The BIGGEST Problem That Causes Inconsistency In Your Business

For my first 7 months in business I made NOTHING.

Kept grinding day in, day out but saw little to no progress.

Until I realized one major problem that I had...

I was severely lacking in CONSISTENCY.

I'd have some days where I'd complete all my tasks and some days where I'd fail to get even the slightest amount of tasks done

Whilst allocating 12, 14 and 16+ hours a day just to work

I started to get heavily demotivated, losing momentum and started losing motivation for it all.

I was on the verge of QUITTING.

Until I self-reflected and found out some of the core reasons...

I was inconsistent with the work -> I had a lack of motivation, drive and procrastination -> had a lack of focus, energy levels and productivity -> lack of sleep

It all came back down to this ONE issue and it finally made sense.

Now what actually CAUSES a lack of sleep in entrepreneurs though???

Lack of efficient work
Inconsistent schedules/routines
Lack of life outside work

Let's get into how we can solve EACH of these:

Lack of Efficient Work

Most of you allocate excessive hours to work

When in reality you could do that in 2 - 4 hours.

Why work for 14 hours when you could get the same done in 4?

When you allocate less time you're FORCED to work harder and be more efficient.

Here's the cycle you're currently stuck in:

Procrastination -> staying up later to complete tasks -> lack of sleep -> lack of focus, energy -> more hours allocated to work

This is what's DESTROYING you inside and out. And what also destroyed me for a while

How do you actually fix this and get some of the BEST work of your life done?

Work with other entrepreneurs - the competition and drive is insane
Plan a to-do-list the night before - from highest priority task to lowest
Wake up and get STRAIGHT to work - no morning routine
Squint your eyes on your computer
Have one tab open at a time
Listen to white noise whilst working

this will make your efficiency SKYROCKET.

Pair it with waking up really early (4 - 5am) and you're gonna be a speed demon when it comes to work

2. Inconsistent Schedules/Routines

Humans are designed to be in a routine

However in the modern world we have all sorts of distractions and we do everything at different times

Which is actually DESTROYING us.

In order to have balance and progress we need to stay consistent

Here's how you develop a consistent routine:

Plan your full day out on Google Calendar
Plan out your ideal work/sleep schedule
Live the calendar

I want you to LIVE off your calendar.

Constantly check it, adjust things if something needs to be adjusted

Perfect.

3. Lack of life outside work

This is the one you guys are probably struggling with the most

We spend ALL day either working, gymming or sleeping

Not doing anything else outside of that

What's the point??? You're not actually doing anything meaningful or fun with your life in the process

"Oh I need to work 14 hours a day" excuses. If you genuinely implement that efficiency advice TRUST me, you'll get all of that work done in 4 hours.

Meaning you have most of the day to do whatever you want.

In this time, I'd highly suggest you:

Work on your skills! - Learn more sales, marketing, persuasion, communication, confidence etc
Go to more events - run clubs, entrepreneur networking events, fun stuff
Approach people - go out and approach people, make new friends
Build your own popping social circle - invite those people out to do fun stuff you're doing (going to a cafe, going on a run, going out to dinner, events, hikes etc)

This will make your grind SO MUCH MORE FUN in the process

And you'll actually make more progress with doing this.

Now implement ALL of this and you're going to be incredibly consistent in your business.

You'll make progress like you never have before.

Keep crushing it 💪

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