What’s the excuse that keeps holding you back from success? Is there a monkey on your back that you just can’t shake? We see it all the time… and I want to talk about it today.

Hope you are doing well today, Thomas Joyner with Business on Purpose here.

We ask mostly the same questions every time we meet with a new business. We want to know what’s holding them back from accomplishing the things they want to in their business.

It’s typically the same three things or some variation of these 3. Not having enough time to get everything done, not having the right people, or not knowing our numbers.

Let’s tackle those case by case. 

Not having enough time to get everything done. Typically this happens because we live in chaos. We don’t intentionally move throughout our week with a weekly schedule, so whoever is yelling the loudest gets heard and gets our attention.

Just last week I had a business owner training where attendees were dropping out left, right and center. Business owners who had it on the calendar and just got pulled a different direction and into the chaos. We’re trying to buy you an hour of your week to help you work ON your business and it gets derailed.

It can be hard to watch because we know the thing that they need is within their grasp and yet they get distracted by the chaos. It’s almost like the overweight person texting their gym buddy telling them they got caught up finishing a bag of chips and didn’t make it to the gym.

The very thing keeping you from health as a business is what distracts you from being able to put the work in to fix it. 

Let me say this… if you don’t make time to work ON your business, you will constantly be putting out fires with little hope for doing anything else. Some days you have to change it up and you need an outside perspective to help with that.

Not having the right people distracts owners too! The same event on Friday I heard things of employees not being able to be trusted to get something done, so it’s your job, the owner to dive in and save the day yet again. 

So, when does that change? The ceiling for the business is being held back by your inability to train, lead and delegate in your business. 

Or maybe it’s not knowing your numbers. Not knowing if you're paying your team enough or too much, or pricing your jobs correctly, or what the Net Income number on your P&L even means. So, instead of finding someone who can help, you just keep going. Thinking if you can just add more to the top line, find more revenue out there the problem will get fixed. Friends the problem is rarely the amount coming in. It’s often the amount leaking out the back door that is hurting your bottom line. 

Problems with inventory and overtime. Problems with vendors and paying for subscriptions you haven’t used in a year. Even things like car payments or excessive benefits. All these add up and limit your profitability. 

You need help. Heck, WE need help. It’s why from day 1, we’ve had business coaches ourselves and been in mastermind groups. Because we know we need a coach and need an outside perspective to get where we want to go, as well!

So, what’s holding you back? What’s the thing that over and over and over again becomes the excuse. Is it time? Let us help you figure that out. Is it people? We’ve got a plan for that! Your numbers…there’s clarity and help if you’re willing to ask for it. 

Take some time today to figure out if you’ve been making excuses. And ask yourself what are you going to do about it! Does someone else have the answers? Probably so.

Look, being a business owner is TOUGH! REALLY TOUGH. Don’t believe the lie that you need to do it on your own. It’s just not true. And don’t believe the lie that your problems today don’t have an answer or that they will be your problems forever! THere is air above the chaos and we want you to fly there with us!

Let us know if we can help.

Hey, if you would like to see where you stack up, please visit boproadmap.com/healthy to take our free healthy business owner assessment today.