Episode 267: “I’m Being Pulled in Too Many Directions!” — How to Thrive as an Entrepreneur (FS267)
The Fizzle Show
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4.8 • 648 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
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Do you have numerous forces pulling you in multiple directions? Are you spread too thin to cover your bases? Is this all part of being an entrepreneur?
As business owners and go-getters, we often have many demands on our time and energy. A fair amount of these are usually self-imposed. It can be draining, derailing and disheartening to feel overwhelmed or confused by the multi-directional pull.
In this episode, we dissect exactly what it is that pulls at us and why, before breaking down how to get over this common occurrence. Having a lot to do, loads of ideas, big plans, and a schedule full of meetings do not have to be a negative thing!
We also talk about the reasons that these feelings arise, the tendency towards the negative, reasonable goals and simplifying your load. All this so you can stay focused on what really matters and get your business booming!
Join us as the Fizzle team helps you find your compass, lay out your map and set off in the right direction!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Doing the work of multiple departments as one person. [0:04:59.1]
- The tendency to focus on the parts of your work that are failing. [0:08:38.6]
- The dangers of being spread too thin. [0:12:25.5]
- The increase in aspirational entrepreneurship in the last decade. [0:15.50.9]
- The underbelly of ambition and the weaknesses within strength. [0:18:39.8]
- Getting to a reasonable amount of results to satisfy your needs. [0:24:50.2]
- Culling the number of directions in which you are pulled. [0:29:43.7]
- Sidestepping a default mode that can often lead you astray. [0:34:30.4]
- Getting into a cycle of pro-action instead of reaction. [0:38:58.2]
- Reinstating the joy of work through a process of simplification and ownership. [0:44:37.4]
- Removing clutter from your business and cleaning out the mess. [0:46:03.2]
- The power of exertion when it is under your control. [0:53:35.7]
- Setting daily goals and a standard bar to put your mind at ease. [0:55:24.5]
- And much more!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
- Gusto — https://gusto.com/fizzle
- Fizzle — https://fizzle.co/
- Fizzle Toolkit — https://fizzle.co/toolkit
- Fizzle Goals Course — https://fizzle.co/courses/goals
- Fizzle 80/20 Copywriting Guide — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/writing-copy-for-web
- Fizzle Journaling Course — https://fizzle.co/courses/journal
- ConvertKit — https://convertkit.com/partner/fizzle
- Courage and Clarity — https://www.courageandclarity.com
- Chase Reeves Youtube — https://www.youtube.com/user/chasereeves
- Live Your Best Life Now - https://www.amazon.com/Your-Best-Life-Now-Potential/dp/1455532282
- Seth Godin - http://sethgodin.strikingly.com/
- Rob Bell - https://robbell.com/
- The Robcast - https://robbell.com/portfolio/robcast/
- Elizabeth Gilbert - https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/
- Tim Ferris - https://tim.blog/
- Michael Pollan - https://michaelpollan.com/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Fizzle Show! |
| 0:11.1 | Oh, wow. |
| 0:13.5 | Hello, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the Fizzle Show. |
| 0:16.1 | We talk about things that are important to Fizzle Show members and to entrepreneurs in general, |
| 0:20.3 | entrepreneurs who are building things on the Internet. |
| 0:21.8 | Entrepreneurs who feel like they need something more from life, |
| 0:24.8 | something about some creative autonomy, some freedom. |
| 0:27.4 | I have had a cup of coffee. |
| 0:28.4 | That's why I'm able to do this. |
| 0:29.2 | Most people don't have this ability to do this. |
| 0:31.0 | I, on the other hand, do it, which is one of the things that makes this show very, very unique. We talk extremely fast, so you have to, we're the only podcast that you actually have to slow down on your podcast player. |
| 0:42.6 | This is the Fizzle show where every week we talk about things that are interesting and important to indie entrepreneurs. |
| 0:48.7 | If you want to create your own life, live your best life now, hashtag Joel Osteen, hashtag live the life of your dreams, |
| 0:57.1 | I don't know. Well, one of these days, you're going to have to come down to getting serious about |
| 1:01.7 | how, how do you actually make it happen? Hi, welcome. Welcome. Have you been living off in La La Land, |
| 1:08.5 | chasing butterflies, and writing dream lists? |
| 1:14.2 | You have a lot of mood boards, but don't know how to get someone to pay attention to your freaking podcast. Welcome. Welcome. You're in the right place. This is where we talk about |
| 1:19.4 | that kind of stuff. And this week, like every week, we have an awesome, awesome conversation |
| 1:25.6 | around what to do when you're pulled in too many directions. |
| 1:29.3 | This is something that happens to every entrepreneur. |
| 1:31.3 | You're pulled in too many directions. |
| 1:32.8 | You can be focusing on this or that. |
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