Planned Rotational Neglect

May 8, 2008

I have a friend who juggles her own homebased editing business (www.mjtate.com) while homeschooling her 4 boys. To top it off, she’s a single mom. People ask her how she does it all and her response is “I don’t”.  A mutual friend who is in my mastermind group told me that she has practice of Planned Rotational Neglect.

It’s basically saying that “I can’t do it all, so I have to choose.” Some things get dropped and some get put on hold allowing you to put focus and energy to get priority projects taken care of.  It’s all done very intentionally. 

For creative types like me who are overflowing with ideas and the mounds unfinished projects that follow– it is a refreshing thought.  

One of the hardest things –nix that–THE hardest thing for me in building a home business is finding focus due to information and idea overload. (A close second would be time management).  I put a lot of needless pressure on myself and I start feeling stressed when projects get neglected. It’s really senseless to try to keep up since I’m always getting new ideas.

Mike Filsaime talked about this some in the 7 Figure Code.  He said that multitasking is going to take you longer.  If a project normally takes 30 days, then in 30 days you will have money coming in if you focus on just that one project. If you juggle 3,4,or more then it will take months then it will take months before you see any return.

It sounds like sage advice and I’m doing my best to follow it.  

Deborah  
 

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