I recently asked a client a question to help him find his purpose, stimulate his thinking, create value and to help bring transformation to him as a business owner. I’d like you to think of your own business and put yourself in his shoes.
What’s One Activity that Keeps You Interested?
The question I asked him was: “What’s the one activity in your business that if you could do it everyday would keep you curious, passionate, interested, and it would also be something that you could do for the long term?” He told me what he really loves to do best is solve problems.
After he gave me his answer, I then asked him how much time or what percentage of time a day was he actually doing this activity in his business.
He then realized the amount of time was not nearly as much as he would like it to be! (Does this sound like you too?)
What’s in the Way?
So, my next question to him was — “What’s in the way? What are the things that are pulling you away from that one thing that really excites you about what you do in the business?”
Take Inventory
We then had a discussion about all the things that were a distraction and keeping him away from what he loved to do. We listed all these things out and then looked at seeing who else in his company could do these jobs or tasks. This way he would have more time to really solve problems for their best customers.
Delegate What You Can
We put together a delegation plan and he’s implementing that now. It’s amazing, when you compound it over a week, a month, a year, the next three years, how much time he was able to buy back and actually put into something that not only moves the company 10x forward, but it will also increase his internal motivations and excitement. This also helps him not to feel tired and burned out because he’s doing what he’s passionate about; doing what he loves to do and being the best at in his business.
Go Full Circle – Back to the Beginning
After all, that’s why we start a business. We find something we love or some activity that we are passionate about. For our client, we just took it full circle back to the beginning to a really exciting time. This created transformation and better results by changing his thinking, attitude and way of looking at a bigger future for himself and the company.
You can do this too! If you want help, reach out to us at confidencecoach.org or go to our website and schedule free a coaching appointment. We’d love to show you some of the breakthrough processes that we have and help you get your true purpose back!
