In today’s blog I’m running with a metaphor…

 

Imagine you want to grow a tree. First you plant the seed, then you spend time tending to the seed – giving it everything it needs to grow.

 

Everyday that you tend to the seed it grows – a little bit at a time. You may not see the growth in the moment but over time you will be able to look back to where you started and see the progress. And after time that seed becomes the amazing tree it was always meant to be.

 

But what happens if you plant a seed and then leave it? It dies. Plain and simple.

 

• Maybe you found another seed that was more exciting and offered the promise of bigger, more exciting fruit.
• Maybe you just got bored of doing the same things every day to tend to that seed.
• Maybe you got impatient because it wasn’t growing as fast as you wanted it to.

 

Your ideas. Your decisions. Your plans. These are all seeds in your business and are the necessary starting point of everything.

 

But every time you embrace a new idea, new system or change direction you are starting over. You have to go back to the beginning to plant a new seed.

 

As entrepreneurs you thrive on ideas (as you should). You call your friends to say “OMG I just had the best idea!” You brag about them on Facebook and tease people with their promise. You hold the details close in case someone tries to ‘steal’ them from you (but do you even own an idea until you bring it to fruition? – check out Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic for more on this topic).

 

Believe me I know how easy it is to get caught up in every new idea or opportunity thinking “This is THE ONE that will finally bring me what I want!”

 

Only to find that maybe it isn’t. It’s taking longer than expected. It’s harder than you thought it would be. So again, you look to the next idea. The next ‘bring shiny object’ wondering if perhaps that will be the ‘THE ONE’ instead.

 

Allow me to say this with all the love in my heart: Changing direction could be the very thing that is stifling your business growth.

 

Have you given yourself enough time with your current plan to really dig in and see what’s possible?

 

Have you invested in the right support to help you execute on your current plan to see what can happen when you don’t have to manage it all yourself?

 

This isn’t to say never change directions. There will be times in your business journey where it makes sense to pivot, just take the pandemic as an extreme example of this.

 

But if you have been trying ‘a bunch of different things’ and still haven’t been able to create the success you are looking for, perhaps it’s time to explore the support of a Certified Online Business Manager to help you get some of your incredible ideas across the finish line.

 

Growing a business is not always fun. It’s not always sexy. Heck, it can be downright draining & frustrating at times to ‘stick with it’.

 

But with a Certified OBM & DOO on your team, bringing leadership, support and a fierce commitment to ‘getting things done’ you may soon find yourself surrounded by a forest of fully developed trees instead of a desert of barely tended to seeds.

 

We weren’t meant to accomplish big things alone. Let’s chat about how I may be able to help make sure the right THINGS, get done at the right TIME, in the right WAY and by the right PEOPLE in your business.

 

Feel free to book in a call with me if this sounds like you, or hit reply and let me know if this resonates with you. You can also download my free guide ‘Are you ready to hire a DOO’ here.

 

Until next time,

Jane