Are you working twenty-five hours a day, eight days a week? You rarely see your family,
and when you do make time for your daughter’s dance recital or happy hour with your
buds, you’re not there. Not really. You’re thinking about the latest problem and how
you’re going to fix it.
Every second of your waking life is spent trying to figure out how to hang on to this
fledgling business of yours. You’re busy wearing all your many hats, worrying about
making payroll and if Social Security will be enough to keep you in ramen noodles when
you retire.
Who the hell has time to go for the dream when you barely have the time or the money
to eat? Can you even remember the dream? Let me refresh your memory. You want the
freedom to live, work and express yourself as you choose. You want the power to
influence the marketplace, your culture, your community.
Instead, you’re a slave to your business. It owns you—and it’s kicking your ass. And if
you’re being honest, even though the rest of the world thinks you’re a big-time (or rising)
entrepreneur, sometimes it feels like your business is quicksand and you’re sinking
down right in the middle of it, not a tree branch in sight.
Like so many one-man bands, you believe that your knowledge and skill set isn’t
teachable, and if you can’t teach it, you can’t systematize it. And if you can’t systematize
it, you can’t grow it. If you’re making good money doing what you do, you can get stuck
in the mindset that you’re the only person on the planet who can do what you do. You
become blind to the trap you set for yourself.
So, if you’re not sure if you should continue, ask yourself one question:
Do you want your business to die a slow, miserable death?
(Part 1 of 2)
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