Just back from my holiday home in Whistler, and had an excellent meeting with a good old friend in Squamish on the way home. Andrew is Bohemian Bourgeois through and through. He manages a staff of 25 full time painters, like hearding cats for sure, but he is truly the bar by which the industry can be measured. He runs such a tight ship that painters come to him for work and his reputation is growing in the industry so work he gets.
Like any good business man he has rods in plenty fire and is going full speed in several different directions.
Like any good bohemian he can blow off work to ride wind water or mountain whenever conditions warrant.
A cruicial practice then for the busy life styler, one that i will talk about often here and one that Andrew and I discussed at some length is the regular personal financial inventory. Have a regular review of everything you have going on and determine what pays the best, what has potential and what is not going to pay. What do you do that makes the most money in the least amount of time. Figure it out and focus on it and cut the dead flesh of non production away. BE HONEST with your self and don't let emotion cloud your vision. Lets face it, although you may enjoy whatever work it is you do, the point of work is to facilitate play. So if you are doing work that isnt paying, scrap it. Focus 60% of your alloted work time on whatever it is that pays the hardest. That leaves you with enough time to research and peruse other projects, but will ensure you stay paid in the process.
Figure out the 5 things you do best, do them with all your power, and outsource everything else!
Dugan Selkirk
President
Fife Group BDS
www.DestinationBillion.com
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