I don’t care if you’re a “solopreneur” or running a team of 50, if you’re not able to fully own your role as the CEO of your business, you’ll stay stuck in overwhelm and the never-ending to-do list.
Why?
Because if you’re still stuck in the daily grind of the daily operations of your business, how will you see your big-picture vision?
And if you can’t see your big-picture vision, how will you know where you’re heading?
And if you don’t know where you’re heading, how can you possibly be strategic?
Without big-picture goals and strategic thinking, you’ll just keep spinning your wheels, feeling stuck, isolated, overwhelmed, exhausted, and ultimately burnt out.
So, you do need to make time in your week - EVERY week - to dedicate yourself to CEO thinking. To put on the big picture goggles, and find ways to get strategic. Step away from the daily operations, even if only for an hour initially. Make sure you’re uninterrupted.
It requires you to fully adopt a CEO mindset.
Own you RIGHT to take time away from operations to do some strategic planning. Own your RIGHT to delegate the tasks that don’t afford you the time to be the CEO of your own business. Own your RIGHT to call the shots and make the tough choices.
Own the FACT that all the responsibility and risk of your business sits on YOUR shoulders. Be grateful to yourself for all the training, experience, risks and MONEY you’ve put into this business adventure of yours.
Own the FACT that, like it or not, you ARE the CEO of your business, goddammit! If all this seems too hard, too “icky”, or you just don’t feel you’ve earned the right - GET SUPPORT. Find a coach or a mentor who can help you see the landscape that lies before you. Someone who can help you lift your head high enough to see the horizon. Someone who can help you navigate your way forward. Of course, if you can do this for yourself, awesome! But never feel you MUST do this on your own.
There are no prizes for staying silent, staying isolated, staying hidden. There are no awards for taking the hard road.
Practice using the term CEO Time. Block it out in your diary. Own it. And above all DO IT!
Much love, Tess x
Ep. 98 I don’t care if you’re a “solopreneur” or running a team of 50! | Finding Proof with Dr Tess Crawley podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
