Imagine if you could somehow switch off the emotional challenges of being a business leader. How much more productive would you be?
The answer to this question often boggles the mind. When you see how much you could get done when your emotions aren’t dragging you down, it’s incredible.
But what should you be doing on a practical level? Glad you asked. In this post, we explore some strategies used by top entrepreneurs to annihilate stress and get back on with the task at hand.
Use Time-Blocking
One of the biggest things that a lot of business leaders do is time-blocking. The idea here is to segment off time during the day to focus on one thing (and one only).
A few years back, multi-tasking was all the rage and employees even put it in on their timetables. The idea was that it was smarter to do two or more things at once.
However, today, the conversation is completely different. It’s now widely recognized that switching between tasks is harmful and that most people are better off just focusing on one thing.
Prioritize Ruthlessly
Top entrepreneurs also prioritize ruthlessly. It doesn’t matter what’s going on in the company, they know that they should only be attacking the high-value activities first.
When prioritization occurs, it actually takes a lot of pressure off the leader. They can delegate tasks to themselves and the people around them optimally.
Create The Proper Legal Structures
It’s also well worth going to an attorney and getting them to create all the proper legal structures your business needs. When you do this, it makes everything else work much more like clockwork.
Remember, most businesses don’t have the right frameworks in place to thrive. Because of this, they wind up being more complicated than they should be, increasing the risk of burnout.
However, if you have them in place and know what you’re doing, all those problems go away. Suddenly, you’re a master of the universe.
Use More Automation Tools
You should also look into whether you can use more automation tools. Leveraging these for virtually every task across your business will save you a lot of time and energy.
For example, you can now get AIs that write social media scripts for you, or even create videos. There’s an entire world out there of automations, meaning that you should never need to perform the same task more than once as you go along.
Practice Daily Mindfulness
Finally, a lot of top entrepreneurs are practicing daily mindfulness to keep their brains in the best shape possible. The idea here is to create a sense of detachment between the process of doing the work and everything else that’s going on. If you don’t create this separation, then being a business leader can feel tremendously more stressful than it needs to be.
So there you have it: some of the ways that top entrepreneurs are saying “no” to stress and taking control of their lives. A lot of them simply don’t want to burn out.
