Bye-Bye Overwhelm

Overwhelmed? Have too many projects floating at the same time that you find you are not able to focus, make progress and get things done?

This is so common!

In coaching my clients, this challenge of “so much to do” and feeling overwhelmed is one of the most important things to address.
If your “to-do list is beginning to look like a never ending list of “shoulds”, you’re probably feeling tired before you get started with your day. Not a great way to live and actually a very poor way to attract more clients, money or opportunities.

It can be easy to get all excited and create blockbuster size big goals so you have the “big results” you dream of. With all the marketing- hype on the internet scene, it can be easy to be pulled into program after program, feeling like you need to keep adding to your arsenal of tools and skills. On top of that, most entrepreneurs are highly creative so they find themselves constantly creating new concepts for programs and products.

It’s smart to keep learning and growing. In fact, in this evolutionary, rapidly changing time in our history, you absolutely need to invest in yourself, your business and technology. It’s also a smart business strategy to dedicate time for research, development and innovate with creative, unique products and services.
The problem is that your output of energy is not balanced. What happens is that your energy is directed to too many things and is causing you to “leak” energy. This results in feelings of being tired, discouraged and empty.

Wouldn’t you love to feel more ease and flow each and every day? To feel that you efforts are focused and that you are inspired to take actions that actually create results you can see (your book is written, your new webinar series is ready to launch, you’ve got 3 new clients & more cash flow)

Here are 3 strategies to dramatically reduce your overwhelm & find your “sweet spot” of productivity & ease:

1. Release- Let go of the “junk”. Adopt a monthly habit of clearing out what no longer serves you. This can be limiting beliefs, broken systems in your business, and all those uncompleted items (do it, delegate it or dump it!)

2. Scatter & Focus- the secret of a professional juggler? Scatter and focus. The spinning plates are tossed up in the air, and with an intent focus on ONE plate at a time, the artist is able to maintain the balance. Try the Scatter & Focus approach:

Write down all of projects on paper. Review your projects list. Which “speak” to you first? What has more energy? Choose to focus on ONE project at a time and commit to following through to its completion. Then choose your next focus and repeat. This truly works!

3. Stretch Goals – Bold, juicy goals are truly motivating, but goals that are so huge and so far away from where we are today actually serve sabotage you. Instead of making up goals that freak you out and paralyze you, make a goal that has these qualities: It’s doable, you believe you can have it and it’s a stretch for you. These kinds of goals are so much easier to achieve. What happens next? Now you are on a roll, because the energy of success brings us more success!