Last week I shared a super optimistic plan for my upcoming business development retreat.

Now comes the moment of truth. What really happened?

When I first started my business practically every day was a business development day. I would gobble up any information that I could find on business. Did I mention that I’m kinda addicted to learning?

Hey, since when is that a problem?

Since your business has grown and you don’t have time to work for free anymore. That’s a good problem to have!

Yet for us business owners, it can be difficult to navigate the complicated waters of the expectations that come from friends and family.

Why in the world would you want to do something you hate?

Probably because you think that you should. You were told that running a successful business takes sacrifice, and you just gotta do what you gotta do.

There are plenty of negative stories to go around. And I believe that every story has a lesson.

You can either learn from the story how to act or how not to act.

As a business coach, I’m always on the lookout for little anecdotes to learn from. 

“You’re sure you don’t want to fix it? It’s going to be long trip.”

“It’s really not so bad, I’ll review the directions before I leave.”

Until it was really bad. Because there is reason why they invented a GPS.
But the charging port in my car was not working.
So I was really lost. And it wasn’t fun.

We started our business because there was a need we felt called to fill. There was a problem we wanted to solve. There were people we knew we could help. Our intentions were completely altruistic.

Yet, now our bank account is paying for it. In order for our business to continue being able to support others, it must be sustainable.