A long time ago some dude named Newton came up with some incredibly popular ideas called Newton’s Laws of Motion.

One of these laws, basically, is that objects at rest stay at rest and objects in motion stay in motion unless something interacts with them.

This law parallels neatly with Geoff’s Law of Clean Countertops which states that clean countertops are more likely to stay clean and messy countertops are more likely to become more messy.

It’s like this:

When a countertop is empty, anything you put on it sticks out like a sore thumb. You know it doesn’t belong and are more likely to just put it away.

But when a countertop is cluttered and messy, adding one more thing is no big deal, so they just get messier and messier.

Geoff’s Law of Clean Countertops could also be applied to your mind, your calendar, and more.

As a small business owner, the more cluttered your mind is, the easier it is to accept every challenge and inconvenience as par for the course. Anything that demands your attention gets it, because you don’t have a clear focus.

The more cluttered your calendar is, the more you are willing to just give up hope it could ever be controlled. 

But what happens when you have a clearly defined focus for your work and time?

Suddenly anything that compromises that focus or attempts to co-opt your time is recognized as a threat to your plans and can be dealt with accordingly.

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