Small business owners: Think better, live a richer life by maintaining work life balance
Posted by: stephen in ConsultingYou’ve probably at least heard of Napoleon Hill’s classic, Think and Grow Rich. The basic idea is that by putting real focus into thinking your path to riches can be made shorter and smoother.
But, what if your path to riches has resulted in you feeling that your business owns you more often than you own it.
Have you gained a good income but given up your spatial and temporal freedom? Can you do what you want when and where you want to do it? Can you easily take this afternoon off to enjoy the sun? Can you spend three weeks bicycling on Bali if you choose?
Are you sacrificing:
- Time with your children
- Time with your spouse
- Time with your passions
- Your health
- Your ability to explore the world
For the sake of your business?
The thinking that got you into this situation will not be the thinking that gets you moving into freer more authentic territory.
But how to think differently? How to think better?
Thinking is usually based on:
Information
- Good, solid data clearly analyzed in the spreadsheet
- What assumptions are you building upon? Are they rock or sand?
- What about what your body is telling you?
- What fresh perspective might literature or art provide?
Processes
- Consciously perform deductive and inductive reasoning
- Clear analysis to avoid common logical fallacies
- Using thinking visualization tools to identify areas requiring more clarity
Both information and process can be refined and improved with only a small investment of time. Of course, you can do it yourself. If you’d like a friendly companion along the way to help speed the process and make it more fun, I’d be happy to help.
Call me for a free consultation. (206) 793-4020
Stephen Sloan offers small business consulting from Bainbridge Island, Washington, 98110 (near Seattle, on the Kitsap Peninsula) to small business owners all over the world.
Tags: Decisions, Leadership, Mid-Life, thinking
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