A few weeks ago I scheduled a guest speaker for one of my chapters. Since then, I have been chasing this person in an attempt to gather more conclusive information about the talk. After all, how am I supposed to successfully market and present this to my group if the information is muddled at its best?
I’m extremely familiar with this speaker and the company of whom she represents. They are very well known and highly respected within their industry, however at this moment; it’s clear that this company is challenged with their overall system of following through when a prospect says “yes”. Balance can be a real Bee-otch.
The good out of this unnecessary situation is that this whole thing has made me take a closer look at how I perform as a service provider.
The truth is I too have been really struggling with the balance of my work and home responsibilities. Lately it seems like everything is just as important as everything else which has made it very hard for me to prioritize my daily tasks. I’m so busy that I become tired and then my weariness turns into uglier words like “vague” and “distracted”. I’m certain that I’m not demonstrating my best, either.
Since I’m a sole proprietor, the buck literally starts and stops with me. Sigh.
I have determined to handle my balancing dilemma by referring to my core values and beliefs. Doing this always helps me to identify the difference of what is unmistakably important to me versus what I “wish” to be important.
After a few days of soul searching, I made some tough decisions regarding how I move forward in my own business. Though I will take out a couple of things that I do each day to grow my business, I have undoubtedly freed up more time for me to be accessible to my clients and be more creative with the future development of my organization. This action will alleviate my personal struggle of trying to balance too much and fend off my own muddled and inconclusive deeds.
Wow! I owe this powerful revelation to a bunch of multi-million-dollar- producing-ding-a-lings. Thanks guys, but you are still fired.
