“The skies the limit” we’re told.

As a tree’s branches reach for the sky, we also seek to improve and reach for the sky.  On your journey of success, it’s good to remember a tree’s true strength comes from it’s roots. So I wonder, how are your business roots?

As your business grows, more clients are attracted to you, more staff are needed to cope with the orders, the requests, the rent needs to be paid, more equipment needs to be bought. Which is all lovely and wonderful when your roots are strong.

But if you’re feeling more like the tree not coping with the storm, take a moment to see where you can be stronger. Are you taking on the right clients? Are you taking on the right staff?  Are you charging enough?

It’s a trap many business get caught up in, always taking on more without noticing the effects, until a bough breaks.

Start putting the No into November and see what happens.

So today, instead of asking you to say yes all the time, I invite you to say no to some things too.

For example you could say

• No to someone who’s eating up too much of your time.  What would you do with more time?
• No to a client who doesn’t fit your longer term plans or your business goals.  What time would that free up for you? What clients could you work with then?
• No to yourself! – if you keep stopping yourself from doing things you know you should be doing!
• No to yourself if you say no too many times already!

Because if you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting the same results.

It might feel strange at first to say no, but as you free up more of your time and your energy for you, you will feel stronger again.  You’ll then enjoy saying yes to more of what you really do want to see happen in your business life 🙂

To your success and happiness,

Jo James xx