Do you feel like you're just stuck on a hamster wheel?

I seem to have been talking to lots of people about the metaphorical hamster wheel recently. Many , many business owners (far too many) seem to feel like they’re on one.

There are several aspects to the experience of being on the hamster wheel:

1. It’s going fast, It’s tiring and you feel like you can’t get off, your stuck working in the business, not on the business.
2. You don’t prioritise other things in life such as your own mental health, wellbeing, friends, family and hobbies.
3. You have don’t time to reflect on why you’re on it, and where you’re actually heading, maybe you need a map, a laser guided focus.
4. By nature of it being a wheel, it’s actually not going anywhere (that’s certainly how it seems to feel)

It’s normally the case that you’ve got deep-rooted thinking that’s keeping you on it.

Thinking such as:

• I must work hard (the implicit thinking is - if I work hard, I’ll do well, I’ll make lots of money and which will make me happy)
• I need to earn lots of money (the common thinking is - having material things will make me happy)
• My family needs financial security and I must provide it (if I provide money all will be well)
• Success is important (I bet you're convinced, that - if I’m successful, I’m worthy in my own eyes and/or those of others)

I’m not suggesting that money or success is bad but if you focus on money alone then, nothing will ever change. But I am suggesting if you feel like you’re running your life at a crazy pace and you’re stuck on the hamster wheel, and you’re exhausted or not being the best person or leader you can be, then something’s not working for you.

I invite you to get off the wheel. Make time and space for some quality thinking.

• What is your business doing and why?
• What’s the purpose of your business?
• Where is your business going and why?
• What is a fulfilling life in every way?
• What difference do you want to make in this world (assuming we’ve only got one shot at it)?

And most importantly, I invite you to look at and question your deep-rooted thinking, to challenge your unconscious paradigms. Your thinking creates how you experience life and all the choices you make. And it’s amazing how much of that thinking, how many of those paradigms are false, farcical, conflicting, or unhelpful.

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