Make The Pieces Work Together
After yesterdays rant, I return back to our regular conversations about making sure the pieces are working together đ
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Transcript
A system works well when all the components are working together.
Jonathan Stewart:When they all fit together in a way that fits the purpose of the system.
Jonathan Stewart:However often what I notice, when I start working with
Jonathan Stewart:clients, is that the components of their systems aren't talking.
Jonathan Stewart:And are being ignored.
Jonathan Stewart:In particularly the most important component.
Jonathan Stewart:You.
Jonathan Stewart:You are part of the system that you created and often when you take on
Jonathan Stewart:other people's advice, especially as is common when running a business.
Jonathan Stewart:You're only taking a half of their system.
Jonathan Stewart:You're missing the environment that the system they're using is in they
Jonathan Stewart:probably have other pieces that allow them to work in this way.
Jonathan Stewart:If you don't have those components, which nine times out of 10, you
Jonathan Stewart:actually don't, even if you are in the same industry, you do similar
Jonathan Stewart:things, then it's incredibly hard.
Jonathan Stewart:If not impossible to make it work.
Jonathan Stewart:As your needs, adapt things, drop and things change.
Jonathan Stewart:In terms of creating a system that works for you.
Jonathan Stewart:It's about trying to create something that fits what you want to do in your business.
Jonathan Stewart:What you have available to you?
Jonathan Stewart:It's no good trying to do agency work when there's just you doing everything.
Jonathan Stewart:You've got a family and don't have much time to help manage both client
Jonathan Stewart:interaction on the work as well.
Jonathan Stewart:The pieces of your system should work with each other and you
Jonathan Stewart:are a piece of that system.
Jonathan Stewart:It's super important to get clear on what you want.
Jonathan Stewart:As well as what you actually have the realities of the
Jonathan Stewart:environment that you are in.
Jonathan Stewart:We are bombarded every single day with ideas on what systems, tools, and apps
Jonathan Stewart:we're supposed to use, but it really does lack the context and nuance
Jonathan Stewart:and doesn't have the most important component to help things work together.
Jonathan Stewart:When in doubt, always start from you.
Jonathan Stewart:If you don't want to go along, I'm launching a six month program to help
Jonathan Stewart:you figure out how to start from you.
Jonathan Stewart:Reach out to me@simplicity-specialist.com.
Jonathan Stewart:Forward slash.
