You Don't Have a Time Problem. You Have an Energy Problem. Here's How to Fix It.

The clock isn’t your enemy. 

We’ve all caught ourselves saying things like, “There’s never enough time”. Meanwhile the promise of the idealized 20 hour work week means we’re living the dream, right?

That’s where my client was.

She had a strong team, amazing clients she loved, and a mission she believed in with her whole heart. She was also crying every night by 8pm and burning out to the point she was researching how to sell her business.

She was doing everything right, but running on fumes.

Here’s the truth no productivity hack or time blocking system addresses. There are exactly 24 hours in a day. It is what we do within that time that makes the difference between a 20 hour work week building toward quitting, and a 40 hour work week filled with excitement.

When the math stops adding up.

If more effort is not only failing to produce more results, it’s generating negative returns, there’s a problem. So when I told my client to take a full week off of her business every month, she listened. The very first week back, she returned to fifteen sales calls booked and signed her first $50,000 client. Not because she scrambled upon her return, but because she came back recharged.

This is the same reason we can spend 30 minutes on a task that feels like 3 hours. Whereas another project can take 3 hours and feel like 30 minutes. That’s not about our time, it’s about our energy.

The metric nobody taught you.

Your Energetic ROI. We’re meticulous about tracking our income and expenses, our email performance, our project timelines and any number of other data… but how many business portals include your energy?

There are often tasks we’ve assigned ourselves which are producing energy leaks with a high opportunity cost. Within a 24 hour period, we have multiple chances to invest our energy in things that refill our inner battery, or deplete it. 

Understanding your unique energetic needs, cycles, and investment habits is high impact data. 

Where the energy goes missing.

Typically there are two to three areas where I see female founders experiencing energetic leaks that cost them time, revenue, and peace of mind. One is in their delegation. Even a trusted team with an experienced founder can end up with gaps in the transfer of ownership on tasks.

Another common energetic drain is waiting to bring on professional support (for example, securing marketing, PR, or leadership development). There is a tendency to delay making the investment. Not because we don’t understand the value, but because we aren’t clearly evaluating what the delay is costing.

Being able to see the numbers makes it very clear when revenue, energetic levels, and quarterly goals have reached the tipping point. Auditing this is the first thing I do with clients and what we did before my client took her week off.

What the audit revealed.

She’d been telling herself she needed to stick it out a little longer. They were in the midst of several projects and launch cycles. She felt she couldn’t take a break. When we looked at her audit though, seeing what she had available vs what was needed from her at that stage, it was painfully obvious. Not only was it possible for her to take the week, it was necessary.

It wasn’t luck that she came back to sign her highest client contract to date. That is exactly what happens when you plug energetic leaks. I’ve seen this over and over in my work with female founders and lived it myself.

What you can do now.

Ready to audit your own Energetic ROI and take back control from the clock? Start by thinking about what you currently handle in a week. Make note of which drain you and which you look forward to. Next consider the impact each of these activities has on your business goals. 

That’s how you audit your Energetic ROI. To make this easier, I’ve created the Clarity Matrix to help you do this in one snapshot tool. Founders who use the matrix report reclaiming an average of 5-10 hours per week. You can get yours here. 

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