The Most Important Person In Your Business

I remember the first time, someone asked me this question. “Who is the most important person in your business?”

It felt like a trick question,, kind of like “would you like a receipt today?”(I am always confused by this question.)

I remember thinking, I should know the answer to this question. Was it my sales team? What about my administrative staff? Surely it had to be my customer service team? All the moving parts and pieces of the business that make it a business. They are all important, and every position ensured the growth of the business, and a quality client experience.

None of them were the right answer though…

I was still confused, and surprised. Who could possibly be the most important person in my business? Who has that kind of power, influence, and responsibility?

The entrepreneur. The business owner. The Founder. The CEO…

YOU

The decision maker, is the most important person in any business. YOU are the most important person in your business.

I remember being stunned. I’ve never really looked at myself as anyone special, or important- just a woman on a mission to make a difference, serve my customers and community and make a living while doing it. Starting and owning a business isn’t something I ever did to fulfill some kind of need of self importance.

Can you relate?

It’s normal to think about yourself last, and and think of everyone and everything else first- I think most people and business owners tend to think of themselves last. We don’t consider our own importance.

Which can actually cost us big time.

When you the business owner and boss don’t consider your own importance, it’s easy to dismiss the power that we have with the decisions that we make. It’s easy to down play ourselves, our actions, and the impact of those actions on the people around us.

Have you ever had the thought, “Who put me in charge?”

Only to be gently reminded that you put yourself in charge. You saw an opportunity, you captured it, and now you are responsible for yourself, your business, your relationships, your employees and your customers.

With great power, comes great responsibility.

This means, you must take the best care of yourself that you possibly can, so that you can be in full control your state, your life, and at your best for the people who are relying to be “on” each and every day. Even the days you messed up, don’t feel like it, or just want to quit.

The pressure is enough to crush the average person, but you are not average so you must fight the urge to crumble or be crushed.

How you take care of yourself truly matters not just for your life and those you love but for the life of your business.

The first several hours of the day should be devoted taking care of #1. You. In case you haven’t grasped it yet, you are #1, So how you take care of yourself matters.

• Movement- doesn’t matter how you move, only that you move. A body in motion stays in motion. You will find yourself with a clearer head, brighter mood, and more creativity because you moved your muscles, got some blood pumping, and some good ‘ol oxygen flowing to your brain. The boost from exercise is better than any cup of coffee could ever do.

Not that I am going to tell you stop drinking coffee- that would be silly.

• Mindset- the frame of mind you are in can and will affect your daily results, interactions, and actions that you make through out the day. If you don’t protect your mind and serve it good study in the form of reading, journaling or inspirational listening- you are leaving the best of you somewhere between the bedroom and the boardroom. When your mind is straight- life seems to flow the way you want it to, and at the very least you are more capable of handling the hard stuff that will get thrown your way

• Nutrition- Nobody likes to hear it, and most will choose to ignore it. How you feed and nourish your body matters. Seriously. When you eat better you feel better. When you consume high energy foods, you have high energy- think about how you feel after you have eaten, fruit, salad, protein and a little fat for lunch. You feel ready to conquer your afternoon meetings. Conversely, when you enjoy a burger, fries and a large drink for lunch you instantly feel like you need a nap.

  How you eat also affects your sleep, sex drive, ability to handle stress, and how your clothes do or don’t fit. So take care to nourish your body- especially on work days.

• Hydration- you need water, you are made mostly of water. Water will clear out your system, detoxify, hydrate, and help you think more clearly. Again, it’s simple but many neglect drinking water, let alone enough water, because they either forget to hydrate and are bumbling around chronically dehydrated or they opt for tastier options like energy drinks, and soda. I personally aim for 1 gallon day.

  If all else fails, your potty breaks will serve as an excellent opportunity to reset your mind and energy.

• Motivation- YOU HAVE TO MOTIVATE YOU. You also have to motivate everyone else. You are literally the only person in your business who cannot simply go through the motions. Keep your mind and motivation sharp by reviewing your goals and vision daily.

  You may be the CEO but truth be told you are really the CMO- Chief Motivation Officer, but it’s an inside job.

It all seems simple, and it really is. As simple as it is, is also how easy it is to back burner self care and making sure that you are good, everyday. Working is so much more exciting and when you work, it feels like momentum.

Taking care of yourself doesn’t always feel like momentum in the moment, but it creates momentum everyday.

When you take time to take care of yourself, in turn you take time to better take care of business, life and all that it entails.

You aren’t just a goldfish that needs to be kept alive, you are a million dollar race horse. You are a winner.

Winners train themselves for success by ensuring they can be the very best version of themselves day in and day out.

So why, this list?

It’s simple really, because it’s all basic personal care. Just like you want to stick to the basics in business, you want to stick to the basics of caring for a human, a top performing human.

When you choose to not take care of you, you choose to lose.

Keep it simple…

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3 Tips to Get Your Head Right ( When You Just Don't Wanna...)

Some days it can be challenging to get out of bed and make shit happen.

A case of I don’t want to’s can stem from procrastination and fear.

You might think it’s laziness, but I you read this blog, I know you are not a lazy person. You aren’t afraid of hard work or putting yourself out there and doing the things you need to do to be successful.

Some days though, we forget why we decided to venture down the path of entrepreneurship and pursue the path less traveled. We begin to doubt ourselves, our capabilities, and our inner drive feels like it went from 60 to 0 overnight.

It’s super uncomfortable to go from feeling like you are on top of the world to lower than dirt, but I haven’t met one business owner who doesn’t ride the emotional roller coaster from time to time, I honestly believe that, it’s part of the journey.

Looking back on when my Dad was growing his businesses, he would have high highs of joy and winning and low lows of getting his ass kicked.

As an entrepreneur that’s kind of what we sign up for. We live life in the fast lane which can often start to resemble the stress lane. We strive to push the world forward with our products and services, and we can’t expect ourselves to be “on” all the time.

I have witnessed over the years, the people who win the most in business and in life in general are the people who manage to take control of their state of mind, harness their energy and realize that only they can shift their mind, energy and output.

Remember- YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF YOU

It can be really easy to take your foot off the gas of driving your business and life forward when nothing seems to be going as planned, but those are the moments you need to remind yourself to dig in, dig deeper, trust the process, and keep going.

It takes real trust in yourself, your capabilities and the vision you have for the future.

The thing is, in those moments of “I don’t wanna” and feeling defeated we have a choice to keep moving forward, lay off the gas or throw in the towel.

It’s important to remember that when things get hard in business you must remind yourself that “This is what hard feels like.”

Being a business owner or entrepreneur is not easy and it never will be, so go ahead and let go of the delusion that it will get easier- no my friend, you will just get better.

We are all faced with the the reality at some point- that it’s hard and hard for a reason.

Here are 3 Things you can do to change your state, when you don’t really feel like showing up and working towards growing your business and working on your vision.

1) Get Your Mind Right

Many battles are won and lost in the space between your ears. If you don’t take the time to harness your thoughts, and steer them, your thoughts will steer you. Fear and defeat are super powerful emotions that in essence are there to protect us from the lion eating us. There is no lion that is going to eat you just because things aren’t going your way today.

Negative and fear based thinking will always take you down though- unless you harness it.

My favorite ways to harness my thoughts are:

• Journalling

• Prayer & Meditation

• Revisiting my goals

• Returning to why I got started in the first place and why I believe in my vision and my mission

2) Don’t think- Just Do- Until You’re Done

Simplistic as it may sound, sometimes you just gotta show up, do the work, until the work is done. People too often let their most emotional thoughts and feelings dictate the things they will and won’t do in work, life, relationships, health, etc. The desires for pleasure and relief of pain are very strong, but when you can temporarily shut off the emotion and just do the thing you must do- over time it will give you confidence and discipline.

At the end of the day isn’t that what creates success anyways? DISCIPLINE

3) Move your body

Seriously, there is very little that hard workout or a walk won’t solve. That boost of endorphins, oxygen to your brain and a good sweat not only cleanses your mind, your mood, and is a great reset for stinkin thinkin. Not many people actually enjoy exercise- but I don’t know anyone who hasn’t felt better after a good sweat sesh.

Something else I really like a good workout is you meet your weakest and strongest self in every session. The negative fearful thinking inside you is put to the test, and put in it’s place.

It’s important to remember that through the day to day of growing a business whether it’s brick and mortar or online- all business owners have days when they really don’t feel like and don’t want to- but what you choose to do with those thoughts will ultimately dictate your success.

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