📋 Reflecting on my week… August 19th

In the Profit Propeller Program, we call this a retrospective.

Is where we reflect on the week just gone, pat ourselves on the back for good stuff, and learn from challenges. We also use it for bringing back focus to the week ahead.

So let’s e get started.

> 🏆 Wins:

We received news that this week one of my clients completed on the sale of their business, making a significant profit since buying it six years ago. Not only did the business provide a significant income during those years, but also provided a nice cash lump sum at the end. We had prepared management accounts every month for this client, to help them make better business decisions, improve their income, and reduce the amount of time spent working in the business. Nice win Ian!

This week I wrote an article for my LinkedIn profile, and was proud of that. I plan to write at least one article per week for LinkedIn and other social media platforms.

I also hired a proofreader. As I dictate all my material into dictation software (Dragon), there are errors that creep in. While this doesn’t worry me, as I believe in progress rather than perfection, in my marketing, I know it bothers some of my audience, and I want give them a better experience.

I also recorded three video blogs this week, and completed eight critical focus time periods, which made me feel really good, in keeping with the productivity and “gamify” process I’m on.

I am working well on my free writing and mind maps, both of which are proving to be invaluable to my output and creativity.

> 😓 Challenges:

For two days this past week, I had not planned my following days tasks for my critical focus times. This had an immediate impact on my performance in those following two days.

It brought home to me the importance of why we do what we do in the program, and the way we do it.

I would estimate that my productivity dropped by at least 40% by not following the procedure.

During the week, my mum needed some help, and that took me away from the business for a day or so.

I’m glad I’m in a position in my business to take that amount of time off, without hurting the business, or  client service.

On the exercise front, I pulled muscle in my calf, which stopped me doing the little running I was. I’m back to walking quickly, to heal and stretch  the torn muscle. I am exercising frequently, so that is a good thing.

> 📚 Learnings:

Based on the challenges, the lesson was reinforced.

“Follow your coach, that is why you pay them.  😀 ”

With some of the challenges, I also came to reinforce how resilient I am to challenges, and reviewing some of the things I have overcome over the last 20 years, brought this home again.

Life has a way of throwing a spanner in the works. As business owners, we just have to find the spanner, remove it, and move on.

This week I also found I was getting tired earlier in the evening.  I tracked this back to less meditation in the day, so I am focusing on putting that back into my routines, even if I have lots I want to get done.

The more regularly I meditate, the more I get done…

Who would have thought…

> ⏳ Projects

This week I am focusing on putting five more Facebook ads and Google adwords onstream.

Is unlikely to be completed by the end of the week, and am looking to get at least two Facebook ads launched and tested before Thursday, as I have a Facebook review with my Facebook coach on Friday, where we will review the ads, and see what needs changing, to improve the performance.

Some of this information will also be able to be used for the Google adwords campaigns I have planned, so who knows, I may get it done, but tthat will be a bonus.

I like bonuses. 😀

Have a good week everyone.

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