You’re running a business? By your measure your business is not small but compared to others it still feels like a small business, despite all of the years of effort you put in. So how do you change these circumstances?
You find that you are constantly being told the top 10 problems faced by small business and it’s wearing you down, after all you confront them every day.
Some of your issues are on that list but many are not, many are personal and keep you awake at night. Your tired of not being able to get ahead, you want to break out of the cycle, you seem to be working for everyone else while you go without. Why is it that you seem to be good at solving every one else’s problems but your problem never gets any attention. You have become the weary business owner!
In short you are now running a business that feels like it’s for everyone else’s benefit and you are a long way from the path you would have chosen at the start of your journey when you chose to go into business. That path and vision is now so far away from the reality of today. It seems so unreachable in the foreseeable future.
There is a reason for this. Where you are today is an accumulation of all the decisions you have made from start up. At the outset you seemed to have so many options and now the options for change have evaporated. Your past decisions have locked you into current consequences that seem to be insurmountable. Debt, customers, suppliers and family create an obligation that governs what you do tomorrow. The forces that control your everyday are all seemingly impenetrable.
The fact is you can change this by taking back control. Yes it will take time. There is no magic bullet. But a new journey can be started if you choose. The decision is yours, a new decision for the better and it simply requires a plan.
To get back to where you want to be requires three steps
- Having a vision of what that path (the future outcome) may look like.
- Knowing what your options are to deal with the present demands and
- Executing a plan that delivers the future you want.
Why are these steps hard for most business owners? Simply because the years have passed since you created your vision and it has now faded. It is lost in the everyday chaos that is business. Business life is consumed by survival and meeting those obligations to a myriad of third parties. Being at the coal face every day, you find that there is no time to explore what might be, to revisit your ambitions and the business and the options available to achieve those ambitions.
So if you are the “Weary Business Owner”, take the first step on re-invigorating your vision by taking the time to call us at ICS. What if we could help you reinvigorate your vision and help you achieve it? It will cost you nothing but a little time to explore how working with ICS can alleviate the anxiety that comes with not having the answers to the business problems you have.
ICS work with individuals and businesses to grow and achieve their potential. We understand that this only happens by working with you, side by side to build and implement your vision of the future, what you want for yourself, your business and your family.