Make a Decision Now – What Do You Want to Do?

Do you like vacuuming? I can’t stand it. I tend to do it quickly to get it overwith so it makes me all hot and sweaty. Just probably my least favourite household chore. I do a decent job but I often take shortcuts because I just dislike it that much.

I also don’t like ironing, but I’m good at it so there’s that. I tend to iron as we need things though, instead of doing it all at once like my Mom used to do.

I do like dusting. I have this amazing furniture polish from Melaleuca that I really like. It smells great and it really does a beautiful job.

And I quite enjoy doing the laundry. I get into a groove in the evenings or the weekends, washing, drying, folding and putting away. (My husband and son wash and dry, but they don’t folder and they rarely put away!)

So what does any of this have to do with business?

Think about your daily tasks that you do for your clients (or for your own business). Can you classify the things you do into these basic categories as well?

1. I don’t like to do it. Hate it.
2. I’m good at it, but I don’t love it. I do it when I need to.
3. I like it, there’s not a lot of need for it, but when there is I take pride in it.
4. I love it. I could do it every day. I have a great system to get it done well.

Who knew housework was so much like business, eh? 🙂

Look at the things you are doing every day. What is it that you really like doing? Do your clients even know what you like?

Many times we fall into that role of ‘task-taker’. They tell us what they need and we get it done.

It doesn’t mean we love to do it. And that’s where the shame is!

We need to remember that we are running our own business – we are the boss, not the client. We are not an employee.

We have the right to determine exactly what it is that we love to do, and we have to be able to tell people.

Look at your daily or weekly task list. What’s on it that you would prefer not to be doing?

How can you make some changes in your business that will help you get there? Getting back to the housecleaning, a couple of years ago we hired a housecleaner. It was a huge step in our family. We dreamed about it for a long time and thought ‘if only we could afford it!’

But it turns out we could – because we determined the tasks we needed her to do, and what our budget was – and that’s what we pay her to do. (She does the floors, the bathrooms and the dusting every two weeks!) She told us that she does not clear knick knack shelves to clean them so we remove things from shelves if we want her to clean them. We each set the expectations and it’s great. We would never be without a housecleaner anymore.

It’s no different than your own business – make some decisions about what you want to do, and what you don’t want to do.

There are plenty of options for clients to work with more than one person to get all of their ‘stuff’ done.

If you want to be in business for a long time and make the money you want to make, act like the head of the household (or the CEO).

I promise you, these decisions will be the most impactful things in your business.

Do what you love, charge properly for it. Voila. Amazing business that you LOVE.

If you are stuck at how to build your list of what you love, book a free consultation with me here!