Lights Out @#!

Lights Out @#!

What's your strategy when your small business loses power?

As many of us (including me) are preparing for Tropical Cyclone Alfred, I thought I'd share what I did years ago when the power went out.

Preparation is key and you don't realise how dependent on power you are until it's off.

SCENARIO

Imagine you're working away at your computer, getting lots done, when suddenly, with no warning, your computer shuts downs because you've lost power.

A call to Energex confirmed this was not a little problem, meaning the power could be out for hours.

While you wonder what you would do, here's what I did.

FOCUS: FOUNDATION BRICKS #2 AND #5:

Productivity and Performance

No sweat I think, I'll continue working on the IPAD to send some emails.

Nope, can't do that as the addresses I want are on the desktop hard drive.

Note: This was before I changed to a laptop and using One Drive on Microsoft 365

Okay I'll keep working on the presentation I was developing.

Nope, can't do that either as I hadn't moved it to Dropbox before the power cut out.

I know, I'll make a coffee and think about my options.

#@#@ Nope can't do that either.

And so it continued. Everything I thought of I couldn't do because I had no power and no desktop computer.

So after a few grumbles because I really needed that coffee, I thought:

'what an opportunity to step away from the day to day and use the time to work on my business rather than in it'.

With pens and butcher's paper in hand, I set about brainstorming my new business programs for next year, and it was such a productive 2 hours because there were no other distractions eg email, jumping from task to task etc.

Now whenever anything happens unexpectedly, I always reflect on why it happened and could I do anything differently.

What's Next?

Here's my 3 lessons from my power outage:

💡 Move more documents to cloud based storage so I have access whenever I need it

💡 Allocate time every day, even for 15 minutes, and exchange the technology for pen and paper to brainstorm ideas to improve my business

💡 Have an alternative which can securely store my database contacts

And here's my final thought:

Would your power outage strategy be different to mine?

Maybe you would call your team into a boardroom or go to a park to brainstorm new ideas.

So here's my challenge for you:

How can you 'lose power' once a week to gain the benefits of 'old school' technology and the magic of unallocated time?

Cheers
Tamara (aka the 'Bob the Builder for Small Business' 👷 )

P.S Wondering how you can work with me or book me to speak at your next event?

Then let's chat.

And if you're saying you don't have time, we really need to chat because I can easily create at least 1 simple strategy to save you 30 minutes a day.

Author: Tamara Simon

aka - the 'Bob the Builder for Small Business'

Tamara Simon helps owners navigate the challenges in their small business by ....

SOLVING frustrating problems

SIMPLIFYING overwhelming systems

SUPPORTING them in times of confusion and uncertainty

For over twenty-five years as a Speaker, Author and Coach, she's been providing much needed support to small business owners, CEOs and their teams so they can build, manage and grow a simple profitable business they actually love.

Tamara develops speaking topics and runs WORKshops for small businesses around....

1. Her Book - The Five Little Business Pigs

2. Navigating Challenges

3. Sporting Insights

So if ....

Your organisation's members are small businesses

OR

You're running events for small businesses

OR

You're a small business owner who is

✅ FRUSTRATED because you know something's WRONG but you don't know WHAT it is

✅ CONFUSED because you know WHAT is wrong but don't know HOW to solve it

✅ OVERWHELMED with managing your growing business BECAUSE what was working now isn't.

Then check out her website to find out how to work with her, and book the 'Bob the Builder for Small Business' to speak at your next event.
www.tamarasimon.com.au

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