If you want to learn how to be a business owner the smartest thing you can do is go and work for one.
You will learn more watching them over time than you ever will via a coaching session or a lunch. Why? Because the #real #world isn’t lunch and perfect world coaching sessions in a conference room.
Now I’m not saying you shouldn’t take them out to lunch or ask them for #advice. What I am saying is that working with them will give you a deeper level of #understanding than #mentorship ever could. The real world is getting hit with a #customer complaint in the middle of the work day and seeing how they handle the stress. Real world is seeing a high level #employee you thought the #business #owner couldn’t live without walk and hearing her say “ONE MONKEY DOESN'T STOP THE SHOW” and it actually doesn’t stop the show. You need real world #experience if you want to #win in the real world.
People always wonder why I’m in #Nyali (Coast of Kenya) on #Saturday, well, the intro sums it up.
One #lesson I learned and one lesson I continue to experience is knowing that one person can’t bring down your #hustle. Eff it, twenty people can’t bring down your hustle. When you are a business owner the world is your oyster. The world is your #clientele #base, the world is full of #potential #employees. This means that one customer can be #replaced. This means that one #employee can be replaced. This means that a supplier, a sub contractor, followers, they can all be replaced. There are #millions of options out there as long as you take #action to further your #vision.
As you are building your #brand you will come in contact with some #great people. These people will add tremendous value to your organization. One mistake you can make is thinking you can’t run your business without them. One #mistake that person can make is thinking the same.
What I have learned is that #everyone is #replaceable. Usually those people are replaceable at a higher #level than the person you thought was #irreplaceable. Don’t allow someone to make you a #prisoner in your #own #business.
#Influencer #marketing is #HUGE. Having #verified #followers and #supporters is #HUGE. These people can bring #MASSIVE #value to your organization and #speed #up #growth and #exposure, but even they are replaceable. In the beginning of #Universal #Hustle #Affiliato #Capital we got hooked up with an influencer who brought a ton of value to the organization, that person left, but was replaced by another influencer who has brought even more #clients, #members and #money to the #RealEstate #investment group. #levelup #10X
Your #job is to continue to stay #TRUE to your brand and continue to bring value. Anyone who #leaves is just making #space for the level up.
When you are a #business #owner you don’t #hire #people you #hire #tasks. This #means that you need someone who CAN #handle the #task. The task is what is #important not the #personality, not how long they have been #loyal. Take everything that you do and assign a person to this role. This #helps with efficiency because you can now have someone who is the #master of that task which speeds up everything for everyone and elevates the quality of work.
"#Delegation is key." - Grant Cardone
But if that task person leaves, step in and #fill the #role for the #time #being. THAT IS REAL LIFE BUSINESS OWNERSHIP. You have to have at least a #minimal #competent in all the tasks to fill in and keep the #ship afloat while you find a new and better task person. THEY ARE OUT THERE.
In my #experience, I have found that whenever I lost someone I found someone better. This might not seem that significant in the abstract but imagine running your #organization at a high #level and a key person leaves. This can feel devastating. Don’t fret though. Keep #stacking wood and you will attract more #key people.
If you are worried about this just know that #God always slides in with the level up and its usually shortly after. If you are building your business and you lose a client, the level up is coming. If you lose a partner, the level up is coming.
Part of choosing yourself is not being captive to any ONE person or any group of people. The choose yourself economy says that YOU are the master of your fate, period. A lot of times we think it applies to saying no boss, but it really means no anyone. Choose yourself. Bet on yourself. The only person who needs to validate and support you is you. The people who recognize will show up soon.
Tony T.