{"id":2073,"date":"2021-10-11T08:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexsheach.com\/?p=2073"},"modified":"2021-10-12T06:48:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T05:48:38","slug":"focus-gives-clarity-in-your-online-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexsheach.com\/entrepreneur-myths\/focus-gives-clarity-in-your-online-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus Gives Clarity in Your Online Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s a big fat myth that you can multi-task your way through running a business and have it still grow.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
What actually happens is that you’re “busy<\/em>” all fucking day, then 3pm rolls around and there’s actually not much of tangible achievement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Multi-tasking is for putting some washing in the machine while the oven is heating up and putting the breakfast cereal back in the cupboards whilst figuring out what the fuck is going to be served for dinner!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n … And that’s all absolutely fine for “running an after-school kitchen<\/em>” – but it’s NOT the way to actually GROW a successful online business!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n FOCUS BRINGS CLARITY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n … and WHAT YOU FOCUS ON GETS DONE!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n I start my day with the activities which mean the most to ME for MY growth (writing a blog). This is a non-negotiable first-point-of-focus.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I get my coffee and I open the laptop. I’m not trying to do 100 other things. I’m not trying to get the kids ready for school or watch the news or do anything else I “could<\/em>” be doing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If the kids are up early (hello unrelentless motherhood<\/em>!) then I wait until they’ve left for school and then I write the blog.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If it’s school holidays, I still need to write.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Being autistic, I find it really hard to concentrate when there’s too much stimulus and distraction – to help me focus, I slap on a pair of excrutiatingly expensive noise-cancelling headphones and I don’t pump any music or distractions through – it’s just me and my thoughts and my typing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Seriously. The whole world can wait 20 minutes until I’ve finished this and published it!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n