💪 Keep Your Head DOWN—And STICK To Your PLAN

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This past week was tough.

Various events kept knocking me off track.

I made promises to clients, I had to deliver a new course to my community, and I have 2 YouTube videos to record. And I have to be a good dad and husband to my family.

And its ALL important:

I need happy clients, happy community members and more YouTube videos to grow my business.

And why are we doing all this if we can't be present with our family?

That means I have very little time for mistakes, or distractions.

But things kept going wrong none the less.

An upset client called my product "ridiculous"
While recording videos for my community I kept making mistakes
I had to re-record hours worth of videos
I realized TWO of the videos used the wrong mic (they sounded terrible)
I was days behind and I still hadn't even started my YouTube videos

With a growing TODO list, and less time to do it, there were moments where it was hard to do ANYTHING. I was frozen.

All I could imagine was all the people I was about to upset, or let down.

These are the times where you have to calm down, regroup, put your head down, and stick to your plan.

For me the best method is simple. A quick drive to a local Airport where I can watch a few planes take off and land.

AND a good old fashion note book to map out next steps.

I mapped out all the things I still needed to get done, in order, so I could focus. One at a time, instead of them all flashing before my eyes all at once.

I mapped out what I could do for my upset client, and presented the next steps to resolve the issue.

I mapped out what was going wrong with my videos, and how I could use that to produce better videos.

I found an AI tool to help me fix the audio issues from recording on the wrong mic.

I decided on the 2 YouTube videos I'd record.

And then I drove back home and attacked each item one by one.

As I sit here right now, I launched the course (on time) and have only 1 more YouTube video to record.

I sent the first YT video to my editor an hour or so ago.

During the panic it was so tempting to change plans, to let myself down, to let everyone else down.

I was formulating excuses in my head.

And I probably could have gotten away with it.

But that was just wasting more and more time, and it wasn't honest. And any action other than doing what I said I would do would have created delay and tention with my own sense of morality.

Sometimes you just need to take a moment to calm down, to outline what you need to do, so you can just get it done.

Looking back it was all manageable.

I even had the extra time to share this story to hopefully help you stay on track in your own business.

Friday night I took a nice bike ride and outlined out my YouTube videos in a nice part of town.

It was very pleasant.

Right now, several community members are almost done with the new course.

And tomorrow my first of two YouTube video will go live.

All because I put my head down and stuck to my plan.

Now I have to go record my second YT video, see ya = )

Keep crushing it!!

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