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What's keeping you from growing your business?

What’s keeping you from growing your business?

That’s the question I always ask both myself when visiting a business and a potential client. What’s keeping you from growing your business? Almost always their answer is money. As I’ve experienced there are actually three things (that are all related to one another) that prevent a business owner from evolving and therefore growing their business and it has nothing to do with money:The first factor is control. This is their baby; they’ve given birth (excuse the pun) to this idea, have seen it through the early stages, and raised it as much as they possibly can.  Let’s face it most business owners are in business because they want to have complete control and be their own boss. They can’t emotionally allow an outsider to come in and help no matter how much they would benefit. The second factor is fear, which is tied back to the control and will tie in with the third factor. Fear of what? Well there are many things such as actually the fear of change, fear of success, fear of rejection, and of course the fear of letting go.The third factor that ties in with both of the other two is the unknown or rather the lack of skills.As a business owner you might be aware of what is not working and do not have the skills to fix it and or you are not aware and therefore do not know.As Rhonda Byrne says “ Everything is energy, and energy is in continual motion and change. If energy stood still you would be gone, and there would be no life.”
Sherry EllingsonFounder of Creative Retailing

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