How To Build A Business When You’re Busy

If you don't know how to build a business when you're busy, you are going to be held back, big time.

Managing your time while building a business is something that all entrepreneurs want to master. If you've decided to take the entrepreneurial road, the first thing that you need to do is accept that being insanely busy comes with the territory.

If you adopt the belief that you can't grow your business because you are too busy, then that will become your story. This self-sabotaging mindset is what prevents a lot of entrepreneurs from achieving success.

However, when you want something bad enough, you will do whatever it takes in order to achieve your goals. In the words of Barbara Corcoran, “When you're building a business, you are either all in or you're not.” How bad do you want success?

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Do you know how to build a business when you're busy?

If you don't, it's OK. I've worked with a lot of people, men and women alike, who struggle with this. Let's face it… life can be busy. If it feels like there is so much to do, but so little time to do it. I hear you. Like you, I juggle a lot of responsibilities in my business.

If I told you that you can build your business to where you want it to be, while still leading a busy life, would you believe me? Yes, building a business on the side while working a 9-5 job, taking care of children, or juggling a million responsibilities is challenging.

In his book, Busy: How to Thrive in a World of Too Much, Tony Crabbe argues that we live in an infinite world where there are always more incoming emails, more meetings, more things to read, more ideas to follow up. The result, inevitably, is feeling overwhelmed.

In our 24/7 culture, it can be easy to fall into a busy mindset trap. However, it only ends up becoming a justification for why you don't get important things done. As John C. Maxwell says – “The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.”

From time to time, we have all created belief systems about what we are or aren't capable of achieving. Usually, these beliefs aren't true, useful, or empowering. I'm a big believer that your beliefs determine your success in life. When it comes to building a business, there is no room for self-doubt.

Two people can react totally different to the same situation. Oftentimes this is the result of how we have been conditioned to think; what we are taught by our parents or teachers ends up shaping our responses. There are some people who lead the busiest of lives, but it still doesn't stop them from building their dream. Their drive trumps anything and everything.

In contrast, some people think that they will never be able to create the business that they desire because life always seems to get in the way.

Not surprisingly, these types of people struggle in life.

It is imperative that we constantly examine our own beliefs and assumptions about ourselves and the world because we end up attracting those experiences that match our belief system. Successful entrepreneurs always challenge their beliefs. They don't accept something at face value because they know that they are more than their thoughts.

According to a new study, Americans increasingly perceive busy and overworked people as having high status. Busy is the expected response to the question of, “How are you today?” The problem is that a lot of people mistake being busy with achievement. These are two different things. You can do everything on your to-do list, but not achieve anything in the process. Success is not determined by how busy you are.

What would happen if you changed your perception of what it meant to be busy? In the words of Wayne Dyer, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” The challenge is making busy work for us.

It comes down to learning how to work smarter and leverage people, your time, and the power of technology. When you are building your business, you need to learn how to prioritize. Ask yourself, “What are the most important things that you can do that will bring the most results to your business?

If your end goal is freedom, then you need to start taking steps that will allow you to scale and automate your business.

Have you ever thought about hiring a virtual assistant? This is a great way to start working on your business instead of in it. You can go to a site like Upwork, post a job and hire someone inexpensively who can help you run your business.

If you are focusing on doing things that you can outsource for $3/hr, then you are valuing your time at $3/hr. This is NOT the best use of your time, and it may eventually lead to burnout. Eliminate anything that isn't serving you or your business.

You can systematize anything in your business. When you learn how to create systems that will automate and streamline your business, it will free up your time and enhance your progress.

We tend to forget that it is normal to fall behind from time to time.

We can be so hard on ourselves. Sometimes we create unrealistic expectations for our business. Not everything is going to work out perfectly. You are going to mess up, you are going to miss deadlines, and that is OK because you are human.

Whenever you set a goal, all you are doing is speculating on what you believe is a realistic timeframe for achieving something. Most projects that I work on get delayed, but the trick is to enjoy the process of success. Oftentimes, people become so obsessed with getting to the final destination that they forget about the journey to get there. That is the most valuable aspect of building a business.

It's who you become in the pursuit of achieving your goals that matters most. What you achieve and the money that you make is secondary. Anything that you get can be taken away. However, nobody can ever take away who you become.

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I hope that my insights on how to build a business when you're busy have inspired you to shift your mindset around what busy means.

Don't ever forget how powerful language is. When we tell ourselves and everyone around us that we are too busy to build our business, then that message becomes a part of our subconscious mind.

In the words of Mandy Hale, “Too busy is a myth. People make time for things that are really important to them.” What would happen if you shifted your mindset to accept that it is OK to be busy and that it will never stop you from achieving your goals?

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Do you want to learn why adopting a mindset of being too busy is actually taking us off course in life? CLICK HERE to read the article that I wrote on Medium!