The importance of how we work for ourselves as business owners
One of the reasons I first started my business was because I didn't want to work for someone else, this had been a feeling I’d felt for a long time, my parent's have their own business, so this must have rubbed off on me while I was growing up, the freedom to make your own choices around how you work. Of course their business is very different to what I do but ultimately I knew I didn’t want to spend my whole life working for someone else.
But over the years of running my business it's gone beyond the idea of not working for someone else but also how we work for ourselves, because we can actually be a really hard boss! You can probably relate, when you started your business you may have worked the evenings, weekends both because you were so passionate and excited about it but also because you wanted to make sure it was a success (whatever success looks like and means to you). In my case led to this feeling of constantly being busy, overworking, getting overwhelmed, putting far too much on my to-do list. It’s a lesson I think all business owners experience, fortunately I didn’t get to a point of burnout, but my brain hardly switched off for the first few years of my business, not a very good boss!
So I’ve spent the last year really thinking about how I’d like to run my business in a way that feels good and works for me, which of course requires trial and error but knowing that this approach will bring a more easeful, gentle and fun way of running my business.
I’m so passionate about supporting wonderful small business owners, like you, to also create a business that works for you and to be the best boss for yourself! By creating an intentional strategy and meaningful marketing that honours your energy, creativity, rest and goals!
If you’d like to find out more about how I work, have a watch of this workshop: