There is one particular area thatI struggle with often, and my awareness of this struggle is increasing, even as I try to write it as a question!
After a conversation or meeting I find it difficult to filter or summarise the information heard, be it advise, ideas or planning. Most importantly then interpret the implications of the conversation for myself or my business. I can only describe it like light bulbs go off and ideas are flowing in the conversation. Then, after the meeting, it’s like I need my own personal soundboard just to make sense of what I have heard. I feel this is having an impact on growing my business. Is it just that my mind is having to comprehend so many aspects of running a new business all at once? Am I actually in an overdrive state without realising it? Or are there some simple strategies to note take to help develop this skill?
Look forward to your advice and thoughts
R x
Managing and comprehending information when you don’t have a clear intention going into a meeting is always going to be challenging because the meeting will go for longer than necessary, cover lots of issues that are not relevant and although no doubt interesting, can cause confusion and distraction.
Start with identifying what the 5 year goal is for your business, what do you want to have achieved within the next 5 years? Then identify what the 3-5 main moves are that will get you there. 3 – 5 no more. Consider what will move the needle most? What are the big ticket items that will make a real difference? Then make sure every meeting, discussion and time thinking is focused on these 3 – 5 main moves.
When you have a meeting have a clear intention for what it is about? What you want to achieve from it? How long it will go for. Create paramaters and make the time count and ensure that it gets you some results.
It is easy to get distracted with lots of other ideas that are often good ones too…but then you drown in too many ideas and nothing gets done.
Focus on what your main move is right now and keep your self limited to that. When you say ‘light bulbs’ go off this suggest to me there is overdrive/distaction. Get a note book, write down all the other ideas that come up, file them for later once you get what is most important NOW done. Do not allow yourself to distract, confuse and muddy the waters. 3-5 main moves over the next 5 years, nothing more.
Also be very clear on how you want to show up to meetings and work generally. Do you want to be excitable and distracted? Or focused, clear and on task? Generate the emotion and mindset you need to get it done.
Post back here with how this goes for you and any further coaching. You have got this! You have the energy, just imagine the progress you can make if you laser focus that energy on what really matters right now and nothing else? L