November 05 – Have you tried everything? Are you frustrated by a lack of traction when you feel like you have done everything possible to no avail? Do you feel like you are spinning your wheels and not making progress, and have run out of ideas or options? Are you tired of trying this and trying that only to not realize what you hoped would be gained?
October 29 – Have something to prove? Are your goals and actions driven by a need to prove you are worthy or right? Do you need validation to feel as though you are making progress or an impact? Are you less motivated if it is dependent solely on your own confidence and commitment without anyone else’s affirmation? Has proving something become an obsession to the point of distraction in other areas of your business or life?
October 22 – Is what you don't know the problem? Or is it the solution? Are you making assumptions without knowing for sure the heart of the situation or the impact of a situation? Have you put great effort and time into learning and knowing all there is to know about what you are doing, only to find yourself stuck compared to where you would like to be? Have you used your know-how effectively so far, only to now find it is not enough? Whatever you are struggling to understand is an opportunity to gain insight.
October 15 – Is Q4 weighing heavy? Are you feeling pressure to hit numbers that are not on track? Have certain goals not had the attention you had intended earlier in the year? Have circumstances dictated a shift in focus that has turned your original strategy upside down and inside out? Are you so focused on here and now, looking ahead into next year and beyond seems more daunting than exciting?
October 08 – Are you outside your comfort zone? Is your head spinning from all that is transpiring around you, causing uncertainty on what to focus on next? Are you saying to yourself "be careful what you wish for" as you manage what has resulted from your hard work and efforts? Have you pushed yourself beyond your comfort zone and now you are questioning that you may have gone too far?
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?
September 24 – Are you thinking BIG enough? Are you limiting yourself more than you realize in your business? Are your goals based too much on past and present thinking? Do you set goals based on what you believe is realistic? Do you undermine your team unintentionally in what they could achieve for the company? Are you setting growth goals that are incremental versus exponential?
September 17 – Suffering from founder's burnout? Are you feeling exhausted all the time and drained even before your workday begins? Do you feel that every decision weighs heavy on you and you cannot seem to get any type of break? Do you feel the weight of the responsibility in running and owning a business? Have you lost some of your passion and go get ‘em?
September 10 – Need to think differently? Have you become set in your ways or in an approach that is no longer exciting or serving you? Have the changing times required a need for change and how you approach what may have worked seamlessly before? Are uncertainty or unanticipated challenges taking their toll?