Month: November 2022

“Just one more email, and mommy will be right there.”

“Hold on, honey. Mommy just needs to talk to her client for a few more minutes and then we can play.”

“Oh, bud, I’m so tired. Maybe tomorrow? I just need to rest right now.”

“I really wish I could join you all, but I’m so slammed with work and I’m worried I’ll never catch up. Have fun without me.”

“I just need to get through the next few months and then I think I can breathe again.”

The entrepreneurial guilt is real…especially as a woman in her own business.

While you started your business to get freedom, you’ve actually created more overwhelm in your life, and it’s become unsustainable and unfulfilling at times.

Growing your business was supposed to have you be in control of how much you make, but now, it’s slowly draining/killing your spirit.

All the

Let me guess…

you’ve probably built your business on your own (or with very little help)…
spending almost nothing on overhead…

Maybe even doing it all from your living room…

and you’re actually doing pretty well?

You’ve made it to at least 8K a month consistently or maybe a lot more (congrats!) – which is far above what most other women entrepreneurs generate each month.

Truth be told, though, you’re probably also stuck at that level, working way way way too many hours, or will be soon.

(It’s ok to admit it, and it’s also just ok. In fact, this is normal. It happens to most, if not all business owners at some point.)

When you do find yourself stuck, you’re going to have to either GROW or GO.

At this stage of business, you can’t expect any further (exponential) growth using the same winning formula of doing everything yourself,

You’re doing sooooooo much. You’ve got a lot of good clients, you’re making stuff happen, you’re showing up and getting results. A mile ahead from where you were in the beginning.

Congratulations, that’s great!

Or…is it? 

You’re probably busier than ever before (which is something to be very proud of, no doubt), but it also means you’ve hit a wall.

With this much going on, there’s no more of you to go around, no more time on the calendar, no more revenue available…and nowhere to go from here. 

All of your time must now go to your clients and meeting their needs. That means there is no time to focus on growing your business, which would help you serve even more of the people who really need you. (Not to mention that there’s no time for vacations, family or friends, because the clients are all relying on you.)

The bottom

Why isn’t the needle moving in your business, no matter how hard you work?

You’re working harder than ever, but you keep feeling like you’re not making as much money as you should – or that you haven’t grown as quickly as you would like.

You’ve put in long evenings at the computer after dinner, years of perseverance, many sleepless nights…but have yet to take a “real” vacation (without bringing your laptop to check in).

Deep down, you know that these loooong hours aren’t sustainable.

With all of the time and energy you’ve invested, shouldn’t you be further along by now? 

Privately, you sometimes wonder if this whole “being self-employed” thing is really worth the effort.

Of course you’re feeling impatient – because success isn’t coming fast enough.

If this is you, please know that this is normal.

Many entrepreneurs get stuck, feel out of control, never have any

At this moment, somewhere on the planet, there are hundreds – even thousands – of people or organizations that could use what you have to offer.

They have a problem that you can solve.

They need you. Badly.

And if I’m being honest with you, there is a bigger problem here.

All these people need you, but if you’re still doing business the way you have been, you’re likely too “small” to be able to help all of them.

Here’s what I mean: if you are still working one-to-one, doing everything yourself (i.e., keeping your business model the same as when you started), you are depriving countless people of your solutions.

Handholding each client, working hours-for-dollars and doing most everything yourself simply isn’t going to help more people. At the same time, it will keep you stuck at the same level for years, without growing your business, your earnings

Having to continually fill the pipeline with new clients can be a big time waster when you’re already so busy.

All the marketing, the sales, the list building and continual search for the next client.

You’re already overwhelmed. What if there was another way to grow your earnings, without having to work so hard to sign up new clients?

What if you could leverage your existing client relationships and keep them much longer?

Have you noticed that when some clients complete a project or a program, they simply…leave?

And once they leave, they don’t often return?

What if you could keep your clients for 5 years, 7 years, even more? What if that was a win-win for them and for you?

If this feels like something that would be a relief, I lovingly suggest you take a step back and ask yourself what more you could be offering your clients

There is a Comparison Monster (alive and well in all business owners) that keeps them from growing further.

Have you ever heard the term, “Compare and despair”?

It’s a good reminder that it can be destructive to compare ourselves to others because it can often lead to negative feelings of defeat (especially if we look at someone’s highlight reel on social media, or their great results, on a day when we’re feeling down).

There’s another, better way to look at comparison for us entrepreneurs…one that can lead to growth, new ideas and much bigger revenues, especially when we’re trying to go to the next level in our business. Here it is:

When we have big goals, like reaching 10X the clients, a global presence, or a million in revenue, it helps to find those who have achieved these big goals…even outside our own industry.

This is when we shift our