3 Massive Mistakes Most Holistic Practitioners Make That Keep Them Struggling In Their Business
Are you a loner? Do you believe that no one else can do the job as well as you do, so you are reluctant to let someone else do it?The truth of the matter though is that if you want to be successful in your business it is never accomplished alone. Most successful people are surrounded by a team of people who serve, love and support them.Here is one of Helen Keller quotes that I love “Alone we can do so little: together we can do so much.” There could be many tasks that you may not enjoy or even hate doing. However you could outsource some of these tasks to others who are experts in their field and love to do the things that you dislike doing. That someone can be a coach, a virtual assistant, a programmer, a copy writer or any other kind of support staff.Consider this. If you were able to delegate some of the tasks that you were doing now, would you spend that time instead on marketing strategies which will bring you the increased clients and income?Although you may know the importance of hiring a team, and the need of a team to support the growth of your business, you may feel stuck not knowing who you may need to hire in the first place.Let’s begin with at least the two people you need on your team:1. A mentor or a coach is someone who helps you with decisions of what you want to create in your business, to help you see The Big Picture and what you want to do to get there.2. An Implementor- is someone who can actually do stuff for you, who helps turn those strategies into revenue streams. EG a virtual assistant or a business managerWhat other team members you need will depend on what stage you are at in your business.There are 3 basic stages that business owners go through.Stage 1 – ExplorationAt this stage you need someone to help with specific projects perhaps to build your website, shopping cart, and administration work, and a coach or mentor. You are putting the systems in place.Stage 2 – Foundation & GrowthThe systems are in place (auto responder, shopping cart, info products or physical products etc. You have a steady proven income stream and you now want to focus on growth.This is the time to bring a Business Manager on board – so they can manage all the day-to-day stuff that will otherwise bog you down (and prevent you from truly focusing on growth activities)Stage 3 – FlowThe business is growing and the revenue is flowing in. This opens up the space for you to do the things that you are passionate about – you could be spending time creating new projects, programs and services which would bring in more revenue, or you could take some time off to travel and spend more time with the family.You may want to consider hiring your business manager full-time and hire employees. Not every business will go this route, but this is starting to happen even in the virtual online world.
