Long hours, tough decisions and daily challenges conspire to exhaust small business owners.
The remedy? Work smarter, not harder. Check out these simple hacks that can help clear the way to business success. If you want to know more about starting a small business, you can find relevant information at companyformationsaudiarabia.com.
- Look after yourself
If you really want to be there for your team, investors, customers and partners, you need to show up at your best. Every day. Too many small business owners burn out by missing sleep, skipping meals and neglecting the people who care about them.
Hack: Follow a routine that works for you and helps you make high-quality decisions. Incorporate good food, plenty of sleep and targeted exercise. Build in rituals to help you de-stress. Oh, and give yourself a break. Nobody’s right all the time!
- Be focused, be flexible
When real life hits, the best laid plans go awry. It’s not enough to know what you want to achieve. You also have to be flexible about how you get there.
Hack: Expect things to go off-track. This is realism, not pessimism. Stay agile, be open to change. Some surprises will be positive ones! Be prepared to reconsider, and regroup, to help you achieve the outcome you desire. This reduces stress, while opening the door to creative decision-making.
- Build your leadership skills
Amazing things happen when you learn from genuine leaders. In fact, the right people at your back can make the difference between failure and success. People with genuine mastery and vision can provide critical perspective, when you are floundering in the business sea.
Hack: Find your tribe. Seek out inspirational, like-minded people and ask for help. Be direct, reach out. Never assume someone is too important to lend a hand. The best coaches and mentors pay it forward, because they’ve been there too!
- Know how to follow
Why ask for guidance, if you’re not prepared to follow advice? You need to bypass the stubborn part of yourself that believes, deep down, you really do know best. Old habits can also be hard to break, when you are rusted on to a certain way of thinking.
Hack: Really absorb the information you’re given. Be prepared to put it into practice. Trust the considered advice of experts in their field, whether it’s your head of marketing, or a corporate leader offering nuggets of advice. Give yourself the space to be empowered!
- Understand yourself
Top entrepreneurs know themselves inside out – strengths, weak spots, and the inputs they need to keep them firing in peak form. They understand the work-life balance necessary to make quality decisions. They know the things that drive them, and the triggers that drain them. Do you?
Hack: Explore what makes you tick, the things that fire you up, the traits that hold you back. Structure your days around peak decision-making ability (are you a morning or afternoon person?) Not sure? Find a coach to develop your self-knowledge and skill. There’s so much to learn!
If in doubt, reach out. Prime yourself for success.
Phil Hayes St Clair is the Co-Founder & CEO of Drop Bio Health – a personalised, digital health company that uses at-home finger prick blood tests to assess overall health & provide insights & next steps on 7 core health areas: Sleep, Stress, Energy Levels, Exercise, Nutrition & Diet, Inflammation & Alcohol Consumption.This innovative wellness technology was born out of Phil’s curiosity, decades of scientific literature about chronic inflammation & Phil’s unwavering belief that there was a way to usher in a new era of personalised healthcare.
