10X Your Results

This was from the latest edition of The Optimized Report newsletter, a collection of actionable ideas to help small business teams improve their performance, profit, and potential without sacrificing what’s most important.

If you want to create a bigger impact, you have to focus on what’s most important.

It’s hard. You have thousands of things pulling at your attention, like a toddler hanging on your ankle as you drag him through the house (personal example). You must remove the noise so you can concentrate on the essentials.

The only way to do this is by constantly and consistently getting better at what you focus on.

It’s priorities over productivity.

Now, on to this week’s optimized ideas: 👇

1/ Make Better Decisions By Silencing Your Assumptions

“Assumptions create blind spots that prevent you from seeing the truth.”

Your mind is plagued with biases, beliefs, and programming that have occurred throughout your life.

It’s these automatic answers that lead to the worst outcomes. But with a bit of self-awareness, it’s an easy fix. The best way is to start by questioning your assumptions. Questions are the key.