We all work to achieve the best of our goals in business and life. However, sometimes we lose track and fail to achieve all we can because of the four behaviors below:
1. Poor Focus. Often business owners engage in excessive multi-tasking without getting anything important accomplished. As a project gets nearer completion, the business owner or entrepreneur can lose interest and run off to some other project, without completion of the original project. Multi-tasking taxes our brains and leads to less effectiveness. I like the definition for focus given by Bill Walsh of Powerteam International: Follow One Course Until Successful. If need be, bring in others who can help organize and prioritize your goal to get the project completed.
2. Low self-awareness. Often business owners, entrepreneurs, and employees fail to recognize that they may not be well suited to the tasks they have given themselves. As I have discussed in a previous post, if you are not suitably matched for your job, you burn more oxygen to the brain, which normally uses 20% of our oxygen but more when we engage in nonpreferred ways of using our brains. This is a failure to align how our brains are wired to think and learn with what we are attempting to do. At the Success and Mindset Group, we employ an assessment instrument which assesses attentional style and interpersonal characteristics to provide you feedback about your preferred ways of working.
3. Trying to do too much. Many business persons live by the mantra "Nobody does it better than I do". As a result, they try to do everything and consequently things take longer to do, are done less well, with limited time for personal relationships and taking care of yourself. Seek to put in place a diverse team with advisors and employees who complement your skill sets. This is a sure way to maximize your chances of success.
4. Risking your health and relationships. Engaging in any or all of the above three behaviors places you at risk for your physical, mental, and emotional health. If you experience significant work stress, you are more likely to lose productive time at work as well as negatively impact your relationships with your loved ones. Avoiding any of the previous three behaviors will help reduce stress as well as create more time for proper rest, diet, exercise, and recreation.
Avoid the above problem behaviors and you are on your way to better business success, personal health, and relationships. For additional information on related topics, go to www.successandmindset.com.