Hey there, Reader,

I've been thinking more about what I discovered during last week's task study.

If you missed Monday's debrief, here's the short version:

I've spent the past two years deliberately changing how I do business. I've shifted from primarily done-for-you services to advising and consulting, simplified my systems, and built a team I trust.

One reason for those changes was to make my work less dependent on other people's performance and reliability.

And I've made real progress there.

What surprised me, though, was discovering how much of my life still depends on other people doing their part before I can do mine.

Take a typical school day.

It's not just getting a Lily or Abbie to an appointment.

It's making sure the appointment is scheduled, that everyone knows when and where they need to be, that schoolwork and other commitments are accounted for, and that transportation is covered.

Sometimes everything goes according to plan.

Sometimes one of the girls gets sick, an appointment changes, or someone who doesn't yet drive needs to be somewhere unexpectedly.

And someone has to figure out what happens next.

That someone is me 99.9% of the time.

A lot of that gets filed under #momlife...which is interesting, because we don't always recognize coordination as a separate responsibility.

Doing something and making sure it gets done are two different tasks that require attention and energy.

And this isn't limited to family life.

Business owners coordinate people, projects, deadlines, decisions, and information all the time.

I'm not suggesting that every responsibility needs to be delegated or every dependency needs to be eliminated.

Some are part of the life and business we've intentionally built.

The useful question is whether we're accounting for them when we make plans.

Because I can create a perfectly reasonable business plan on paper that makes absolutely no sense when I consider everything else requiring my attention.

That's why I like starting with observation rather than optimization.

Before deciding how to make something better, I want to understand what's actually happening.

And that's one of the things I appreciate about Velocity Generator.

It creates regular opportunities to step back from the day-to-day, look at your business, and make decisions based on what's true now.

Not what you thought would be true six months ago.

Not what some business expert says you should be doing.

What's actually happening in your business.

If you're curious about that approach, I'm hosting a Velocity Generator Open House on Wednesday, November 11, at 8 a.m. Pacific / 11 a.m. Eastern.

I'll show you how the membership works and how we use regular reviews and planning to make thoughtful business decisions.

​Come see inside Velocity Generator​

In your corner,

Tonya

P.S. I'm not advocating for adding "coordinate everyone else's lives" to your task manager. 😂 I'm just saying it's worth recognizing when that coordination is already part of your day.

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