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Working With Yourself (a.k.a The Boss You Can’t Quit)
You’re the boss here. You set the pace, make the calls and pay the price if it all goes pear-shaped. The funny, and slightly annoying thing is, you’re also the employee. This means your success depends entirely on whether the boss side of you can get the employee side of you to show up, focus and not get lost in an Instagram scroll hole.
What is a Business Owner?
When I ask people what they do, and they say they own a business, it doesn’t take long to realise that those people ‘own a job’. I don’t mean that as an insult – it’s a reality for so many small business owners, especially in the early years.
The 80/20 Rule: Less Hustle, More Impact
The 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, is the idea that a small percentage of actions produce most of our results. Now it’s not always 80% and 20% but the pattern holds. It’ll apply to your business in a lot of ways.
Managing Personality Types
If you’ve ever explained something perfectly clearly, only to have the other person stare back at you like you’ve just read them IKEA instructions in reverse Swedish, you already know this – people don’t all think the same way.
Choosing Your Attitude
You can’t control every bad thing that happens to you. But you can control how you show up once it happens, and that’s what “choosing your attitude” is all about.
How Small Business Owners Can Reduce Stress
Long hours, a lot of responsibility and trying to achieve the infamous work-life balance is stressful. Sometimes it doesn’t feel achievable. It’s likely that this stress is impacting the success of your business. The 80/20 principle could be a saving grace for you. So here’s how you can use it…
You’re Probably a Micromanager, Here’s How You Can Fix It
If you find yourself saying “it’s quicker if I just do it myself” or redoing tasks because they’re not “good enough,” you may be stuck in a cycle of micromanagement. As we discussed in the Business Abundance Podcast episode on micromanaging, this approach can kill your business.
How to Attract Good Employees - and Keep Them
Have you caught yourself saying “there’s no good employees these days”? The matter of fact is, there are, you just don’t have them yet. If you want good people to work for, and with, you, you need to create an environment that they can grow and have opportunities in.
Imposter Syndrome - The Business Abundance Podcast Episode 7
Imposter Syndrome - Episode 7 - The Business Abundance Podcast
The Secret To Spend More Time With Your Family
Did you expect it to be this busy though? Unfortunately, the reality is that you would have more time for your families if you worked for someone else.
To avoid this situation yourself, here are three important actions you can take today.
3 Steps That Will Grow Your Small Business
You are living in an attention recession.
I, personally, have found myself often sifting through Facebook with no goal. I’m not looking for anything. I didn’t pick my phone out of my pocket for any real reason other than to pass the time.