If you haven't guessed… this month's topic was 💃consistency!💃
One thing we learned about being a business owner is that the only thing consistent is INCONSISTENCY (Kids with stomach bugs, unpredictability, etc…)
What do folks have trouble doing consistently?
- Marketing
- Keeping track of expenses
- Work-Life Balance and keeping consistent work hours
- Pinterest
- Updating our own portfolios
- Creating structured days to focus on specific things (in-house vs. client work etc…)
What have people been doing consistently that they need to give themselves credit for?
- Showing up reliably with clients
- Off boarding happy customers
- Weekly finance meetings
- Send out Glitch + Bitch reminders (KL obviously)
Why do we struggle with consistency?
- ADHD problems
- As creatives, we have to be good at experimentation and getting into a mindset of “play” in order to do our jobs – repetition and consistency is basically the opposite of that!
What's the solution?
- Finding structure that makes doing important tasks like marketing easy – but building in room for play so it's not boring! → templates and systems
- One system the crowd really liked was the Profit First system for setting up your business finances!
- Outsourcing tasks that require rote repetition → Pay someone else to do the task or the part of it you hate.
- Removing tasks we feel like we “should” be doing but maybe aren't truly necessary.
Some people were focusing on how to reduce effort and increase impact!
“How can I reinforce, strengthen things I’ve already built without making more work for myself?” – Melissa
