Get frustrating tasks off your plate

Whenever you find yourself frustrated with the tasks that you're doing in your business, you have to find a way to get those off your plate or it's going to hold back your business from growth. Hi, I'm Evan Carmichael. I believe that hungry entrepreneurs deserve help. And every time I've made a big leap forward in my business, it's because I've looked at what I was doing, what was on my schedule, my agenda, the tasks that I had to do, you know, day in, day out, week in, week out. And I removed them, and it let me focus on the growth of my business. And I removed them by either eliminating them completely, by automating it, and by whatever was left, delegating it to somebody else. And that frees up your time to be able to focus on things that will grow your company. If you don't do that, if you hold on to everything, and if you let yourself get bogged down by the tasks in your business that frustrate you, you're gonna get really frustrated and angry with your business. You're gonna hate your business, and you're gonna end up hating your life, and you'll always be held back. So you have to find a way to get those things off your plate. Again, you eliminate it, you automate it, or you delegate it. Recently I found myself in this situation, so I wanted to share with you guys. I'm working on my worksheets, and these are my thoughts collected into a series of sheets that you can fill out and help you grow your business. And I created the initial design myself. And it was fun, new projects, something to test out. But I recently found myself writing a worksheet and feeling that the design was holding me back. I couldn't figure out how this was going to be put into the design, and I didn't want to be bothered with changing the font size and the text and, and just playing around with all the design changes. I'd had enough. It wasn't fun anymore. I wasn't growing from it. That frustration prevented me from doing the rest of the worksheet, from writing, from doing the thing that I should be doing. And so I reached out to a friend of mine, and I knew this was the time that I had to, I had to hand this off because it was holding me back from doing what I should be doing in my business, from the things that I'm best at in my business. And so my friend is a designer, and he's gonna come on board and do all the designing part for me. So all I can do now, all I have to do, is the writing. The stuff that I want to do, the stuff that I'm good at. And these blocks exist everywhere in our business. Whenever you feel that things have stalled, when things aren't growing, when things aren't moving, often it's because your focus is not on the right things in the business. And you can't focus on the right things because you have too much crap on your schedule already. Right, I don't see too many entrepreneurs who come and say, "Oh, I have tons of free time," and they're growing their business. Doesn't happen that often. So you've got to think about what are you spending your time on. Is it absolutely necessary? If not, get rid of it. If it is, can you automate it somehow through software, through web tools? If yes, do it. It's worth the subscription fee. If not, then can you delegate it? Find somebody, even part-time, right? The designer who I'm bringing on is not going to be a full-time job. It's a part-time gig, but that frees up my time. Not only my time, but my happiness. You know, I was frustrated doing this. If you keep coming to work day in, day out, and you're frustrated by some tasks that you're doing, then you have to give that off. You have to get it off your plate somehow, because that's going to hold you back. Not just the time that it sucks away, but also your energy level and your happiness and your positivity and your optimism, because you need all those things to grow your business. So whenever you feel like there's something on your plate that is frustrating, that is dragging you down, you've got to find a way to hand that off, eliminate it, automate it, or delegate it away, and spend your time growing your business. Good luck. For those of you watching, if you liked the video, please give the thumbs up below. I love seeing them come in and I really appreciate it. And if you have a comment about this video or question for your own business, I also love being able to answer those for you. So please leave it in the comment section below. Even to say, "Hey, great job. I love the video." I love seeing those too. So thank you and I'll see you on the next episode.