It astounds me how many people resist my “pay yourself first” philosophy in terms of time.
(i.e. first hour of every day belongs to you — not clients, boss, etc)
But, it works.
And, no, it doesn’t just work for Yours Unruly.
The ever-persistent Ashley Gainer Lankford comments:
“When I was drowning as a single mom trying to freelance “around the baby” I took your advice to do my own business-building before anything else…and by the end of that year I’d tripled my monthly income. It’s what I tell all my freelancing moms now, but the resistance is a real beast. I get it, having lived in panic mode for a while. It’s hard to choose marketing over client work when all you can think about is whether or not you’ll have enough money to pay rent next week.”
What else need be said?
It works.
If your rationalization hamster is already spinning out a bevy of “I can’t because…” excuses, simply swap out “can’t” with “won’t” and at least you’ll know the only one in your way is you.
What’s not in your wallet?
Of course, I think the first hour should go to writing an email selling your product.
Want to revolutionize your sales?
Your profits?
Your lifestyle?
Start writing one email each morning (no skipping days) using my wicked ways, and assuming you have an offer people want, I don’t see how you can possibly not become more successful.
More info here:
Ben Settle
