Dotty Scott explains how to spot and fix the recurring problems draining your time. She covers pricing issues, client targeting, and funding model changes, then shows how to shift from constant firefighting to building the initiatives you actually want.
think through and identify the common denominators. So is it a person that's always creating the fire, right? Is it— and, and there are going to be some fires you can't control. I mean, they're going to happen. They happen to all of us. But if you can eliminate 50% of them or reduce them— so what are the things that happen continually Like, for example, I lose contracts because my pricing's too high. That's a fire for me. So then you want to go into problem solving and say, what can I do to improve my pricing or to bring in different clients, right? You might be bringing in clients that are not your ideal customer. This is true. I mean, I, I worked with a guy who only worked with people who didn't have money, and I said, how are you going to make money if nobody has money? Well, you need to get into a nonprofit then, and you need to collect money. So there's problem-solving strategies for almost everything you do. But if you keep just ignoring the fact that you're dealing with people who don't have money You either need to change industry or find a way to bring money in. Makes sense. That makes sense. Yeah. So then you want to make sure that you spend equal time, as much as possible, on proactive measures. So if I'm putting out fires 100% of my day, I will never have time to figure out how to build a nonprofit.
