Take for example what happened to me this week. I live in Atlanta, Georgia, and we had a very tough week with storms from hurricanes past week. One morning, we heard an explosion. I thought "Oh, great" - I knew exactly what it was… the transformer. So it was 7am and we had no electricity. A little bit of a challenge when you have a 6-year-old and are currently in the home schooling life. And not only that, because I had some work calls myself. So… no electricity, no Wi-Fi.

Some time ago I would've probably lost it. I would have cancelled most of my appointments and my son would have never been able to get into class. A hot mess! Luckily, I took some time to think about the situation. I had a replacement that was powering one electric entry, so I was able to charge my phone a bit. I connected my son to my hotspot and used my iPad myself. So, my son made it to his classes, I made it through my calls, and we took it with good humor. My son, my clients, and me!

Bonus: Having my son come in and out of the room wanting hugs and kisses, and my clients saying hi to him!

Five things you need to do to streamline your business so that you don't end up a scattered mess with no direction.

I don't know if you've ever ordered anything from Ikea, but if you have, you know that it can be quite frustrating.

You have a vision for a living space, you find the perfect furniture, so you order it and pick it up. You open the box and… the directions are in German? Well, let's assume you don't speak German, but you are going to try and figure it out anyway, right? You start putting things where they seem to go in, but it makes no sense.

If you are struggling with your business, you may be doing the same thing. Putting the pieces together without a real, general ideal of what's going on. You need instructions, guidance!