About You – the Business Owner

To many people, owning your own business can seem very exciting and appealing.  Imagine being your own boss.  Setting your own rules.  Building something that is your own.  While these privileges of business ownership are definitely something to look forward to, the allure quickly dissipates if your business struggles or if the management stress overwhelms you. What begins with a great hope of freedom in paradise can quickly dissolve into a hopeless confinement in a hell of your own creation.  For most business owners, this kind of bleakness is an emotional response to a few common sources of stress. They are:

1. The unrelenting weight of personal and/or financial risk;
   
2. The anxiety of being solely responsible for absolutely everything;
3. The pressure to meet the expectations of customers, employees, and family; and
4. The “tireless” dedication demanded from you, each and everyday.

Sadly, even if you have achieved some degree of business success, these sources of stress do not really go away, they just become a bit more manageable. However, if things are not going well with your business, these stress factors will add unwanted weight to the already heavy load you’re carrying.  While everyone has a different tolerance for stress, it’s common for individuals exceeding their coping capacity, to retreat inward and internalize their problems. Unfortunately, this defense mechanism actually makes matters worse not better.  Internalizing problems leads to decision-making paralysis that has a compounding effect, as unresolved problems and decisions accumulate. Over an extended period of time, individuals trapped in this existence experience an erosion of confidence that makes a bootstrapped escape seem nearly impossible. This is a dark place to be and suffering it, even slightly or momentarily, is completely unnecessary. 

If you really want a different outcome for yourself then you have to actually try something different.

You probably have heard the adage that if you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting.  Simply put, if you really want a different outcome for yourself then you have to actually try something different. If you subscribe to these words of wisdom, then getting some help to address your business issues or management stress is a no-brainer. Needing some assistance with your business is not an admission of failure. To the contrary, it is quite common for business owners to be more confident and knowledgeable about their products or professional services, than with the management of their actual businesses. Take the example of highly trained professionals such as dentists, doctors, lawyers, accountants, architects, etc. These professionals have many years and hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in their education and accreditation. Would you expect these business owners to be as talented at managing a business as they are at practicing their studied profession?  Hmm… probably not.  So why hold yourself to such high, unrealistic expectations?

If you are serious about wanting to enjoy the privileges of business ownership,
then you should seek expert assistance to improve the elements of your business that cause you sleepless nights and long days. A simple conversation
with BBNR Solutions Management is the right place to start – call 306.519.1172.