I used to give a talk titled, "10 Ways to Overcome
Overwhelm in Business and in Life". It was an excellent
resource for getting into action and taking charge of your
business. If you'd like a copy, just email me and I'll send
it to you. After I'd given this talk for awhile, I realized
that getting out of overwhelm was even simpler. You don't
need 10 ideas. That's overwhelming in itself. You just need
one essential key. If you can master this one key, you can
pretty much get whatever you want out of your business and
your life. Here it is. Don't blink or you'll miss it. Focus.
That's right, focus. When you are entirely focused on what
you are doing in the moment, you don't have any attention
left for being in overwhelm. Focus and overwhelm are opposites.
Think about it. You are overwhelmed because you are thinking
about all the things you've got to get done today, tomorrow,
and the day after. You aren't solidly focused in the present moment
doing what's in front of you. But when you are stuck in overwhelm,
it's really hard to get focused. So what can you do?
It's actually very simple. Get back to basics. Go back to
your core values, your mission statement, your vision. Stop
right now and think about the vision you had for your business
when you first started it. What did you want to accomplish?
Why did you want to do it? Were you looking for freedom? Did
you have a better way of helping people? Completely let yourself
be absorbed in the dream you had. Feel how it was when you
started. Now you are focused. Take this vision and write it
down again. Go into detail about what you really want to do
with your business.
Now from this focused state, get into action. It should be
much more clear to you now what the most important tasks are.
Focus your energy on those and get going. Any time you start
feeling overwhelmed, stop and go back to your dream, your
vision. Ask yourself why you are doing what you are doing.
Really feel it and then start again. I guarantee you this
will get you focused and get you out of overwhelm. Now you
can get what you really wanted out of your business.
Start up business resource guide and consultant, Michael
Clark has been crafting best small buisiness ideas for
over 20 years. Michael is a serial entrepreneur having opened
multiple successful small businessesover the last 12 years.
For more small business success stories and business resource
groups, visit his web site at http://biznbeyond.com.
