You sit down to work… and suddenly everything feels urgent. If you’ve ever wondered how to prioritize tasks without spinning your wheels all day, this episode will change how you work immediately.

Inside this episode, you’ll learn a simple filter to stop the overwhelm and finally focus on what actually moves your business forward:

✅The 3-question filter that tells you EXACTLY what to work on

✅Why most tasks don’t actually grow your business

✅The difference between busy work and profit-making work

✅How to decide what to do (and what to skip) in seconds

✅A simple shift that creates momentum fast and finish what you start

Grab the resource mentioned in the podcast to start implementing this today.

Resources for You

Scrappy List Building Checklist 

Free Masterclass: What’s Missing – 5 Fixes That Unlock Real Growth 

Show Notes:

You're Not Lazy — You're Just Not Focused. Here's How to Fix That.

It's 9 in the morning. You sit down at your computer ready to work on your online business and then you panic. Should you write a blog post, post on social media, create a freebie, fix your website, email your list? Everything feels important, everything feels urgent. So you scroll Instagram for 30 minutes "researching" and then you feel guilty for wasting the time. Sound familiar?

You're not lazy. You're just not focused. And I'm going to show you how to fix that right now.

Why Nothing Is Working

You don't have clear priorities. You're following advice from 10 different experts and you're all over the place and nothing is working — which never works anyway. You feel busy all day, but at the end of the day you feel like you didn't make any progress whatsoever. You don't have a clear funnel or system to follow.

I used to spend hours deciding what to work on. I'd have 47 tabs open, 12 half-finished projects, and zero finished results. In other words, zero sales. At times I would feel like a failure. But I wasn't failing. I just didn't have the right filter for what mattered.

Not all tasks are created equal. Some tasks and some products make you money. Some tasks and some products make you feel busy. Successful entrepreneurs know the difference. Do you know the difference for your business?

Clarity Comes From Removing, Not Adding

Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997 and said the company had way too many products. He cut 70% of Apple's products, focused on four core products, and it saved the company. Clarity comes from removing, not adding.

I had to do the same thing. When I went through Digital Course Academy, one thing she kept saying over and over was focus on one thing and get it right. At the time I was doing different webinars every single month selling different products — some sold well, some didn't. So I decided to stop that and just focus on my course Raising Leaders, Not Followers, and launch it three times a year. I also had two events — the Life Skills Leadership Summit in February and one in the summertime — and they all worked together as parts of my funnel. I got rid of a lot of products in my store so I could focus on what was important to my audience and what solved their problem.

Warren Buffett told his pilot to write down his top 25 goals, circle the top five, and stay far away from all the other 20. Those other 20 — they distract real progress. Most people aren't unfocused. They're just overcommitted with way too much to do.

The Three Question Filter for How to Prioritize Tasks

You just need a simple filter to make wise decisions. When you have clarity, that creates momentum. When you have momentum, that creates confidence and results. Once you know what to work on, you'll actually finish things. Finishing things builds confidence. Confidence leads to taking action, and action leads to sales.

So here is our three question filter that you should ask before every task.

Number one — does this grow my email list? If yes, high priority. If no, move to question two.

Number two — does this nurture my existing list or make an offer? If yes, high priority. If no, move to question three.

Number three — does this directly support question one or two? If yes, medium priority. If no, delete it or delegate it. Get rid of it.

Write these three questions on a sticky note and put it wherever you work — your computer, your laptop, wherever. Before you start any new task, ask those questions and filter through. If it doesn't pass the filter, don't do it. It's that simple. And yes, it works.

Putting the Filter Into Practice

Let me walk you through some examples. Should I write a blog post? Does it have a lead magnet to grow your email list? If yes, do it. If not, skip it.

Should I redesign my website? Does it grow your list or make an offer? No — not today. Do it another time.

Should I post on Instagram? Does it drive people to your lead magnet? Yes, then do it. No, skip it.

The online business world tells you to just be consistent and show up everywhere. And I don't know how people do that — all over social media, emailing, everything. I have a feeling you're so spread thin that you're not making any sales, because that is exhausting and it is not effective.

Stop doing 90% of what you're doing and focus on the 10% that actually makes you money. Every day you should do at least one profit-making task. It may just be sending an email for a collaboration, but one a day. Email list building and email marketing — that is what is going to grow your business. That is what is going to make sales. Everything else is noise.

It's Not Magic. It's Clarity.

Students in the mastermind and Homeschool Blogger University who have implemented this filter say, I finally know what to work on. I'm not paralyzed anymore. I'm actually making progress. It's not magic. It's not rocket science. It's clarity.

Think about it like cleaning your house. If you try to clean the whole house in a day, you get overwhelmed. But when you focus on one part — okay, today I'm getting the bathrooms done, or I'm going to get the kitchen clean — that feeling of completion gives you the energy to keep going. It's the same in business.

One of my mastermind students, Janie, is working on decluttering her house this year. She just does 15 minutes a day, but she has clarity — and she's getting it done. Do you know the high priority task you should be working on today?

Use the three question filter today. I promise it will change how you work.

And if you want to know the complete system — what to focus on after you filter your tasks — I'm offering a free masterclass on April 22nd called What's Missing: Five Fixes That Unlock Real Growth. You can register here

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