October 01 – Ready for what's next? Are you so focused on the day-to-day that you cannot even consider what is in store for the future? Are you putting out fires more than you are igniting possibilities in your company? Do you feel as though you are in a rat race of your own making, and wish there was even a moment to breathe? Does the thought of any type of disruption in your business have you petrified of what you would or could even do?
If the business is running you more than you are running your business, it is time to take a step back and pause to embrace why this is the case. Are your hands too involved in everything? Are you having difficulty releasing control in ways that could actually serve you versus hinder you? Do you find it hard to trust others because of how you have been burned before? Is everything so much inside your head that no one even has the ability to shine in supporting you?
Take an MM&I Moment to awaken to how you are holding your business back from what’s next. Is all of your time consumed with day-to-day business activity, not allowing you time to work on the future of your business? Do you see AI this and AI that all around you, but have no time to even think about how it could benefit your business? Are you underutilizing your team members and overcompensating with your own time working on things they could easily do? The reality is that the speed of change in business is faster than it has ever been before. What’s next isn’t just around the corner. It is here. A business that is ready is a business where time is made to anticipate, imagine and then capitalize upon it while others are caught in their own webs of complexity. An agile business isn’t just ready for what’s next, it is creating what is next.
Wide Awake Quote of the Week
“Often it is not the smart who get ahead, but the bold.” – Robert Kiyosaki
Yours in dreaming wide awake,
P.S. Giving yourself permission to take a break may be the most empowering thing you can do for your business. From the latest Expert Panel Forbes.com article, here are 20 reasons, including my tip #11, why as a founder and business owner a vacation may be just what you need for business-growing perspective.
