Do you feel that your business is sucking the life out of you?
Having our own business should support us on so many different levels. For example, financially, working hours we choose, supporting the life we want and so on.
Having your own business should be the key to working and living on our own terms. It should be a life giver not a life sucker.
However, the reality for many is that they feel like the business is sucking the life out of them. If this sounds familiar to you, then what you have on your hands is the business equivalent of a vampire.
Tell tale signs that your Business is a Vampire:
* Working longer hours than you want to
* Feel like you are peddling really hard but not moving forward
* Struggling to generate the income levels you desire
* Personal and family life is being adversely affected
* You feel like your role as a parent, spouse/partner and other relationships are suffering
* You can't see the light at the end of the tunnel
* You feel like your business is sucking the life out of you
Can you identify with any of these points? If so, then you have a business vampire.
But how do you go about stopping your business sucking the life out of you?
Well, let's start with a bit of tough love. You can try and blame any number of other factors for your business vampire but as the business owner the buck stops with you. The harsh reality is that what you are experiencing is what you have created.
The first step to killing your business vampire is to create awareness.
Awareness is the first step to any change. If you have awareness you can decide to make things different. And that is the first step. Make the decision right now that you are going to kill the vampire. Decide that you are going to create something better starting now.
Just make the decision and commitment to yourself to find a way to make change happen.
Once you have done that, take a good long hard look at what needs to change. Start thinking about what your business would look like if it was ideal. How would your life be different? Is that something worth shooting for?
If so, start to look at steps you can take to start killing your business vampire and turning it into what it should be - something that supports your ideal work life balance. Something that gives you success and freedom on your own terms.
Having our own business should support us on so many different levels. For example, financially, working hours we choose, supporting the life we want and so on.
Having your own business should be the key to working and living on our own terms. It should be a life giver not a life sucker.
However, the reality for many is that they feel like the business is sucking the life out of them. If this sounds familiar to you, then what you have on your hands is the business equivalent of a vampire.
Tell tale signs that your Business is a Vampire:
* Working longer hours than you want to
* Feel like you are peddling really hard but not moving forward
* Struggling to generate the income levels you desire
* Personal and family life is being adversely affected
* You feel like your role as a parent, spouse/partner and other relationships are suffering
* You can't see the light at the end of the tunnel
* You feel like your business is sucking the life out of you
Can you identify with any of these points? If so, then you have a business vampire.
But how do you go about stopping your business sucking the life out of you?
Well, let's start with a bit of tough love. You can try and blame any number of other factors for your business vampire but as the business owner the buck stops with you. The harsh reality is that what you are experiencing is what you have created.
The first step to killing your business vampire is to create awareness.
Awareness is the first step to any change. If you have awareness you can decide to make things different. And that is the first step. Make the decision right now that you are going to kill the vampire. Decide that you are going to create something better starting now.
Just make the decision and commitment to yourself to find a way to make change happen.
Once you have done that, take a good long hard look at what needs to change. Start thinking about what your business would look like if it was ideal. How would your life be different? Is that something worth shooting for?
If so, start to look at steps you can take to start killing your business vampire and turning it into what it should be - something that supports your ideal work life balance. Something that gives you success and freedom on your own terms.
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