3 ways to love being a business owner
It's super easy to think of the things that drive you crazy about being a business owner.
Right now, somethin’ is workin’ your nerves!
And since energy follows intention, you could be sending a lot of energy into perpetuating the things that are most frustrating, distracting, annoying or worrisome about your business.
Being intentional about the mindset and heart-set you bring to your business everyday can help
Reset the tone and mood of your work/workplace
Direct energy to it’s highest and best use (aka - creating the outcomes that define your business success)
Keep you and your team motivated and focused
Give you the creativity you need to be resourceful and resilient
Not feelin' the love? Try these three strategies:
1. Practice gratitude: Write down the things your business has made possible for you, your family, employees, clients and community in the last 90 days or more. If your business wasn't here, what would be missed? What might other people say they're grateful for that your business made possible? What would you be doing now if you weren’t growing your business and how would you feel?
Even if your business isn’t yet living up to all your expectations - what’s going right?
2. Embrace reality: Chances are, you have a few stories you tell yourself about your business - why this happens or that’s not possible. Take a look at the things in your business that are consistently frustrating. Those things are likely features (built in by design) rather than bugs (mistakes that need can/will be eliminated.)
If you accept those things as features, how might your feelings about the situation change? If you reset your expectations and, for example, accept that certain things require long time lines or that churn is the norm for certain positions, can you plan accordingly and reduce your frustration? What other benefits will come for planning for rather than working around or ignoring certain realities of how your business operates?
3. Celebrate the small stuff: When you're super focused on the future, you can lose site of the small wins along the way. Celebrating incremental progress on big goals will help you and your team feel good about the journey, especially when the destination feels far off.
Ask yourself what you want to celebrate at the end of the next 90 days. This might include celebrating what you stopped, started, delegated, outsourced, documented, decided, or resolved. (Psst - there’s nothing wrong with adding some early wins to get things going!)
Write it down and identify what next steps will help you make that celebration a reality.
Schedule time to review your wins and make a big deal about what you and your team have accomplished.
BONUS Tip! You are not your business. You get to decide how you feel about how your business operates, what outcomes it creates for you, and whether it is living up to your expectations.
Even when things don’t go the way you want or expected, you can choose how you feel about it and if you act on those feelings.
Think about who you are surrounded by and whether they help you identify and manage your emotions. Do they help you see how a mistake created a learning opportunity? Do they challenge you to see situations from different perspectives? Do they encourage you to keep trying? Do they acknowledge how hard being a business owner is while also helping you unleash its potential?
Leveling up your peers and advisors can unlock new ways of thinking and feeling about your business and the many roles you play in i!
Purpose First Advisors specializes in helping business owners level-up their approach to business growth and continuity. Let us help you build, grow and exit your business on purpose, with purpose.
