I did this list not to impress anyone, but to simply impress upon everyone that we owners can fail to \u201cstop and smell the roses\u201d along the way \u2026 and that\u2019s a form of madness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why is it so hard for business owners, me included, to stop, reflect and celebrate?\u00a0<\/strong> Many of our franchise owners\/business coaches are guilty of this as well.\u00a0\u00a0 In my case, truth be told, I felt uncomfortable reflecting on the franchise system\u2019s progress and celebrating.\u00a0 In my crazy Irish head, I kept saying BUT, BUT, BUT … but compared to where I think Growth Coach COULD HAVE BEEN after eight years, we came up somewhat short \u2026 and the great recession didn\u2019t help at all.\u00a0 You see, like YOU, I set incredibly high goals … more often than not, TOO HIGH of goals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why could I not simply acknowledge and enjoy the tremendous progress?\u00a0<\/strong> Then it hit me.\u00a0 Most business owners, myself included, tend to judge our current performance against perfection or a desired ideal state that cannot be truly attained.\u00a0 We are always striving for more \u2026 for perfection.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> While noble, it’s also sad at the same time.\u00a0 With that metric, we will always fall short, feel disappointed, fail to enjoy the journey, and probably burn out early.<\/p>\n

Why do most entrepreneurs measure forward against perfection or our desired ideal state?\u00a0<\/strong> Because many are Type A<\/strong>, driven, goal-oriented and demanding zealots.\u00a0 Others are idealists<\/strong> and want to serve and help as many as possible.\u00a0 While all this may drive us to achieve incredible heights, it will also drive us nuts and leave us feeling empty, frustrated, and unhappy.\u00a0 Many of us believe we must achieve incredible levels or lofty goals or help heal the world<\/strong> to be happy.\u00a0 But since we can never reach perfection, we fall short of our unrealistic goals and can feel disappointed and at times, even miserable.\u00a0\u00a0 There is another way, a real solution !<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Let’s stop the madness and insanity now!\u00a0 Let’s get some balance in our measurements.\u00a0 Instead, why don’t we occasionally learn to measure backward instead of just forward?\u00a0<\/strong> Let’s all commit to look at our performance against last quarter’s or last year’s performance.\u00a0 Or let’s look at how far we’ve come in a year, or three years, or five years, or since business launch.\u00a0 Let’s learn to see and appreciate our progress and count our blessings.\u00a0 We will all be much happier and we will enjoy the business-ownership journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With this business coaching blog, I have now officially taken the time to review and celebrate Growth Coach’s fantastic progress.\u00a0 Thank you for allowing me to do so.\u00a0 I do feel much better \u2026 while I came up short on some of my big, audacious goals, the look-back progress has been amazing.\u00a0 Hopefully, this blog will also help other business owners learn to look back and recognize and appreciate how far they have come.\u00a0 Measure backward, not just forward.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why do we business owners torture ourselves?\u00a0 Very often we measure our current results only against perfection (our ideal goals).\u00a0 With that measuring stick, there will be lots of disappointment.\u00a0 More times than not, we will come up short and feel frustrated. Are we really that crazy?\u00a0 YES!\u00a0 We seldom take time to enjoy the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[687,689,708,763,938,784,690,692,693,892,695,729,696,768,697,770,699],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-coaching","tag-benefits-of-business-coaching","tag-business-coach","tag-business-coaching","tag-business-coaching-advice","tag-business-coaching-guarantee","tag-business-coaching-tips","tag-business-owner","tag-business-owner-mindset","tag-business-systems","tag-delegation","tag-entrepreneur","tag-growth-coach","tag-leadership","tag-marketing","tag-small-business-management","tag-strategic-business-owner","tag-strategic-mindset"],"yoast_head":"\n