So here we are 4 weeks into 2021 already! By now everyone has likely set their annual property goals, are working on their weekly implementation plans and have possibly introduced some new habits too.
All too often, human behaviour around this time of year follows a typical pattern -the intended good practices with exercise and business goals can slip away by February. As property entrepreneurs working towards lofty goals this year, we definitely don’t want to succumb to that. So, if you’re interested in making sure your good intentions for your property business don’t dissipate, here are 12 questions to check in on yourself. I learned these from Darren Hardy a couple of years ago and after having noted them in my journal I check in on them periodically. I hope you can benefit from asking these of yourself also.
HERE ARE THE 12 QUESTIONS TO CHECK IF YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD TO GROW YOUR PROPERTY BUSINESS
[the short sentences in the parentheses highlight the harsh truths that may be going on inside your head, hopefully not however ]
#1: Do I have a weekly calendar with slots booked for my most valuable property business priorities, before each new day starts? [so I can create rather than react]
#2: Do I allow too many interruptions during the day from friends, family, customers, prospects, team members to interrupt my flow and deep concentration work? [because it’s a welcome relief from the hard work of creating and finishing something]
#3: Do I talk a lot, extending conversations into longer chit chats when unnecessary? [because it’s seemingly justifiable to delay the hard work of creating]
#4: Do I multi-task? [even though I know it reduces my intellectual ability and causes me stress and anxiety]
#5: Do I love the adrenalin buzz of being overly busy? [in order to feel a sense of importance and self esteem even though it’s at the demise of my actual productivity]
#6: Is living in chaos and constant motion more comfortable to me than stilling my mind and single tasking? [because I might fear to be alone with my own thoughts]
#7: Do I find it really difficult to say no? [because I am too needy for approval and lack the self confidence to stick to my own priorities]
#8: Do I often find myself in a crunch to finish projects because I’m in over my head? [because I allow myself to be everyone else’s whipping boy/girl and don’t protect my own priorities]
#9: Do I spend hours needlessly on social media? [to escape and distract me from what’s most important]
#10: Do I waste time doing repetitious, non-vital and inessential tasks? [because I haven’t put systems in place to automate or eliminate]
#11: Do I maintain control of nearly everything because I believe no one else can do it as well? [which makes me an egotistical and delusional narcissist]
#12: Do I believe I can’t afford to hire someone to help me? [because I don’t actually value my time, my family and my health appropriately]
You might be thinking woah- those questions can be quite harsh and cutting (that’s what I thought the first time I saw them). They are, but answering them for ourselves will only serve to help by shining a light on what we need to keep us progressing in an optimal way. For me personally, I’ve noted some refinement actions needed under questions under 10 and 11 (this time last year I worked on and improved areas 4, 7 and 10).
Which question(s) have prompted some proactive refining work on your part?