Have you ever over complicated something? You realize later, or someone points out to you that you could have easily done y instead of x and saved yourself a lot of time and energy.
If you don’t catch it early, it’s frustrating, right?
Do you do that with your business?
You assume that a task or project is going to be difficult and you quickly prove yourself right. Until someone comes along and offers a suggestion that renders half of your plans obsolete and you wonder, could it really be that easy?
If you haven’t already read last week’s article, “How Do You Want Your Morning to Feel?” go back and read it.
I wrote about two morning scenarios. Some of you might have read the second one and thought, “That’s a great dream, but it’s just not possible for me.”
I get it. Between you and me, I’ve had that same thought before. Mine sounded like “Planning is a great idea, but I just don’t have time for that!”
What if you’re over complicating your business? What if it’s hard to get everything done because that’s exactly what you expect?
Our brains like to be right. So, often just thinking “hey, this is going to be difficult” makes something feel, well, difficult.
Now, I’m not suggesting that you just start telling yourself, “hey, this easy and I’ll get everything done today” Your brain is smart, it’s not going to believe that.
Does this mean that you’re going to get that page long to-do list done today? Probably not, however, what would change if you looked at your page long to-do list and instead of thinking, “Ugh! I have so much to do it seems impossible!” you thought, “Great! I know what needs to happen over the next few days, what can I do today?”
But what if you started asking yourself, “What if this was easy?” And left yourself open to that possibility. Or asked yourself, “What would I do differently if this were easy?”
Allow the possibilities. Invest a few minutes of your time to sit with it and allow yourself to feel the possibility.
And let me know what you discover in the comments below.