Do you go to seminars and take pages and pages of notes? Do you have 5 or 6 lists that never seem to get completed? Well, I think most of us as entrepreneurs have lofty dreams and endless things we are “going to do” when we get the time.
Have you ever heard about The 72 hour rule? I recently heard about this from a woman that started up a number of successful businesses over 4 years.
The 72 hour rule was created because of the theory that the longer you postpone something, the less likely you are going to get it done. In other words, if you wait longer than 72 hours, you will lose either the momentum of the “inspired action” energy or you will make excuses on why not to do it. Perhaps it is the rule of the universe!
So how do you implement the 72 hour Rule when you have all these ideas?
The Notebook
I often leave seminars or coaching calls with long “To Do Lists”. So, instead of taking back those pages and pages of notes, open a notebook and start a small list of only things that you are going to action in the next 72 hours. Something you can see yourself setting into motion.
I often leave seminars or coaching calls with long “To Do Lists”. So, instead of taking back those pages and pages of notes, open a notebook and start a small list of only things that you are going to action in the next 72 hours. Something you can see yourself setting into motion.
For example, If one of your inspired goals is to create a live event… it doesn’t mean that you have to complete everything within 72 hours… it just means that you set the ball in motion. You set the date, you get the people that are going to help you organize, you set the topic… You start putting it out to your list that an event is coming. And in turn, you are putting it out to the Universe, that this is going to happen, “Can you please align the people and things I need to get this done?”
At the same time, there might be ideas or things that you would love to have a part of your company but you know that now isn’t the time. If it isn’t something you are inspired to act on in the next 72 hours, but you don’t want to forget the idea, then record it at the back of the book. When you run out of things to do or if you are in a zone where you want to change things up, you can flip through the back of the notebook to get re-inspired about an idea that you have saved.
What is wonderful about the 72hour rule is that you are constantly staying in the Inspired Action phase of your business. You are capitalizing on the energy and synchronicity that is created when you on a high about implementing something.You end up finding a team that can support you when your vision is the clearest and before it gets bogged down by the “tasks” that are at hand.
As Entrepreneurs, we are creators, manifestors and magnets for ideas. The 72hour rule helps to make sure we are constantly in the inspired action zone. The Zone that magically makes “work” feel like fun.
With Love, Gratitude and Success,
Shauna Harper
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