Some people love gardening. It seems that they’re always out there, lightly tilling the soil, picking up the odd weed, trimming the lawn, clipping the dead heads. Gardening for them is a passion, they love it and what’s more, the more they work at it the easier it gets. Given time, a gardener can even transform any unloved, overgrown, weedy patch into a place of beauty, enjoyment and relaxation.
I don’t much like gardening. I cut the lawn when it really needs it – and boy, what a job; the grass is usually so long it takes umpteen empties of the grass box.
When we weed, it’s a major task, involving back-breaking removal of huge clumps of weeds. We block out a few days in the diary to carry out the task and we’re exhausted and sore by the end of it.
Weeding and mowing the lawn are just two gardening tasks we manage to make so difficult for ourselves – there are others too, but I reckon you get the picture.
It’s a vicious circle: I hate gardening, so I leave it until the jobs are massive and painful – therefore I hate gardening.
Of course, I should do little and often. Pop out every day or so; nip a few weeds, a few dead heads, mow the lawn regularly so I just get one grass box full.
It’s exactly the same for your business – in fact it’s the same for any change (and maintenance program) you want to effect for any part of your life.
Today is January 2nd, a traditional time for people to focus on change and at this time of year we call them New Year’s Resolutions.
Have you made any? Are any of them biggies? I mean, huge tasks that you’re really not looking forward to, or are just so big that the thought of even starting them scares you?
If they are, then you’re looking at your desired changes the way I look at weeding – and we’re both wrong.
Change can be easy, no matter how large the challenge. We simply need to work at it in smaller chunks, a bit at a time, on a regular and consistent basis.
Be an expert gardener for your business, for your life. Love your life and your business and tend to them regularly – you’ll look upon change, no matter how big, as a welcome challenge because no task will be overwhelming.
Invest in “little and often” and you’ll enjoy more success and discover more time to enjoy both your business and your life.
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I like your theory of investing in your business “little and often.” It makes sense that if you make small changes every day that eventually the little changes will bring around bigger ones.
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