So you have the idea, you even have some capital to surge forward with
your new business. What's stopping you is the question you keep asking
yourself. Whether you are a stay at home mom, a corporate person
looking for new challenges, a student fresh out of university, becoming
an entrepenuer is an exciting challenge!
As a business and
personal development coach I notice the one thing everyone seems to
have in common is lack of patience. My clients will ask me to cut to
the chase and tell them how to get there faster, there being the owner
of a successful business. After I explain that there are steps to take
in order to ensure you have a stable foundation for your business most
of my clients agree that my way is best, I actually did what I talk
about so who better to listen to?
One of the programs I offer
is about self-awareness and getting to know the real you. In fact this
is one of my most popular programs because, after the initial
complimentary 1-hour session where I ask my client some important
questions, we usually discover the the client requires the
self-awareness part of the program in order to move on to the next
section. Think of this as similar to a needs assessment that many of
you may be familiar with and how we determine the needs of the client
first and foremost before moving on. In order to know others you have
to know yourself, this not only helps you personally, it helps you know
how to deal with different people, not everyone has the same likes and
dislikes and wants to be treated the same.
Building strong
foundations for your business is essential just like when you are
building the foundations for a house or an office building. Without the
foundations the building will collapse, similar to businesses that rush
forward without covering the basic structure of their business.
Owning a business means you have to wear many hats, one day you may be
the adminstrative person, and the next in charge of branding,
accounting, sales, marketing, networking and the list goes on.
Eventually you will need help and want to hire someone you trust and
know can do the job you hired them for. In the beginning you tend to
take on all the responsibility that comes with a new small business,
sometimes because you lack funds to pay someone else, but also because
you lack trust and think only you can do the job properly.
My
web seminars are training modules that cover the basics of starting a
small business and everything involved, and along with the business and
personal development consulting, I am kept pretty busy with clients who
desire the knowledge I can pass on to them. I made some mistakes when I
first became a business owner, I lacked knowledge, and I was very naive
in some cases. I packaged up all my learning experiences, along with my
mistakes and the solutions I found worked for me and came up with an
easy step by step program that people find fun and informative.
Becoming a small business owner can be fun and hard work and challenging, but I would'nt change my life for the world!
