I woke up this morning fully prepared for it to be a Thursday. I am not sure what happened or why my mind skipped over Wednesday. It is a little confusing and I don’t fully understand it. I normally lose track of time during busy holidays or other times when the days of the week lose meaning. Today is just an average Wednesday. I shouldn’t be so confused. I should be ready for whatever day it is.
It might be that today is a fellowship meeting day and that means I don’t get to go to the office at the regular time. Instead I have a meeting at the church and then a visit afterwards and then finally to the office. That means I need to do some of my work this morning. Make sure I get things done.
There are certain rhythms I have started and it is important that I continue them. I like getting things done and being rewarded for the things I do. I have all Facebook posts scheduled through Thursday evening. That leave my regular Friday work and that is about it. It means that if I had a normal office day I would be able to work on some of my side projects or longer term projects. Instead today will be built around trying to both get ahead and play catch-up which doesn’t work.
What I have learned this week is that my role really isn’t in the field anymore. Projects that directly help market the business and reward our clients trust are far more important than visiting one individual dog or cat. While that is important it isn’t where my leverage really lives anymore. We have the SOP project well underway and getting that done feels very important and then there is the scheduling automation project I want to work on.
There are a lot of things that need to be done and while I can never get them all done I need to focus and work on them. Tonight is also a networking event I am thinking of going to and having high mental clarity when I get there is important. It will help build trust and maybe find a couple new connections. I think the biggest question I can ask people is to tell me their clients current struggle or where in business they feel stuck or a most recent success. Use conversation starters and flow through the conversation.
I am uniquely bad with one on one conversations and hate them to a degree that I shouldn’t. If I could become a friendly outgoing person that would help the business more than anything and that feels like the hardest thing to change.
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