| In spirit of the holidays and putting YOU in the best possible position for massive success in 2022...
Today I'm sharing this "Crazy Big Christmas QnA with Craig"
We start with a topic near and dear to my heart... YOUR health!
Q: “Craig, I’ve had bad anxiety recently...Help!
Answer: Sorry to hear about the anxiety...
Please listen to my Unstoppable audiobook or read the book and go through the exercises in the book. If you don’t have the book, you can download both the digital and audio versions HERE
Then go through Mike Cernovich’s GORILLA MINDSET book and do his exercises...
(His book has been a HUGE help to one of my clients going through some big life changes.)
Bottom Line: You can overcome whatever is causing you to feel unsettled.
I also strongly encourage every single one of my readers – even you young ones! – to take your nutrition, exercise, meditation, and health more serious than ever.
You won’t be getting any younger in 2022... chronologically... but you could get biologically younger with the right action steps.
You need to do a few things...
1. Schedule a routine physical for this year and for every 3 years forward.
2. Get blood work done ... including all of your blood sugars, cholesterol, inflammation, and testosterone markers.
3. Listen to this podcast I did with an amazing nutritionist for high performers...
=> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLrJ7kDsEU
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon and I go through my latest blood work and you can see where she is SHOCKED at my high testosterone levels and blood sugar levels...
Experts say that I’m healthier than most 21-year old men.
This is one of the best interviews I did all year ... especially because Dr. Lyon turns it into a coaching session and also shares secrets about the highest performing Navy SEALS she works with...
And what this means for YOU when it comes to success in business and life.
Q: “How can I be a better “Boss” and communicator in 2022?”
Answer:
First, don’t be too hard on yourself.
I am a reformed horrible boss and proof you can change.
That’s why this is another topic near and dear to my heart.
Communication is a learnable skill... everyone can get better.
Progress will come over time if you remain committed to the practice and to seeking out info.
The keys are to:
a) Create your vision and share it with your team weekly b) Share client / customer success stories with your team weekly b) Lead a great weekly team meeting held at a consistent time where everyone gets to speak c) Encourage your team to share “what’s not working” so that you can fix it d) Be clear about WHO does WHAT by WHEN so everyone knows their roles
These 5 simple steps will clear up 80% of the communication problems in your business.
Q: “Craig, I have a big project that needs to get done before 2022... which means it really needs to get done before Christmas. Help!”
Answer:
You’ll make more progress working in BLOCKS than in “slivers” of time.
You need 3, 4, or 5 hours straight or else you’ll never “chip away at it” fast enough.
Block off time for the BIG project and commit 5-6 hours straight (with a 45 min break in the middle and two small breaks in between).
Working in BLOCKS is 5x’s more efficient than doing the same work spread over multiple days.
Blocks = Focus & progress
Slivers = Productivity "death by 1000 cuts" due to inefficient transition time
Applying this to the next two weeks...
Take an hour today to plan your big blocks... when they are and what you’ll do ... AND how to protect your time from distractions
Then hit your first block as early as possible in the day as early in the week as you can.
Q: “Craig, I’m overwhelmed. What’s the best way to delegate and get some tasks off my plate?”
Answer:
Shout out to my old friend Frank Den Blanken for a great idea here...
You can quickly build an SOP library for every applicable task...
Record a screen video walking your team member through the task...
Then have the same team member watch the video and write-up a “checklist description”.
That’s an efficient way to teach anyone how to do something and get them to codify the instructions into a document that can be added to a library.
Start this process listing out all the specific significant tasks you do – but shouldn’t be doing:
These are generally admin / legal / financial / communication jobs such as customer support, editing videos, creating contracts, bookkeeping, and uploading social media material.
Create a video showing how to do it... and then get that off your plate.
Once the task has been assigned you’ll need to give feedback to your team member for a week or two and correct them / improve their efficiency.
Eventually you’ll be doing much less work and life will be easier and you’ll have moved from $10 an hour tasks to $100 and even $1000 an hour tasks.
The end goal: More time for you in FLOW state working on higher financial value activities.
“If you concentrated on the efforts that actually mattered, your professional contributions could be compressed into a handful of efficiently planned weekly hours.” – Cal Newport
--- Hopefully these were helpful for you...
So often the only thing between you and the next level of success is removing ONE roadblock or bottleneck.
I can't wait to see all that you accomplish this year!
Success Loves Speed,
Craig | 