What You'll Discover In This Episode:
It’s the end of the day and you’re ready to leave the office. You put forth your best effort and worked incredibly hard. In fact, you answered 14 emails, made three phone calls, created two social media posts, updated a page on your website, held three meetings, delegated three tasks, reviewed team members’ work that came in, and spent an hour working on a big project. It makes sense that you feel tired and worn out after the long day’s work but why does it seem like you made very little progress on your goals - the ones that really matter?
If you’re constantly juggling tasks but feel like you're making minimal real progress, it could be because you’ve fallen into the trap of "priority dilution" and it’s silently sabotaging your efforts. Priority dilution is often rooted in perfectionism, indecisiveness, lack of clarity on your goals or vision of success, people pleasing, or simply feeling overwhelmed by your growing to-do list, to name a few. It’s a common struggle for small business owners who wear many hats but it doesn’t have to be. I don’t want you to let another day slip by being a victim to priority dilution. Instead, I want to teach you the critical skill of task prioritization which I see as a one of the great solutions for conquering your to-do list.
In this week’s episode of Small Business Straight Talk, I dive into how to get out of the priority dilution mindset and start organizing your tasks in priority order so you can power through them, make progress on your goals, and feel accomplished at the end of each day.
