Are you an entrepreneurial parent struggling daily to find balance between work, home, and family? Here are some great advisory steps that can be implemented in your business, home, and family to help you juggle life as a parent– and still grow as an entrepreneur, writes outsourcing expert Keri Garland.
Step 1: Decide what really matters
The most important thing is to discover your “why?” - The reason you want(ed) to be an entrepreneur. We all have different motivation for starting our own businesses. Personally, it was to create the freedom to raise my children, with them having no doubt that I would always be there for them when they need me.Deciding on your “why”, or rediscovering and affirming it is crucial, as it is the driving force and foundation of your success. If you are still struggling to find it, then list the pros and cons of having you own business.
Once you know why you are in your own business – be it financial freedom, schedule flexibility, being a single parent, or hating the corporate game, it will provide the base for you to prioritize:What do you need to get done daily, weekly, and monthly to meet your goals? We are talking about physically writing out more lists,I am afraid, as silly as it may sound.
To get a view of your big picture, you need to focus on one megapixel at a time.
Step 2: Prioritize and simplify
What matters? To YOU, not to everyone else!If given the choice between blow-drying my own hair, or looking like a pumpkin patch child because my son has done it and giggled the whole way through, I know which one I would chose, which one would you?
Find out more in the digital magazine, Issue 16, pages 16,17 and 18.
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