Is Procrastination Keeping You From Freedom in Your Bookkeeping Business?
“Procrastination is my biggest problem. I must be the procrastination Queen. If I could break that habit, I believe I could begin the first steps to freedom in my bookkeeping business.”
Hi Regina,
Our intuition tells us that procrastination is not your problem, being overwhelmed is! Being a bookkeeper and having a bookkeeping business means you are a detail oriented person and paying attention to so many details can make you feel like a fish swimming upstream.
The first thing to do is take a couple of hours and “clean off your desk”. This will help you to clear your mind. Taking the time to plan makes you more productive – one hour of planning results in three hours of production!
Start by getting organized and placing all of the work belonging to each client into their own pile. Create a separate pile for all of the work related to your business.
Next, go through each pile and make a list of what needs to be done. Coach’s challenge – only spend 10 minutes creating your list for each pile.
Last step, condense your lists into one and prioritize the work that has to be completed!
Here’s one last tip - either at the start of your day or the end of your day, spend 15 minutes planning what needs to be done. Do this every day for 21 days, until it becomes a habit. You’ll be glad you did!
