| Here is a very simple exercise that will buy you back a TON of time.
We learned this from my mentor, Verne Harnish at Scaling Up, and our leadership team does this every quarter.
It’s quick, straightforward, and wildly effective:
1. Get a pen and paper. 2.One side of the paper write down everything you love doing in the business 3. On the other side write down everything you loathe (hate) doing in the business
(Also helpful to do for household “chores”.)
You'll then need a meeting where everyone from your leadership team shares their answers.
The next step is to identify Who Does What in the business and what you can stop doing.
Often other team members – who are better skilled to do the things you Loathe – will volunteer to take tasks off your plate because it falls in their Zone of Genius.
For example, my most recent answers look like this – and when shared with my team it helped us restructure some things so my time is better spent:
Love · Thinking/Strategy/Solutions · Email Coaching/Writing · Friday Morning Sales Meeting · Mastermind Events
Loathe · Lost money at Christmas due to current team holiday · WAM meeting repetitiveness · Leading meetings · Repeating myself (i.e. doing the same Productivity Training over and over for corporations)
As a result…
We fixed our meetings…
Coaches Daniel and Gavin took on even bigger roles…
We put Daniel in charge of doing the Corporate Productivity trainings…
And we restructured our team’s annual paid Christmas break so we could make more money during the “New Year’s Rush” while still giving our team TONS of time with their families.
These few simple changes will result in me having more time and less stress every week…
With significantly more money flowing into my business.
All because we got clear on our “Loves & Loathes”.
Imagine what this quick exercise can do for you.
So try this today and ask yourself…
What parts of your business do you love and loathe?
Success Loves Speed,
Craig | 