A few projects matter. So do a few relationships and a few tools. It’s so easy to simply accumulate stuff and throw horsepower into everything. While thinking that should cover over any deficiencies, what is often hidden is the cost in the form of waste, unclarity and management overhead.
We don’t have unlimited attention, resources or energy. It’s hard enough to make something work well or achieve success. However, more noise will only add drag to your best intentions and efforts.
Think about how you want to do business and consider inverting your model. What if you chose to focus on the few that matter rather than the many that have diminishing returns? Your process can look something like this:
- 10 clients – The absolute number I want to work with at one time.
- 20 deals – Because I close half and only 20 matter.
- 40 prospects – People I would be happy to work with and that are an ideal fit.
- 2 channels – Places that my prospects I like hang out. Strategies I am committed to fully and will refine.
This kind of strategy can work, but you have to be thinking about what you want and focusing your conversations and approach to the few that matter. In a way, it is a form of abundance thinking. You are realizing there are specific, valuable people you want to work with in a vast world and you simply need to connect and get clear with them.
As a side effect, you are avoiding creating a lot of waste, irritation and noise out there for people that are not a fit.
You also ask better questions of yourself:
Who are the 10 people I want to have as friends and spend my time with doing business?
What do the few people I work with have in common?
What don’t I like?
I bet you find yourself more relaxed and easier to work with. I bet you find abundance by focusing on the few. Clarity and focus have a way of bringing that kind of increase and efficiency.