How to be less reactive in your healing business
Are you feeling proactive or reactive in your business right now?
Take a moment to close your eyes and feel into the energy of your business. Does you feel settled, safe, and clear? Or do things feel rushed, chaotic, and forced? If it's the later, it means that you are in a reactive, dysregulated state in you business. I know this feeling very well because I lived in it for years.
How do you shift to a proactive state?
Business boundaries and habits. While you may want to blame external forces for the overwhelm you are experiencing (pressure to pay the bills, someone just quit, computer is on the fritz), it's generally due to the fact that you are not managing your time or your energy effectively. And the root of all this? How you value yourself and the role you play in the leader of your business. You know the saying "you can't pour from an empty cup"? Well...there is some truth to that.
What do good business boundaries and habits look like?
Here are a number of boundaries and habits that I've been playing with lately that may also work for you:
Build solid time containers
Morning and evening rituals to create a container between work and life
Time blocking and prioritizing the right tasks
Schedule client-free CEO days to have dedicated creative space
Schedule client-only days and adjust your scheduling apps to reflect that
Weekly planning and future planning to ensure nothing slips through the cracks and you're working on the right things and not wasting time on the wrong things
Taking breaks throughout the day. Better yet, go outside ☀️
Limit distractions (social media, news, kids, etc)
Build solid client expectations
Add these to your onboarding pack and stick to them!
Office Hours and expectations on when you're accessible
Limit communication streams to 1-2 apps
Values and work expectations. Make it clear what your client/patient is expected to do in order to get the results they are looking for. It's a 2 way street and a waste of both of your time if they aren't up for the task.
Cancellation policy and the costs of breaking the agreement
Payment terms that don't lead you on wild goose chases every month.
Build solid systems in your business
Templatize repetitive tasks - stop recreating the wheel. Build a new offer checklists, launch templates, website templates, canned emails, and onboarding workflows.
Document your work into Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as a reference for you and your team so you don't forget how things were set up.
Automate, delegate or eliminate the things that don't bring you joy.
Introduce time-saving tools like financing apps, project management tools, and automation workflows to free up space in your ady.
What else can we add to this list?
