Unfinished business…it drags us down like the barnacles on a ship. We simply cannot move with the speed and productivity that we want when there is a lot of clutter from unfinished and unresolved issues clogging up our gears.

Now is the time to invest a little bit of energy to clear up the clutter and finish some of the stuff that has been lingering or sitting incomplete. This process is always uplifting to energy as well as future productivity.

I know, sometimes this type of effort takes you out of your normal routine and it’s hard to divert your attention from the real urgent matters of business. Some of this work is hard because you don’t have a great solution just yet, or cumbersome because the process isn’t fully efficient. Yet there’s some stuff that is just little odds and ends that are simple to do, but also simple not to do…and so they’re just piling up and causing clutter.

Your challenge for this month is to do some spring cleaning…aka eliminate some TOLERATIONS:

1. Take inventory

Make a list of all of the things in your business and personal life that are unfinished, incomplete, or that you’re just dragging around because you haven’t solved it yet. One page, one list, just dump it all out on paper. I know, it can be a little scary to actually write down all the stuff that you’re not super satisfied with…but do it. This step, all by itself many people find very cathartic.

2. Pick 3

Pick three items on the list and handle them. Finish them. Complete them. I suggest picking the three easiest ones first.

3. Repeat

Once those are done…Pick another 3. Just keep crossing them off of your list for the entire month of April. One month with some extra focus on clearing the clutter and you’re life is going to be so dialed in you will just breeze through each day.

Here’s what you’ll notice as a result of your success with this challenge.

• You’ll feel lighter. Even doing something as relatively simple as cleaning off your desk will bring energy to you every day. Instead of walking into your office and thinking “Crap, I really need to clean this” which instantly drains a portion of your awesome and positive energy for the day, you’ll feel relieved and proud. This adds to your awesome and positive energy for the day.

• You’ll have more energy at the end of the day. When things are incomplete we have to manage them. We have to manage around them, manage for them, or manage against them. This takes extra energy. When they’re handled and no longer needing to be managed…we have more energy available.

• You’ll get more stuff done faster. Just like I said above, when a toleration has been handled, it doesn’t require energy to manage it…this leaves a lot more energy to get other stuff done without hindrances.

Take the challenge…eliminate some tolerations and feel better, have more energy, and get more stuff done faster!!!