How to Eliminate Overwhelm

 How to Eliminate Overwhelm

How frequently do you encounter this situation?
Monday morning finds you well-prepared for an efficient workweek. With your extensive to-do list prepared, you settle down at your desk to begin crossing items off.

You have a queasy feeling in your stomach as you go through your list. It's more like a heavy feeling beginning to grow rather than an actual pain. Ignoring it, you carry on reading your list and adding stars to the tasks that appear to be the most crucial to complete that day.
However, the longer you do this, the heavier that feeling becomes until it eventually sits in your skull and begins to creep up to your shoulders. The excitement you felt when you originally sat down has vanished, and all that remains is total and total overwhelm.
Does this sound familiar? I know; I've been there as well.
It's not that none of the things on your list are fantastic and/or manageable. You can't expect to do them all in the hours you have to work in a single day because there are just too many of them, and they all feel vital right now.
What then occurs? You work on a few projects here and there, but you never finish any of them!
However, you don't have to wait another week to make any significant progress. Make a Priority Card, that's all.
You may arrange all of your duties with the aid of a Priority Card, which will ALWAYS SHOW you what needs to be your daily priority. A virtual assistant can be really helpful in this situation as there are several things that could potentially divert your attention from your priorities. However, it's not always the specifics that will propel your organization forward. To do that, you must continuously concentrate on finishing the tasks that will significantly advance your company.
There are many ways you can design a system to help you stay focused on your priorities, but I'll share mine with you here. I only devote around 15 hours a week to my business, so make appropriate adjustments to your personal schedule.
I take three to five tasks with imminent deadlines, whether self-imposed or not, and put them on my master task list, which is so long that I write it on an 8.5 x 14 legal pad, at the start of the week. For instance, I'm now working on a new website design, a bonus offering for a colleague's product, and the Client Abundance Coaching Cafe subscription.
I jot down those projects on a colored index card, which I place in front of my computer screen in a standing clip holder. I remind myself to check my Priority Card and concentrate only on the things listed there whenever I start to feel overwhelmed or when I start getting sidetracked by new ideas or tasks—all of which seem important.
My own business growth took off tenfold faster when I started using my Priority Card than it did when I was working on a dozen projects, doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that, and taking far too long to finish a single project.
Recognize that you won't be able to follow this method perfectly all the time, but even 80% of the time will enable you to develop your business significantly. You'll truly do the tasks you set out to complete, and not only will you feel accomplished, but you'll be motivated to carry out the same tasks repeatedly. After you make this change, you'll know the key to eliminating overwhelm for both your company and yourself!
Copyright 2006 by ClientAbundance.com and Alicia M. Forest.
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