Who Runs Your Engine?

As a small business owner, you are the most valuable resource your business has. Without you, nothing in your business happens.

Your health and happiness are a primary consideration in the long term success of your venture.

Your Business Engine

What is the most important factor to your success as a sole proprietor, and how can you take very good care of this factor?

Think back to a time you felt really ‘on’. Was it a situation where you were in charge, knowing just what to do, directing people and resources effectively to the right places, and the situation resolved smoothly into a positive result? Was it a time your fans listened adoringly as you explained the key concepts of your new project? Think of the situation, and look at which of your needs were getting met during this experience. Refer to the Needs Chart.

Now think of a situation that did not feel good at all. Was it a time when you did not know the answer? Were people not responding as you expected them to? Were you unable to make the progress you were hoping to make, or did you get bad news that seemed to undermine everything you'd been working toward, or that you stood for?

Chances are, if you look at which needs were not getting met in the second situation, they probably have some similarity to the list you made in the more comfortable situation when you felt strong and good. Two sides of the same coin. Tuck the list away for future reference. It’s just good to know what some of your needs are.

How well do you know yourself, and do you really know what makes you happy?

Jack Weil was Founder and CEO of Rockmount Ranch Wear. When people asked him what advice he would give young people starting a career, he would say, “Love your job. If you don’t, change jobs, because nothing is worse than the drudgery of a job you don’t like.” For him, his work was his second romance, next to his marriage. Jack Weil died at the age of 107 on August 13, 2008. His grandson, Steve Weil, said of him: “He kept working all the way up to the end. He was a very inspiring person, and quite frankly, he seemed like he was in his 60s when he got into his 90s.”

Best wishes,

Marilyn McLeod

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