Here are the Top 10 things I learned this month from coaching entrepreneurs:
- Ego is the enemy of success - Entrepreneurs that park their own ego make better decisions with the whole team in mind… and their businesses do better as well!
- Run your own race - Ignore the competition and keep honing what makes your business special. “Comparison is the thief of joy’ – my main man Teddy R.
- Cash is truly king - A person can have 1000 dreams, but without their health, they only have 1. In your business, cash flow is akin to health!
- Stay the course - Goals are simply the result of habits repeated over time. It’s all about establishing behaviors and tweaking for results.
- Avoid the gap - Always measure yourself and your business against the gains you’ve made, not the gap between your ideal and where you are today.
- Action over thinking - Don’t complain about not seeing results from the work you haven’t put in. (This one I learned from not following my diet but still being frustrated that I’m not losing weight ??)
- Feeling good - Don’t wait for a future event to happen in order to feel good… you deserve to feel good now. It’s a decision, not an outcome!
- Simplify, simplify, simplify… If you want your business to scale, you need to distill and simplify at every turn. “For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn’t give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Give a fig (or a $hit, or a F$%#) - If money is the pursuit, then success might become elusive. If driven by purpose, money simply becomes a way to keep score.
- You can't speed people up - People are ready when they’re ready. You can’t speed people up to meet your needs or timelines. “You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.” – Warren Buffett
- BONUS: Leave it in the past - Once you complete a month, close it off and start anew. If you didn’t hit your targets in that month, don’t expect to make up for it in the next. Treat each month like a fresh start. This applies to quarters and years too.
I hope some of these lessons resonate and help you on your journey!
Expert EOS Implementer? at EOS Worldwide
3 年Thanks for sharing Andrew. Great insights that all EOSIs can validate
This is OUTSTANDING, Andrew! Thanks for posting.
Fractional COO (fCOO) | EOS Integrator | Business Operations & Process Optimization
3 年Look forward for success. The Both the good and bad. Your nuggets are simple. Stay present, look forward, stay the course
President & Integrator | Wife & Mom | Best-Selling Author I Proud Michigan Wolverine l Investor
3 年Great list!
I work with business families and their members to help ensure that their generational transition will be successful. I do this through one-on-one coaching and family meeting facilitation.
3 年"5. Avoid the gap?- Always measure yourself and your business against the gains you’ve made, not the gap between your ideal and where you are today." Amen!