Do The (One) Thing · The Entrepreneur Village

Michael Whitehouse

7d • Resource Letter

Do The (One) Thing

The motto of the Aligned Action Network is "Do The Thing!"

The community is about taking action, and taking the right action.

But what does this mean?

💥Action Lists of Actions

Most people keep some kind of action list, either on paper or in their head.

If you are an entrepreneur, then there is a good chance that there are multiple projects you are working on at a time, each of which has multiple actions to complete it.

You also may have your personal and business projects mingled, which is not necessarily a problem.

You may have the various actions of each project mingled, and that is a big problem.

🏭 Doing the One Thing (and the others)

There is probably one thing which will move the needle, push things forward, make a difference. One, key, powerful, high leverage thing to do.

The advice you are probably expecting is for me to say "Only do that thing."

So, you follow that advice. You smell bad because you haven't washed you're clothes, but you don't notice, being so lightheaded from not eating. And what's that ringing noise? Oh, it's your kid calling because you didn't pick them up from school.

If you worked a job in an office, you could just do that one thing because there are other people to do the other things (or maybe not because your boss piles six things onto you).

On your own, there are a whole bunch of Many Things around the One Thing.

⏲️ Make Time for the One Thing

The solution is not to only do the One Thing. It is to make time for and strategize the One Thing.

That one project has many individual actions that it may require. A small project may have a dozen. A large project may have hundreds.

Write a list of all the actions, then go to your calendar and block out time for those actions.

Set deadlines for various stages of the One Project, and make them reasonable.

Then, when you have done what needs to be done today or this week for the One Thing, then you can do all the other Many Things.

📜The Power of the List

Humans are not good at Planning and Doing at the same time. This why it is important to Plan the Work then Work the Plan.

If you take the time all at once to make the plan, step by step, in simple enough steps that an idiot could follow it, then you'll find that you are able to follow your plan when you're tired, distracted, or otherwise, well, an idiot.

👍Get The Support of The Aligned Action Network

One of the most powerful tools to stay on track is a community of people to support you. Something as simple as having a place where you can declare your goals and report your work, and get feedback, can make a huge difference.

This is why I created the Aligned Action Network.

You can still join for only $6/month.

In the Aligned Action Network, you will get...

🤝 A community of supportive members, encouraging and supporting you

📞 Weekly motivation call

🧠 Training on over a dozen powerful mindset tools

✅ An opportunity to be held accountable on weekly goals

Join the Aligned Action Network now,

while the membership is still only $6/month.

-Michael Whitehouse

The Guy Who Knows a Guy

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