Business LIFE - Have More FUN!
Russell Pearson CSP
Hall of Fame Inductee | Top Voice in Consulting | Host of the Your Consulting Business Podcast | Business Blacksmith – We Support Super Smart Consultants to Forge Successful Consulting Businesses.
Seven years ago I got really sick.
I was told I was a fit and healthy young man and that I’d be fine and that I could go home.
A week later I came back in a critical condition. OUCH!
They stuck many tubes in me.
By the way...I didn’t die…or am I writing from the grave…Oooooo!!!
(I actually just looked up the spelling of 'what a ghost says'…apparently it’s?Oooooo…)
Anyway, I’m still very much alive, but that moment had a BIG impact on me.
To be honest, it was a bit of a scare.
From that incident on, I started looking at things differently.
My relationships.
My ambitions.
And of course, my business.
At the time was running my marketing agency and we were doing…OK.
But in a constant chase for growth - we were taking on ANY work that was coming our way.
Some months we’d have a tonne of work, some barely enough.
It was very stressful.
We’d grown a reasonable team and the business had won some awards...
…but my health scare made me realise I wanted something different.
So over the course of the next 12 months, as I recovered, I made changes.
I sold the production side of the business to a colleague.
Focused in on the consulting and advisory side.
I chose to increase the things I LOVED and stop doing the things I didn’t.
At first, it was VERY scary.
Saying NO to work, just felt...wrong.
So I engaged mentors to check my thinking.
People who had 'BEEN THERE' before.
It felt like getting insurance…and I was used to paying for that.
But it was SOOOO much better than insurance.
I didn’t just use it to save my business was critical.
I used it to accelerate my business when things were going well!
They showed me that I was on the right path, and how to course correct for the future.
Which we did.
I LOVE my business now - It’s still my business, but it's different.
Changing the business, changed other things.
It changed my LIFE…which has become so much MORE FUN!
YAY!!!
That being said - Change can feel REALLY hard…
...no doubt.
But on the other side of your change, may be the very thing you’re searching for.
Many of the clients I work with these days have been in similar situations.
Not necessarily critical illness.
But something had changed for them.
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They no longer wanted to work in their corporate role and wanted to start their business.
They no longer wanted the poor projects and clients they’ve been receiving - They wanted better clients.
They are sick and tired of being paid low fees - They want higher-paying clients.
They realised life can be better.
Often the cause of change is in their environment, market, or offering.
But it’s all still CHANGE…which can be BIG.
Helping you make and take your business NEXT STEPS during CHANGE is the work we do.
It’s very cool to see the transformations.
I wish I had a crystal ball to show people what their life looks like once they’ve worked with us.
You can see as many case studies as you like, but it still?takes a bit of bravery to take the FIRST STEP.
Working with change always does.
While my illness wasn’t terminal, at the time I did feel ghost-like.
Going through the motions of life, not really happy with where I was.
Lack of motivation, lack of enthusiasm, and lack of inspiration.
I was unhappy…AND my changes changed that.
I’m a big smiley idiot most days now.
A big thank you to those mentors…you know who you are.
It may TAKE something BIG to make you realise now is the time.
AND I wish for you whatever you NEED to make the decision sooner.
Sometimes it takes a Critical Condition to move you to act.
Sometimes it’s simply reading the right words at the right time.
Time to change what you’re currently doing, right now.
But whatever you do - don’t wait for things to get CRITICAL.
There is no need to experience the pain.
Just get support to make the change you ALREADY know you want to make.
Change your situation and create a business that drives you.
Create a business that empowers you.
Make the decision to design a business that gives you a LIFE that you LOVE.
A business that allows you to simply - HAVE MORE FUN!
?? Stay Passionate!
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Russell Pearson ?is the founder of the FORGE. A Business Program for Solo Consultants, Advisors, and Specialist Service Providers who want Better Clients & Higher Fees.
You can contact him directly here:?https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/russell-pearson/ ?
We always grow during hard times and come out stronger. Gift for going through hell.