#GrowNOW The Podcast

Any business owner knows that sometimes, the life outside of our business, can fall in a secondary position on our interest scale. That’s why is important to keep track of your priorities in all aspects of your life. When you like what you do, you could spend hours or days on it and not even realize what are important things in your life you are missing on.

As presented in our previous episode, a self- appointed happiness wellness-check in the form of a conscious challenge can help us with the life-work balance that so many of us miss these day. This episode wants to serve as a guidance on how to put together your own happiness challenge, that is relevant specifically for you.

It’s quite common in the business world that women usually hold back on opportunities because they doubt their skills, they are afraid they don’t have the perfect knowledge about that certain subject or they expect from themselves to have all the information about how to manage it. Men, on the other hand, say yes and figure it out as they go along.

This episode focuses on those few essential changes that women can implement in their mindset, when it comes to taking chances.

As we come near the end of March, we wanted to dedicate this episode to the women entrepreneurs out there, that are exhibiting great powers of understanding and resilience, facial all kind-d of obstacles.

On 8th of March, the International women’s Day, we launched a small challenge for our women business owners: to find a photo of themselves as young girls and write down what is still present in heir life and character, from that little girl’s dreams, drive, expectations, personality traits, and so on.

Imagine our joy to receive so overwhelming responses and people actually participating wholeheartedly, offering some great insight into the makings ( so to speak ) of a business woman in a man’s world. We extended right now the same invitation, to anyone listening, to find at least 3 things that remain from your younger self, and see how they effect your behaviour and decisions, even decades after.

Today’s episode focuses on what the French call “la recherche du sens”, the search of purpose or meaning. As it comes a time in all entrepreneurs journeys, when questioning “why”, “why not”, “how”, “for what” and so on, on a path of better understanding if keeping a business is still worth it, does it create a drive, a desire for better. These questions help restore some balance between overdoing and not doing enough for your business.

Continuing on last week’s episode about the benefits of awareness. In business, today we explore the consequences of the lack of awareness and the negative impact it can have on us. Simply put, when we are not aware we miss the importance our feelings have, our energy level, our beliefs and so on. 

For example by practicing our state of awareness, we can easily recognise the difference between the reality of what is happening in any given moment, versus what I think is happening. 

So what do you think the consequences of lack of mindfulness in business are?  

When we talk about awareness, in general terms, we talk about our capability of being present, in the present, noticing both our circumstances, the person we are having a conversation with for example, but also noticing what is happening with us, our feelings and emotions. Being in the state of awareness, helps us be more engaged with whatever we are doing at that moment. 

In this episode, we go into detail about the importance and benefits of awareness in business, in recognising the right opportunities and being anchored in the present moment. 

It takes time for any business to get to the level of recognition, accomplishments and profit generating level that any business owner dreams of. The 3-5 years when starting a business are not a myth, is how long it takes to be successful. Most entrepreneurs don’t have the patience and vision to hold on.

So that’s why is so important to celebrate the little accomplishments along the way also.It’s what creates the basis for future success 

Today's episode focuses on how to confront and ameliorate a situation that might seem initially not exactly what you were hoping for, with the help of 5 technical questions. 

The reality of business is that people pay us with their time first! In order for people to resonate with you, ideally they would have found some information about you that peaked their interest: an article you wrote, somebody recommended you, they saw your website maybe, etc. From that point on, it’s much more easy for you as a business to transform that person into your client.

Your service or product will actually be the one that transform the into customers, ideal clients or fans.

This topic was the one of last week’s episode "S3 Episode 124: Create fans, not only satisfied customers", and in order to have a better understanding of the difference, you can listen to that episode first