Episode 273 transcript
If you are feeling tired in your business, then today’s episode is all about you. Hello, and welcome to episode 273 of Mi TV. My name is Emma Mills, and I help business owners get out of their own way. I help them get out of the messy middle of being, from being a solopreneur through to having a team. And today’s episode is targeted at just so many business owners I know that I speak to, that we work with, and lots of them are just tired. And today’s episode I wanted to do about how, like, why most business owners, I think, are tired. And I don’t just mean, like, physically tired. I mean, just like they’re tired in the workplace, they’re tired getting up in the morning.
They’re tired of doing the same thing in their business day in and day out, because most years of their business are just the same thing that they are repeating over and over without much movement forwards. And I totally get it. And I’ve been there, and I get the feeling. And for me, the rest of this episode, there is a really beautiful quote that sums up tired business owners. And it is a quote by Alexander den Heijer. It’s a Dutch surname, not in quite Tyler, I’ve got that right. But it is a beautiful quote that sums up, that says you often feel tired, not because you’ve done too much, but because you’ve done too little of what sparks you inside of the things that you love. And I ultimately think that is the key to most business owners enjoying the journey.
And I am obsessed with business owners enjoying the journey because I know that so many of us don’t for such a long period of time. And I know that other business owners crack it, and you look at them and you think, gosh, how have they done that? How are they, like, seeming so light and free and loving it and opportunities come their way? And for me, most of it boils down to the fact that far too many of us spend our time in the things that don’t light us up. And you might think, okay, Emma, well, that’s all right. That’s, you know, fine for you. But I don’t have, like, a never ending investment pot to just hire all the staff I need, or I don’t just have a really good team around me, or I don’t know who can help me or. And I’m going to just today, just give some really simple guidelines, I think, because if we take that to be true, that most of us get really tired and worn down in business because we’re not spending our days doing the things that we love. Then, number one, and I’m saying this, it might be basic to some of you, but I don’t believe that a lot of business owners do. Number one, we must understand what are the things that we don’t love.
Now if I just take myself as an example, I absolutely love doing this. Speaking to you guys, being behind camera, helping other business owners, sharing my journey, hoping it can help others, marketing, creating videos, creating content, I love all of that. When it comes to internally being asked to do a one to one, I’ll be honest, absolutely hate them. Creating a spreadsheet, creating a process like I know how important they are, I advocate them, my business designs and for other people, I don’t particularly enjoy doing it myself. And so I know that if some things come onto my plate that I know are not best suited for me to do my energy just like, well, it disappears. Like it’s left the building. And the, what I am hyper aware of now is what I enjoy doing. And the more time I spend in the areas that I enjoy doing, the better leader I am, the better business owner I am, the better friend and girlfriend I am.
But if we’re just keeping it on business, the better I am at running Mi PA, at being a coach, leader, mentor to my team members, to helping clients. Because if any of us spend all of our time doing the tasks we hate, at some point it wears down to a point where you think it’s not worth it anymore. You really hate what you do and you’ve fallen out of love with your business in the all those dreams you had originally. So I think really, really important is that as a business owner, you become aware of what are the things you love. And as a consequence of that, you then become really aware of what are the things that I must get help with if I am going to carry on with this business, if I am going to look back and go, I really enjoyed, I really enjoyed the journey, I enjoyed my time running that business. We only get one shot at this. The thing that we must be really hyper aware of is what do we not enjoy doing? That’s step number one, what do I really love? Step number two, what do I hate doing? So step number three is, okay, if I’ve got my list of what I hate doing, how and who, as Dan Sullivan would say, like who, not how, like who can help us with this? Not how do I do it. It’s the thinking of who am I going to get to help me with this? And not all roads lead in the same direction.
So some of these roads are things that if you, if you’re watching this now and like, your mind’s initially ticking to, yeah, yeah, she’s, yeah, no, she’s right. I really hate it when I have to do those reports on a Friday, or I really hate it when I have to reply to those emails in my inbox that are not even important to me. Or I really hate it when I have to create some social media content because I’m not creative. So someday, do you know, like, things will naturally come to mind. I would spend five minutes when you have it to yourself, having a brew, just thinking about what are the things that do make me feel tired. Now this, I’m aware that this episode won’t be for everybody because you might have turned this episode on and gone, I’m not tired. I don’t need this week’s. But for those of you who are, I need you to get really hyper clear about what you love, the things you don’t enjoy in your business.
And number three, getting that listen together because then we need to look at, and it is possible, who can you get to help you? So obviously, Mi PA helps business owners create processes, get out of their own way, leverage their time by doing the tasks they don’t enjoy, by doing the tasks they don’t really need to do. And so some of those roads might lead to Mi PA, to a virtual PA, to a freelance VA, but not every single road will. And so once you’ve got your initial list of what the things are you hate, I think one of the most important things you can do as a business owner, if you want to enjoy your days, if you want to grow your business, I’m not talking about making it a multi million pound business. I just mean literally, if you want to be able to take holidays, if you don’t want every single thing to revolve around, you need to get help. And my advice would be to get the help in the areas that you don’t enjoy. If it’s admin or operations, to be honest, it might not feel like it, but that is really, really easy to get help with. With companies like us, with companies in the Far east, with companies, even Upwork. If you don’t know about Upwork, it’s a place where you can really easily and quickly get a job sent to somebody.
You can put a budget on it with a price and get somebody within an hour to go. I will do that for you by tomorrow. Whether it’s creating a presentation or a spreadsheet that’s upwork.com. i often think everybody knows what it is, but then I say it to clients and they’re like, no, I don’t know what work is. So definitely from this. If you don’t know it, check it out. Anything admin, operational social media, content marketing campaigns. It is so easy to find somebody.
And if you think it’s not, I would highly recommend please booking a call with me. It’s for free. Because I would love to help you get some clarity on outsourcing the things you hate because you don’t enjoy the day to day. And that week after week, by Friday, by the time Friday comes around, you feel no closer to enjoying your business and having a good week. And honestly, like today’s Mi TV is about. Obviously if I get hundreds booked in, maybe I can’t do hundreds, I’m sure I won’t. But if you would like any help in getting some clarity on what the things you love are, what the things you hate and how and who can help you with the things you hate. No matter your business size, no matter your resources, then there will be a link to booking for a strategy call below.
Because this is the thing that I love and I want to spend more time with and it’s my business, luckily, affords me to spend more time with people like you, helping them and pointing them in the right way. So yeah, today’s episode is not a framework. It’s not a deep dive into a book or something that we’re doing internally. It’s just like one of those I would really like you to take a minute to think, am I actually enjoying day to day? Because if you’re not, we can do something about it. And my first step in that is to go. You generally, generally hate the days because we’re things we’re doing things we don’t enjoy. What are those things we don’t enjoy? And who can we get to help us? There will be a link to book in and also a download to help you with that to understand how you get help with things you don’t enjoy. So I hope this week’s episode of Mi TV has helped you stop your new tracks and gone.
Actually, yeah, it’s a about time I got some help with this and I will see you next week for episode 274. See you then. Bye.
