Streamlining Responsibilities & Archeologist-like Problem-Solving in Indiana Jones Style
Running a small business can feel like an endless laundry list of tasks, often left unfinished and causing guilt. This situation is all too common among my clients, who are too busy with day-to-day work to focus on growth projects. It's not about putting in more hours; it's about better utilizing the time we have.
It's about prioritizing and making the most out of our time, leveraging what we do to be efficient, and adopting a mindset that work can be easier.
Remember the scene from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, where Indy shoots the sword-wielding baddie instead of engaging in a lengthy sword fight? This scenario often represents the simpler, more direct solution to a problem, and it's a question I frequently ask my clients: "What's your Indiana Jones way to the outcome?"
Before you add a task to your list, take a moment to consider the outcome you aim to achieve. Can you find a simpler, more direct route?
I've created a framework called SALSA (Simplify, Automate, Leverage, Support, Action) to help my clients simplify their choices. Here's how each component can help you:
- Simplify: Embrace the "Indiana Jones" mindset by eliminating unnecessary steps, creating standardized procedures, and focusing on core activities.
- Automate: Utilize technology tools, implement automated reporting, and integrate systems to perform repetitive tasks more efficiently.
- Leverage: Outsource tasks, use data analytics, and form strategic partnerships to access new markets, technologies, or expertise.
- Support: Invest in employee training, maintain a positive work environment, and seek guidance from mentors to ensure employees have the necessary skills and support.
- Action: Establish clear goals, monitor progress, and encourage continuous improvement to create a more streamlined, efficient, and scalable business workflow.
Adopting this mindset and applying the SALSA framework can help you overcome the belief that tasks must be hard. Instead, work will become easier and more manageable, leaving you with breathing space for rest and creative thinking.
Embrace the challenge of simplifying your tasks, and wishing you a calmer, gentler path to success!
Moira Fuller is a small business coach who offers online courses and 1:1 coaching to help small business owners create more breathing space in their businesses. Through mindset coaching, strategy, and trainings, she helps create bandwidth for rest, creativity, and more aligned business growth.
www.moirafuller.co.uk | @moirafuller_
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- Considering the small-business lifestyle can be overwhelming with countless tasks, Moira Fuller, a small business coach, suggests adopting the SALSA framework (Simplify, Automate, Leverage, Support, Action) to prioritize, streamline, and automate work, allowing for time-efficient growth and a slower, more mindful pace of living.
- To create a breathable work environment and make room for rest and creative thinking, it's essential to make the most of our time and invest in employee training, positive work environments, and strategic partnerships, which fall under the SALSA components of Support and Leverage.
- By embracing the SALSA framework, you not only achieve a more efficient and scalable small business but also foster a home-and-garden lifestyle, where work and life harmoniously coexist—as both founder Moira Fuller and her online courses reflect.
