shiny object syndrome.
But sometimes, cool new gadgets are a distraction more than a helping hand. And sometimes, conventional tools used in creative ways can get you to brilliant solutions.
When it comes to systems for instance, my mission is to help my clients to get over the chaos, create clarity, and make impact. Because of this, I like to stick to three go-to tools.