Let's go on a date!
Relationship experts everywhere drive home the importance of having a weekly date with your significant other. It solidifies the bond you have together. It gives you a chance to take a breather from the mundane activities that come with being in a committed relationship and reconnect with the person most significant in your life. Remember the date is meant to be fun and add/keep spice in the relationship.
We believe that your relationship with your business is as important as your relationship with your significant other. It can certainly be as challenging and rewarding as your relationship with your significant other in that you must be vigilant in staying connected and understanding all the areas of the business that need attention. As in a committed relationship, a business can easily get stuck in a rut of functioning and yet not functioning to its highest and best level.
You wonder why it’s not growing or maybe it is growing but you aren’t sure why or how and you have so many balls in the air it’s hard to maintain them all. Maybe you’re in a rut and not feeling creative or as passionate about the business as when you first began, so how can you get a handle on your relationship with your business?
A DATE of course!
We recommend setting up a weekly “date” with your business. We call it your “badass leader” date. Get this date on your calendar for each week. Have some fun with it. Get a cup of coffee, tea, wine. Maybe a whole charcuterie board! Set yourself up in a different room in your home, if you have an office where you typically work, get out of your office. We don’t recommend going to a public place because you’re going to be looking at your numbers, which means you will need a secure internet to log into your bank account. Set up your date as if you’re dating a person, so be creative in your location.
If you plan a date every week, that equates to 52 opportunities throughout the year to course-correct your business. 52 opportunities to view what is working, consider changes or tweaks you can make to be more efficient, and increase revenue and live in your genius zone consistently.
The worksheet is one we use with our clients that are already taking steps towards their Genius Zone in our inclusive course. Below are some ideas if you want to work on your badass date and take a weekly pulse check:
- Track numbers in your business: What are your sales, what are you spending and investing, how is your marketing strategy working, do you have a marketing strategy, (how many posts did you create, how many people did you connect with, engagement on your website) how many pages written in your book, blogs posted, etc (the numbers you track will be determined by what type of business you have)
- Lessons learned: What happened in your business that you may have failed beautifully and learned some great lessons or frustrated you such that you discover the opportunity to create a new process to help a future endeavor.
- Gratitude for all income and progress made! This is imperative because what we focus on we get more of.
Our worksheet leads you through multiple “date-worthy” ideas to help you stay connected and committed to growing your business.
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