Eliminating the Things You Don’t Want in Your Business

We all have things we want for our business or want in our business or business life – a type or number of clients, a revenue goal, a profit goal, equipment, capable and accountable employees, smooth processes, or the ability to take time off. Anything you want has activities we need to do to gain these things. I would like to turn the thought of what you want on its head by asking, what do you HAVE in your business or business life that you DON’T want? Alternatively, what is it you shouldn’t be doing?

I encourage you to think about things, employees, clients, vendors, or activities in your business life that needlessly cost time and money. How about things in your business that reduce profits, cause stress and frustration, activities you really dislike, situations that make you feel trapped in your business, or anything else that causes dysfunction, lack of performance or damages performance or reduces your enjoyment of being in business for yourself? What are you tolerating that you shouldn’t be? We all have things we are tolerating in our life and businesses that aren’t positive and cost us time, energy, motivation, and money. Consider things you once did but no longer need to do, things that are comfortable but waste your time and should be delegated or eliminated, clients that are stressful or unprofitable, too many clients that have made your business too complex, unproductive employees or employees that are in the wrong job, suppliers and contractors that don’t perform, the list goes on.

Every item listed above and many not listed cost you time, money, and suck energy and enjoyment from your life. So, what are the things in your business or business life that you’d be better off without?

Let’s take time right here and right now to improve your business and business life. Below are questions to identify what you have been tolerating in your business and that you don’t want, as well as questions to identify what you might do about them. Take the time to answer the questions and you may very well identify ways to make your business or business life better.

You are the leader of your business. It’s time to do the right thing and fix what’s wrong. How much is it costing you to not eliminate things you don’t want in your business. Are you willing to pay that price?

If you’re not clear about what it would take to eliminate the things you don’t want in your business, reach out to book a free strategy call with me. You will be glad you did.