Hi friends! Welcome back to another episode of the Attention Audit podcast! I’m so excited for you to join me while I talk about this week’s topic: constraints.

But, before we get started I want to share something that I am super excited about with you! On Tuesday, May 2 at 2pm Eastern I’m hosting a free training called Distraction Detox. In this training I’m going to share with you three easy ways to help increase your productivity through simple scheduling techniques that you can actually use to change your environment to help you stay focused and increase your productivity, so you can get more accomplished while avoiding distractions. I’ll also be diving a little bit into why your brain loves distractions and how you can retrain your brain to seek focus. 

In this week’s episode is all about constraints; a truly powerful tool that you can use in both your business and personal life to help you create focus and increase your productivity and output. If you’ve heard this term, or have worked with me previously, you’ve likely heard me talk about constraints or are lightly familiar with them. I feel that constraints are, or can be, amazing and help you to limit the distractions and thought process and make decisions quicker and stay focused, or on task. 

What is a constraint?

A constraint is a limitation or restriction.
Some people hear the word ‘constraints’ and panic, thinking that they want to be free and live life, do ALL of the things they possibly can, etc. And on one hand, that is great, but on the other hand it can actually cause you to be all over the place and feel like you aren’t getting anything done or lack in decision making. The way I practice and teach constraints is so that you can find freedom by simply limiting the number of choices you need to make and better set yourself up for success by quickly filtering your options. That filter will only allow the things that are important to you to take up your time and focus and ignore all of the other distractions around you.
 

Why should you be using constraints?

One of the benefits is that is reduces the number of options and allows you to better focus. ?
 

Consider these examples: 

You decide to niche down in your business and only work with one type of client. This allows you to write very specific copy, ads, and really focus on those specific clients needs.

Having a budget is another example of a constraint. By deciding you are not spending money on non-essential things so that you can say, buy an investment property, you are putting a constraint on your spending so you can achieve something that you really want, that is important to you. 

You could decide that you are only offering call times on a particular day of the week so you can focus all of your energy on the calls that day, rather than being all over the place, constantly jumping from task to task. 
 

Constraints are a really unique and powerful tool that allows for small shifts that help to protect your energy and be more productive and I’d love to hear how you plan to implement using constraints in your business or personal life. Share them with me on IG @attentionaudit!

Make sure you grab your spot for my free training, Distraction Detox, happening on May 2 at 2pm Eastern!

I hope you have an amazing week and I'll talk to you next time!

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