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How to reduce decision fatigue for online business owners

How to reduce decision fatigue for online business owners

by | Online Business

All those tiny decisions that you’re making every day add up to cause decision fatigue. If you can relate to this business owner, here is how you win the daily battle to reduce decision fatigue.

Its lot

As a small business owner, one thing is undoubtedly true: making many decisions throughout the day. Am I right when I say lots of decisions?

The funny thing is you may not even notice that it at the beginning of your day, but one thing is sure, you're constantly making decisions.

How do you reduce decision fatigue?

What I want you to do is take a step back when a decision pops up.

Ask this simple question. Do I have to make this decision right now? What I mean, if you were to put off the decision until tomorrow, what would happen? If it would cause you a tremendous amount of extra stress and work. Go ahead and make the decision.

Now, this is important; if nothing significant is affected by putting off the decision until tomorrow, wait until tomorrow. Okay, easy, right? Maybe, maybe not.

The solution is simple if the answer is it can wait until tomorrow, put it on your decision log, or your decision parking lot, whatever you would like to call it.

Along with a due date

But wait, there’s more along with adding the decision to the log, also put a due date.

Let me break this down for you. This date should NOT be the nice to have due date but the absolute deadline, the hard deadline when things will start to explode in your online business due date.

Decision Blocking

You must be wondering why do we do this? 

When you capture all the decisions on a log, it gets all those decisions in one spot. 

This is the magic part, you can go through and make all the decisions at one time. 

You guessed it’s time blocking for decision-making. This is the key to reduce decision fatigue. 

Now, this is important your decision log may be electronic, on paper, in your planner, or a decision block on your calendar with all the decisions you need to make that day. 

Here’s the bottom line, it must fit into your work style for the decision log to be effective. 

Trigger Your Decision Log

If you’re anything like me, you’ll need a trigger to remind you of this new process. Here’s how you solve this put a little post-it note reminder on your computer monitor.

On the post-it write the specific question, Does this decision need to be made right now? 

The post-it and question become a trigger to your brain until the new process becomes a habit and you love your decision log. This simple process will reduce decision fatigue. 

Win The Daily Decision-Making Battle  

When you get into the habit of asking yourself, does this decision need to be made right now? 

When you put those decisions on your log and time block your decision for when your brain is freshest, that is when you win the daily decision-making battle and reduce decision fatigue.  

With a process for handling decisions as they pop up throughout the day, it allows space for creativity in your business. 

Is that something you’d like for your business? 

I hope that this was beneficial. I appreciate you and I hope you have a wonderful day

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Little Side Note

Ready to go down a rabbit hole regarding Decision Fatigue? Let me help you, here is an article by James Clear How Willpower Works: How to Avoid Bad Decisions – You're Welcome (; 

✁ Just a Snippet

Here is just a snippet of the important points you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

  • As a small business owner, one thing is certainly true, you are making a lot of decisions throughout the day.
  • Reduce decision fatigue by asking this one simple question. Do I have to make this decision right now?
  • The solution is simple if the answer is it can wait until tomorrow, put it on your decision log.
  • Assign a due date to the decision.
  • Start decision blocking to reduce decision fatigue, it's time blocking for your decision-making.
  • Trigger this new habit with a post-it note on your computer monitor.
  • When you put those decisions on your log and time block your decision for when your brain is freshest, that is when you win the daily decision-making battle and reduce decision fatigue.
Does even a simple decision feel hard? Hello Decision Fatigue.
 

Be Picky About Your Clients and Who You Work With

Be Picky About Your Clients and Who You Work With

by | Online Business

Do you say yes to every client that wants to work with you? Not only will this cause you to be overwhelmed but also it will burn you out, the simple solution is being picky about your clients.

Yes, you should be picky about clients

When you say yes to a client that isn’t a good fit, you may have to say no to your dream client.
Now, I know what you are thinking, I need clients.
But there’s a catch, you have only so much available space in your online service-based or coaching business.
What most people don’t realize we need to keep our yeses for the right people.
Those right people will refer us, to other right people that light us up.

You Can Only Service So Many Customers

But here's the thing if you do not figure out WHO you want to work with.

Who are you trying to help, you'll get stuck wanting to help everybody.

You can only service so many people when you’re just one person in your business.

Guess what happens, it leaves you drained, feeling overwhelmed, and wondering why the heck starting a business showed like a good idea.

Being Picky About Clients Reduces Your Stress

The problem is working with the wrong clients will stress you out.

You’ll never truly make them happy if you both are not on the same page.

No matter how many hoops your jump through for them.

What do you do if they ask for a refund or never pay the invoice on work that has been done?

I speak from experience, it sucks not getting paid for all the hard work you put into a client.

Worst yet, if your gut was screaming no and you still said yes.

Be Picky About Your Clients

Be Selective

I know I'm not the only one that preaches this, stick with me here, because you want to be able to invest in people.

Be selective, you want to work with clients that understand your worth.

When I realized who I wanted to work with it caused me to love running my business.

And the best part is when you appreciate your clients, they appreciate you right back, and that’s the best energy to live in.

Here's the bottom line when you're not in alignment with your customers it drains you.

Agree with me or disagree with me from my experience I’ve found the penny pinchers suck your energy and are NEVER happy no matter all your efforts.

You can look at it like this too

Don't be selfish because you need a client, let them go find an online service provider or coach that is a better match for their needs and expectations.

If they aren’t your dream client, let them go find a service provider that be over the moon excited to work with them.

 

Be Picky, your clients should be a great fit for you

I promise God will test you, right before your ready to breakthrough, he will send you a test to challenge if you are truly ready to breakthrough or if you'll choose to stay low.

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Little Side Note

When we take on every client we may need to do some inner work. Here is a post about imposter syndrome that could be beneficial.

Imposter Syndrome, that feeling of who am I to...

✁ Just a Snippet

Here is just a snippet of the important points, you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

  • You need to be picky with who you work with as an online service-based or coaching business.
  • But here's the thing if you do not figure out WHO you want to work with. Who are you trying to help, you'll get stuck wanting to help everybody.
  • If you’re not picky about your client, guess what happens, it leaves you drained.
  • I know I'm not the only one that preaches this, stick with me here, because you want to be able to invest in people. You want to work with clients that understand your worth.
  • Working with your dream clients caused you to love running my business.
  • And the best part is when you appreciate your customers, they appreciate you right back, and that’s the energy to live in.
  • Here's the bottom line when you're not in alignment with your customers it drains you. Agree with me or disagree with me from my experience I’ve found the penny pinchers suck your energy and are NEVER happy no matter all your efforts.
  • I promise God will test you, right before your ready to breakthrough, he will send you a test to challenge if you are truly ready to breakthrough or if you'll choose to stay low.
  • If you're saying yes to clients that aren't a good match for you, you're saying no to your dream client. Because you low energy will not be attracting them.
  • We need to keep our yeses for the right people. Those right people will refer us, to other right people that light us up.
  • If you need to gain clarity on who you should be working with, join the waitlist for the clarity muse membership. It's a community of service providers getting clear on who they serve, what they offer, and who they are as a business owner.
How do you gain clarity in what to offer as a service provider?

How do you gain clarity in what to offer as a service provider?

by | Online Business

Friend, do you have clarity in your offer as a service provider? What I mean is, do you have your service offering set up in complete done for you packages, or is it trading dollars for hours?

I have notebooks filled with ideas of all the different offers I could create. The keyword is could. Now, I know what you’re thinking why would you not want to create different offers you could reach more people?

In the past, I would have whipped it out. These days I take it a bit slower and think it through if the offer is truly in alignment with my team and values.

Our offers are unique to each of us

Here is the thing, when I started out I was scared that my offer would be too similar to other service providers. Here’s the truth our offers are unique to each of us.

Why should something easy, get so hard?

But, why is clarity in your offer as a service provider feel so hard when it should be easy?
It's not just coming up with the idea for the offer to provide to our clients.
Once we figure out what to offer we have to get clear on what the offer actually entails.

Things to consider

What are the things to consider with your offers? Will the offer be based on a bucket of hours? I think you’ll agree with me when I say, that's the easiest and the best place to start.
The problem is hourly doesn't allow for growth and leads down a path of burnout. The trading dollars for hours.

So what’s the solution?

Our offers need to be based on an outcome we are providing, the finished service is the true value.
Let me elaborate, a business owner makes the decision to outsource to a service provider because they want to focus on the things that only they can do. Service providers allow them to do that.

clarity in your offer as a service provider

Let’s find clarity in your offer as a service provider

Consider, what service you love to provide that you can package up? It’s one that follows a repeatable process each and every time.
Here is an example, if you love social media and it’s been your lead source how can you make that into an offer?
More than likely your repeatable process is; build your content calendar, organize your post in your content library, figure out our calls to action, picking and creating graphics, tracking analytics.
The trick is to figure out those repeatable steps you do to move from start to done.

But how do you pick your offer?

This one is generally right in front of you, but because you’re so good at it you don’t release that not everyone is. I know funny, right.
Is this your offer? If not, why?

The next big question is

I know what your thinking, how do I figure out what to charge? How much time, energy and effort are you saving your future client with your package?
Let's consider two things business owners will pay for the outcome, how valuable do they perceive your offer in relation to their time, energy, effort, and what do you want to make in your business?
The solution is simple, you need to look at your cost for providing the service. How many hours will it take you to do all that work and simply add on a time buffer. It was suggested to me when I started to add 15% to each of my packages. When you provide strategy with your packages make sure to bump that percentage up.

The Money Game

With my OBM certification, Tina has you play what she calls the money game. The money game is one of my favorite things to do.
It’s a simple spreadsheet, showing how the package pricing breakdowns down toward your revenue goals.

Did this get your wheels turning?

Now, this is important. Do it soon and redefine the offer as you go. Take that messy imperfect action.
Do your research on different types of offers and pick what works for you.

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Little Side Note

If you'd like to get some money game magic, book a clarity breakthrough.

Here is the link.

As a heads up, spots are limited.

✁ Just a Snippet

Here is just a snippet of the important points, you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

  • Clarity in your offer as a service provider is different for all of us.
  • Something so easy feels so hard.
  • It’s not the idea for the offer that can be the stumbling block.
  • Figuring out what we want to package in our offer can take a bit of time to get clear.
  • While hourly is the best place to start, long term it leads to burnout.
  • Offers are based on an outcome.
  • Start with what you love, how can you turn that into an offer.
  • The offer needs to be repeatable with a clear start and finish.
  • When pricing the offer consider the time energy and effort you’re saving your client to focus on the things that only they can do in their business.
  • Break down the numbers to figure out how they align with your revenue goals.

 

Need help with creating your offer book a clarity breakthrough session.