Facione's 4 steps for Entrepreneurs to self-regulate your judgement and avoid pitfalls

Chris is humming as she opens her computer. She took a few days off to recharge and celebrate the success of her course.

Now, she is ready to jump back into her creative work. Perhaps she will add a module to the previous course.

She opens the host platform and checks her dashboard.

Her email open rates are down.

"There's never a dull moment..." She takes a deep breath and begins the process of fixing this issue.

Self-evaluate your thoughts with Facione.

Step 1. Which signals are you ignoring?

Self-regulation starts by asking yourself, "Am I being too optimistic about these numbers?" and "Am I ignoring signals?"

Chris started questioning her thought process. When was she sending out the emails? Had she considered sending them at a different time of day? Was the title repetitive?

She began answering these questions by tying them to objective numbers.

Step 2. Test, test, test!

After making a list of possible issues, Chris began conducting A/B tests on all the possibilities. It would take a few days, but she believed it would be worth it. She needed to understand what worked better, as well as what the problem was.

Step 3. Which test went better?

Evaluating each A/B test was easy. It was nothing more than comparing a couple of charts. One chart had the monitored KPI for option A, and the other had the monitored KPI for option B.

Step 4.Documentation saves businesses!

After a few days, she had it! What worked better for her and her business?

She made a point of ensuring that everything was recorded, so she wouldn't accidentally run the same tests twice. Time is precious; she didn't want to waste it.

Facione's self-regulation to stay agile.

There is never a dull moment.

Keeping an eye out for changes is important. If you can, try to catch them early on. This will give you more time to fix things without losing much.

Make a habit of listing your thoughts every day or every week and checking whether they accurately reflect reality by connecting them to a KPI.