The term Bodacious comes from a blend of the words bold and audicious and to me is such a great word to describe boundaries. So what is a boundary and why do we need bodacious boundaries in business?
Well a boundary defines a limit. Something that we will permit or not into our lives. A personal boundary defines who you are as an individual and therefore the types of opportunities that you allow into your life. There are a lot of different aspects of ourselves regarding boundaries and these include:
- physical boundaries
- mental boundaries
- psychological boundaries
- spiritual boundaries
How we set boundaries and how consistent we are with them can be a defining point in how successful we are in our lives and our businesses. Sometimes setting boundaries involves you being courageous, particularly if it is with someone you have had poor boundaries with in the past. However, the defining thing about boundaries is that they bring clarity. Everyone knows the rules of the game and armed with this knowledge everyone feels safer.
It’s ironic to me that setting boundaries actually increases our security and safety and yet so many of us fail to set boundaries because we think that people won’t like us. In fact the opposite is true, people with bodacious boundaries have massive respect from others whilst people with poor boundaries can be walked over by others. I should know I’ve experienced this many times in the past!.
In my business I have found it is essential to implement bodacious boundaries so that I always have clarity and focus about what I am doing when. Time is our most precious resource and yet as business owners we can easily succumb to the thief of time and get distracted with non-incoming producing activities. I’ve found that by putting in bodacious boundaries I have become more productive and effective.
Here are my 15 top ways to help you instill bodacious boundaries in your business. Implement just a few of these and what your business soar to success:
- Turn off email notifications
- Turn off the ringer on your mobile phone
- Don’t answer email throughout the day, instead batch it and answer just twice daily
- Don’t get distracted with social media. Select a certain time each day to engage and then switch off
- Set a timer and work in 60-90 minute increments
- Never skip 30 minutes a day of daily marketing, no matter what
- Pre-schedule this 30 minute daily marketing activity in your calendar for the next month (aim for the same time each day)
- Know in advance what you are going to focus on – it avoids procrastination – a serious time waster
- Don’t multi-task
- Focus on completion, not perfection
- Put a physical and energetic “do not disturb” sign up during your marketing time
- Do the tasks you fear the most, first
- For 30 minutes each day, treat your business as the most important thing in your life
- Set shockingly short time frames for each task – it focuses the mind
- Remember it is only 30 minutes.
Look at this list and identify three bodacious boundaries you are going to set today. Share them on the facebook page and let us help keep you accountable to doing them.
During the Master Your Money Mindset workshop I will be sharing with you my top tips, strategies and techniques to help you create Bodacious Boundaries with money. Registerhere to join us.
Julia Felton (aka The Business Wrangler) is the founder of Business HorsePower. Business leaders, entrepreneurs and executives hire her to accelerate their business performance by harnessing the energy of their people to work more collaboratively together. By aligning purpose with actions the team achieves exponential results as everyone starts pulling in the same direction.
Julia believes that business is a force for good and through designing purpose-driven businesses that leverage the laws of nature, and the herd, you can create businesses founded on the principles of connection, collaboration and community that make a significant impact in the world.
