I love to think back to when I was a kid at this time of year. Moms would plan and bake and shop for gifts. Dads would go to the basement or attic, look for the lights, and string ’em up on the house. Kids would try to stay away from the gifts under the tree. And everywhere you looked people were hustling and bustling to meet their Christmas deadlines. Because they knew it would be here way too fast. Which is kind of odd when you think about how everybody uses the expression, “It was as slow as Christmas.”
But anyway…I’m not trying to share a Christmas story with you today. Just some memories and thoughts.
And Christmas shows why deadlines are important.
Well, at least, they’re important if you actually want to get things done.
Because if your idea of a deadline is “I’ll get to that when I get to it,” then don’t be surprised at how often you don’t get around to it. In fact, it’s more likely you’ll completely forget about what IT is.
But some entrepreneurs and business owners think deadlines limit them. And they believe they’re more creative and efficient when they can just “shoot from the hip” as the old expression goes. But I can’t tell you how many times clients of mine have discovered the exact opposite to be true.
And it’s just so in-your-face logical that I wonder why more business owner wannabes can’t see it. In my book and in my course I compare it to a road trip. Or, let’s say, maybe it’s a drive across the country to visit the family for Christmas. For some reason that seems appropriate right now.
Well, if you don’t know what roads to take, or what bad routes to avoid, you might still get there. But it’s gonna take way longer than if you had followed a map.
And deadlines help you follow your map within a predetermined timeframe. So you don’t waste your time, the one commodity you can never get back.
A great system can help you with that.
You can plug your business into that great system and get your own 24/7/365 R.O.N.D.A. Your own Responsive, Organized, Nonstop, Digital Assistant.
My RondaReady system can help you get organized, get more clients, and manage your time like never before. But only when you plug in and work it like your business life depends on it. Because it does.
So, give yourself the gift of success. Get Ready to Be Ready and be the highly organized CEO of your business.
And I truly do wanna help you…
Stay Ready,
Ronda