Apply speed to what you do. If it takes more time to do a task, or produce a product, or deliver a service it costs you more time. The more time it takes, the less valuable your time. You make less and less per hour the more time it takes you to complete whatever it is you’re trying to complete.
If you are a perfectionist who must have absolutely everything perfect before you launch your product, or deliver that service, you are sabotaging your financial success. If you have a service that costs $400 and it takes you 10 hours to complete, you get paid $40 an hour for your time. If it takes you 5 hours to complete the same service, you get paid $80 an hour for your time. Which rate do you prefer?
Some of you are screaming at me now. You take the position that quality equals lots of time. I disagree. In fact, I challenge you. Does delivery or creation of your product or service depend entirely on time, or on what you have produced in that time?
Look at the time you are spending. Be honest. Are there wasted moments in your process? Do you even have a process? Is part of your process figuring out what you are going to do next? Or even, how you are going to do it?
You see. You don’t have your processes down. You’re working sloppy. You are straggling your time out so everything takes longer to accomplish. If you’re serious about making more money in your business, about enjoying a higher value to your time, apply speed.
Speed happens when you’ve got a system. Speed happens when you have a system that delivers the same quality results time, after time, after time. Speed happens when you don’t have to wonder, or re-think or pray that you are doing the right thing at the right time. You KNOW. Put your business on speed and get growing. Get more productive. Get paid what your time is really worth.
