Why We Prioritize Sleep
The hustle culture is great. But there’s a reason we talk about HUSTLE 256. There are serious issues in the hustle culture, one of which we take umbrage to is how people and the culture treats sleep. In the article below we’ll discuss why we prioritize sleep, and you should too! 6 Methods To Make Sure Your Business Doesn’t Fail Before we regale you with our opinion on sleep (science based of course), did you know that 70% of businesses will fail? We put together a FREE guide identifying the Top 6 reasons businesses fail and give you actionable steps you can take on every one of these to make sure it’s your competition failing and not you! It’s our free gift to you and you can access it right here. Sleep is essential to every process and function in the body. Go long enough without sleep and you’ll face serious consequences. Here are 3 HUGE reasons why sleep should be prioritized. Tip 1 – Keep Your Emotions Under Control Tantrums, mood swings, depression, suicide, risky behavior…they are all more likely when dealing with less sleep. In business, keeping our emotions in check is an essential skill. It’s not that we think business shouldn’t have emotions, it’s that we believe emotions need to be harnessed appropriately. Tip 2 – Improved Brain Function Studies have shown 24 hours without sleep behind the wheel of a car leads to the same level of impairment as drinking and driving. Reaction times, problems solving, and clarity of thought are all negatively impacted by lack of sleep. Tip 3 – Prevent Chronic Illness Lose enough sleep and your ability to stave off illness and several serious diseases such as heart disease, kidney disease, and others is impacted. Those of us sleep deprived are 55% more likely to end up obese. Think sleep doesn’t influence your ability to stay healthy and top of your game? It does, big time! Do you need support with your time management so you get enough sleep to operate at peak performance? Our unique 2 on 1 coaching marries the expertise of a Doctor of Psychology and mindset coach with the business savvy of a former Fortune 50 sales executive. We specialize in helping entrepreneurs and professionals like you master your time, sales, and confidence, to evolve you to your greatest potential. To learn more about our coaching you can contact us here! Feel like you need coaching but not sure you can afford the investment in yourself? That’s ok! We have a scholarship available to diverse candidates of need. You can apply for our scholarship for our coaching and our courses here. Not enough time in the day, we get it. Check out our AYOP course, 2x Your Time, right here. We walk through everything from time management and calendar basics to how you can supercharge your days weeks and months through practices and techniques that are grounded in experience and proven by science.
3 Tips To Being More Intentional When You Network
Networking and referrals can easily mean the difference between a thriving business and someone barely scraping by. However, networking can be time consuming. For most of us, getting a better return on our time is an ongoing goal that we are constantly working on. The good news is, most of us can get a lot better at networking, yours truly included! Here are 3 tips to keep in mind to be more intentional when you network so you can get more impact out of your time spent meeting others! 6 Methods To Make Sure Your Business Doesn’t Fail Before we discuss our tips, did you know that 70% of businesses will fail? We put together a FREE guide identifying the Top 6 reasons businesses fail and give you actionable steps you can take on every one of these to make sure it’s your competition failing and not you! It’s our free gift to you and you can access it right here. If you’re already out there networking, you probably have seen and heard it all. The people who talk about themselves non-stop. That one person that hands out 1000 business cards like it’s monopoly money. The (shudder) people that try to sell you on something before they even know you or know if you’re a prospect. Networking can suck sometimes. It can also be highly effective if it’s done correctly. Here’s some ways to be more intentional and more effective at you networking. As we like to say… “Pay Attention to Intention. Tip 1: Be intentional with your questions There are a lot of great questions to ask networking, ‘what do you do for work?’ is not really one of them. Yes, it might give you some information about someone, but it isn’t going to open someone up the way many other questions can and will. Someone is always going to share what they do when prompted, but a better question might be ‘can you share what you do and why you decided to do it?’ At least this way you’ll get someone to really stop and think for a moment. That’ll help them remember you and it’ll help you learn some details you might not otherwise have learned. Also read: Finding and developing context in your conversations and Asking the right questions Tip 2 – Be intentional with how you listen Someone says something to you. You listen and you respond back. They listen and they respond back. This is communication. Except…except often what someone says and what they meant are two different things. And then of course, what’s said and what’s heard are often two different things. It’s normal to struggle with listening, we are naturally going to try to focus on what we want to say. Getting intentional with listening will change the way everyone around you views you, positively. Be intentional and listen carefully! Best way to do it? Repeat what somebody said to you to make sure you heard it correctly and to make sure they said it correctly! Also read: Top Tips To Excel At Active Listening Tip 3 – Give intentionally Going into networking events with the mindset of giving is very different than most attendees. Most attendees will only go into networking trying to get. If you go in with the intention of giving you will positively help someone. When you help someone, they like you and are more likely to help you. Do this enough and you’ll experience 10x or 100x the return of someone who is only looking to ‘get’ from a networking event! Networking works! If you love to network with great professionals, you should join us in the Entrepreneur Mastery Lab, you can access the group here! Join our community Are you actively working towards getting better at networking?! Our unique 2 on 1 coaching marries the expertise of a Doctor of Psychology and mindset coach with the business savvy of a former Fortune 50 sales executive. We specialize in helping entrepreneurs and professionals like you master your time, sales, and confidence, to evolve you to your greatest potential. To learn more about our coaching you can contact us here! Feel like you need coaching but not sure you can afford the investment in yourself? That’s ok! We have a scholarship available to diverse candidates of need. You can apply for our scholarship for our coaching and our courses here. Not enough time in the day, we get it. Check out our AYOP course, 2x Your Time, right here. We walk through everything from time management and calendar basics to how you can supercharge your days weeks and months through practices and techniques that are grounded in experience and proven by science.