Unorganized and Overwhelmed? What’s the Real Cost of Not Having it Together?
Are you overwhelmed… drowning in a flood of online contacts and information? Yep! Like most people operating a business online, you are bombarded with “stuff” every day; and if you are unorganized, anything of value just floats away with all of the garbage.
What does this mean to you and your audience?
It means that you cannot connect with and reach people who could really benefit from your message and what you have to offer. And… you miss out on a lot of information, that added to your knowledge base could make a huge impact in your customers' lives.
So not only do you and your business miss out on an opportunity to grow and move forward, you are cheating a lot of other people out of an opportunity to learn, grow and move forward as well.
How do you get it all together? Find a way to organize it all that makes sense to you and in a format where you can find things and take action on them.
You owe it to the world to share your passion and expertise… but if people can't connect with you… and you lose the information that's valuable to them… you are falling short in the potential you have to make a difference in peoples' lives.
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2011-08-22 @ 2:25 am
Pat, Lorna, as always you make a great point. I would agree that being disorganised inhibits how well we can perform at any task. All that clutter and chaos gets in the way of what we are trying to achieve. I clicked on the More info text link and had a look at the information map. As I am 70% location independent now the more (and better) my on-line tools are for keeping me organised the better I feel – you cant be effective when you do business ‘on the road’ while leaving a paper trail.
Thanks for all you do ~ Maya
2011-10-03 @ 5:14 pm
Pat & Lorna,
I have heard said if it sounds and looks like a duck, then it’s probably a duck. When I came across this on your page it grabbed me and read this. Getting organized and staying away from being constantly “overwhelmed” is my task, my to do list. Strange thing happened to me today when I went into a store to look for a book to write, keep track of items and keep notes in. I realized that I have all of the pads I need at home. I am sure if I had seen it (the yellow lined “Legal Pad”) I would have bought it.
Just like running across your blog entry – there really aren’t any coincidences.
To your success,
Charles