BRX Pro Tip: Do the Task Before the Task
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] Welcome back to Business RadioX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you this afternoon. Lee, I don’t know if you read it, you heard it, you walked to the top of the mountain and it came to you. But I loved it when you were telling me the other day this whole idea of do the task before the task.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:19] Yeah. This is something I read somewhere. I wish I could remember who said it. But the quote is that, the task that is preventing you from doing the task is the task you should be trying to get done. And, to me, what that means is that, everybody is just making best guesses on how to achieve success. And we’re taking kind of, you know, our best shot every day.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:47] But sometimes we have a goal, like, we want to do X. And it’s always there on our To-Do list. It’s always there reminding us, “Yeah. I should get to X.” But something is preventing us from doing X. So, X really isn’t the thing we should be doing. We should be doing the thing that is preventing us from doing X. We have to figure out how to remove those distractions. We have to figure out what is preventing us from doing this task that we think is so important to be done, and for some reason we’re not doing it.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:18] So, I think it’s important to really kind of analyze and understand, if you’re saying this is the most important thing and you’re not doing it, what is preventing you from doing it. And then, remove that so that you can start doing it. So, some places to look for ways and reasons to stop kind of distracting yourself is to learn from what other people are doing that are doing the thing that you want to be doing. And if you invest in that, then maybe you’ll find some clues on how to get past this distraction.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:51] You know, sometimes it’s good to help other people. Start teaching the thing you think you’re trying to accomplish, and that might open up some doors. Another thing is just serve your community and help other people around that thing you’re trying to do, and then that, hopefully, will open some doors and get these distractions away from you so you can focus in on those bigger tasks that you’re trying to accomplish. But, remember, the quote is, the task that is preventing you from doing the task is the task you should be trying to get done. So, start there and good luck. It’s not easy.
