What's Holding You Back in your Biz?

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Quiz Questions

1.
Lets start at the beginning: Why did you start your own business?

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- A.
  
  I hated my soul sucking day job.
- B.
  
  I was tired being away from my family all day. I wanted to stay home with the kids and make some extra money.
- C.
  
  I wanted to do something for myself. I had an idea and I knew I could be good at it.
2.
What surprised you most about being an entrepreneur?

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- A.
  
  I had no idea there would be so much social media work
- B.
  
  It's a lot harder to get anything done than I thought
- C.
  
  I didn't know it would be such an emotional rollercoaster
- D.
  
  I didn't expect it to be so much fun!
3.
How do you feel about the social media aspect of your business?

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- A.
  
  I wish I didn't have to be on it at all, I wish I could do business without it
- B.
  
  I like it when I use it as a human being, as a business owner I hate it.
- C.
  
  I love using social media! My whole business is built on it. Though I'd like some more diversity, I can't complain (about anything but the algorithm that is.)
- D.
  
  The algorithms make it really hard for me to gain any traction
4.
How do you feel about your to do list?

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- A.
  
  It's a mile long, I keep adding to it, and though I do a lot of things, I feel like nothing ever gets done.
- B.
  
  I cannot do to do lists. I'll write down the things I need to do on whatever's handy, but I can't have a running to do list. I'll go crazy.
- C.
  
  I love being organized and using a planner. It keeps me on track - when I can remember to use it.
- D.
  
  Dude my business is tight, I don't have a to do list, I have a strategy
5.
How do you feel about what you're doing to grow your business?

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- A.
  
  I have so many things that I do I'm not sure which ones grow my business.
- B.
  
  I've been doing the same things for a long time, my business isn't growing, and I'm kind of at a loss.
- C.
  
  What I'm doing is maintaining at best, and I'm too overwhelmed to add anything new right now.
6.
When you have an idea, how do you implement it?

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- A.
  
  I’m a planner. I plan it all out, everything needs to be perfect before I do it.
- B.
  
  Wing it, lets dive in and we’ll figure it out as we go.
- C.
  
  There are a lot of ideas, but I have no time to implement anything.
7.
What are your feelings on "me" time?

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- A.
  
  There's too much to do, I don't have a lot of me time these days because I'm afraid to stop working.
- B.
  
  Me time? I love working too much for me to have me time. I'll have me time when I'm dead.
- C.
  
  As soon as I finish this one thing, then I'll get some me time.
- D.
  
  I have non-negotiable me time every day
8.
Right before bed, what goes through your head?

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- A.
  
  Damn. What the heck did I even do today? I was so busy, but wtf did I do?
- B.
  
  Nothing. I go to sleep.
- C.
  
  AasdkhawHAidhiekqniiheqwehouas! I'm not sure what I think about, but I think about all of it.
- D.
  
  Ok, so tomorrow I need to....

Quiz Outcomes

1.

Your Professional Mid-Life

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You're a business woman on a mission. You have a lot of things to do and you have 3 goals: Get shit done Make money Without sacrificing your family and personal life You’re not afraid of hard work, and if something comes across your virtual desk, you’ll add it to the list and keep trucking. The problem you face is that you feel like this should be easier by now. You don't feel like an expert, but you do the right things. But it's hard to tell when something's working and you're not sure how to build a strategy to tell, so you're afraid to stop doing anything. You’re tired a lot, but there’s not much you can do about that. You know there's a better way. You also know that finding or creating that better way is going to take a lot of time, and that’s not something you have a lot of laying around. You need information in bite sized pieces, that you can do in about an hour a day, that will get you pointed in the right direction. We have those bite sized pieces for you....
2.

Avalanche of Activities

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Man! You have a lot going on and it feels like everybody always needs something, including you. When you first started your business, you imagined being confident, free, with a life under control. You could do what you loved and then end the day with the people you love, it was a vision of awesome. You didn’t realize you were walking into your own little professional hamster wheel of doing stuff constantly. You're wearing all the hats, which means that every day there's more being added to your to do list, and you've given up on getting to the end of it. (Though in the dark hidden places of you're heart you REALLY hope you will) It kinda feels like you're being bombarded with an Avalanche of Activities. Too much to do, not enough time to do it in. Not being able to get a handle on that list is what's keeping you working all the time. Are you ready to learn how to wrangle it under control so you can get your life back?
3.

Perpetual Preparation

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You keep your business & life running through the sheer force of your will, which is pretty damned impressive. You’re a conductor – directing school, work, dinner, errands, shopping, chores, kids, customers, and a quick shower with one hand and your business with the other. You don’t want to keep up this pace, but with such a delicate balance you’re afraid to make any changes. You have big plans and ideas that you’ll launch soon. For some reason though, you can't seem to pull the trigger on a lot of things you know you should be doing. You're scared of what people might think, whether you're being authentic, or if it's a bad idea - and you don't want to fail. Implementation is tough – and figuring out what keeps us from implementing is even harder. We keep trying to figure out what will motivate us to “do” something. So we try to use the force of our will to "just do it" - and it doesn't work. It's just more frustration. Here's the thing no one tells you: starting a business has very little in common with sustaining one. And the same things that helped you get going are holding you back now. As it is with all business owners. At the level you are at in your business, you need a new set of tools and a new perspective - you're no longer starting up, you're an established business owner, and you're looking for some new tools to help you feel like one. I have some for you - and they're FREE.