Over the past years, there’s a long list of things I’ve done in my life but the one thing that keeps me grounded up and going is my business. My entrepreneurship journey has been one of growth, constant learning and adaptation.
Being in business isn’t easy. It’s not always roses and all because there’s always going to be those days or weeks when sales are not moving well, when your employees are not being very productive and even days when you feel like just giving it all up. But everyone who has been in the game till this point probably knows it’s just a phase.
If there’s one thing I love doing, it’s going to be learning about running a business and also ways to grow your business. With this love of mine, I’ve found myself investing in so many master classes which have been worth is till today. But you know what, nothing beats those free master classes because be sure to find me there. A few days ago, I had the opportunity to attend a two days masterclass and I must say, my life hasn’t been the same.
It’s worth saying that I found myself after those sessions because for a long time I’ve been drowning. Drowning in work, overthinking and a whole lot. But I learnt about so many things I wasn’t doing very well. So, let’s just go through the basics of what I took from these classes.
The first rule of entrepreneurship is not to mix emotions with passion. Most at times we tend to be so passionate about what we do to the extend that our emotions come in play in most of our dealing. This might sound like a normal thing because our emotions are valid but truth is, emotions is bad for business. Your emotions will make you overlook so many things and that will cost you money and your business. So, learn to separate emotions and business.
You might want to write this down somewhere because it’s going to change your business in different ways. ‘People do what you inspect, not what you expect.’ This statement really hit me hard because in all my years of working with people, I never saw things that way. I was always somehow the cool leader. I didn’t want to be so hard on people working under me and this led to me having to work day and night and tasks others were required to do. And this ends now, for you and for me. No more playing nice guy. Share tasks and hold people accountable for their actions. Don’t just delegate tasks and never come back to check if it’s done. That’s exactly where everything goes wrong for most businesses.
Conflicts begin the very day we are born and as funny as it sounds, it’s actually true. There’s always bound to be conflicts in your line of work and as a leader and a business minded person, conflict management skills is a must. You wouldn’t want to be losing millions of dollars because two of your employees don’t agree on something. Conflicts are necessary sometimes but don’t let them go on for two long. Learn and know how to keep your affairs in order.
These are just a few key takeaways from these classes I took and since the week begun, I’ve made sure to implement them in my business and I’m seeing great results so far. Learning never ends and anyone who learns constantly grows constantly.
I hope this helps someone out there!
Thanks for your time.
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