Avoid Entrepreneurial Burnout – Tiring Yourself Out is Not an Option
Entrepreneurs often burn themselves out. Find out tips on how to avoid entrepreneurial burnout to keep you and your business going.
Quick Links:
- TIP: How to avoid entrepreneurial burnout [Infographic Download]
- Episode Overview – Marketing Messages that Make Money and How to Identify Your Customer’s Wants and Needs
- Personal Note from Jenn Neal on how to avoid entrepreneurial burnout
- Featured Guest Expert: Geeta Nadkarni
- Episode audio [Podcast on Spotify]
- Blog Post – Avoid Entrepreneurial Burnout – Tiring Yourself Out is Not an Option
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TIP: How to avoid entrepreneurial burnout
Time needed: 7 minutes
TIP: Identify Your Self-Limiting Beliefs in 5 Steps (an exercise from Geeta Nadkarni)
- Block
Identify the block and write it down: focus on what are the core negative emotions with each block
- Goal
Write down what the goal is and focus on what the positive emotions are associated with the goal
- Protection
Identify what your subconscious is trying to protect you from and write that down: underline what resonates
- Brainstorm
Figure out ways you can meet both the goal and the needs your subconscious is providing
- Affirmation
Write out your affirmation of the goal and the needs
What’s In This Episode
Knowing your customer needs and wants can be a key to a successful business that can will scale. My guest expert today Geeta Nadkarni reveals her unique technique to identify ideal client needs and wants – and how it all starts with identifying and overcoming your own limiting beliefs.
She shares her own entrepreneurial experience of how she wanted to stop trading time for money and scale her business while avoiding more entrepreneurial burnout – and how that journey started with digging deep into her own subconscious programming to identify and clear her limiting beliefs. Then she simply shared that experience and her ideal customers started to find her.
Jenn Neal on how to avoid entrepreneurial burnout
There’s no chance to obtain a “yes” if you never ask.
-Jenn Neal
6 takes.
Normally, I’m a “one shot wonder” with the video takes. I’ve been standing in front of cameras for a long time – so typically I don’t get nervous.
But recently, I recorded a video inviting one of my personal heroes to be a featured influencer for my upcoming virtual event.
This person is a true celebrity – one that is a household name and you would recognize immediately. 🙂
I know it’s a long shot to ask…
BUT…
There’s no chance he’ll say yes if I never even ask.
So, I wanted to record a personal video request. As I stood there in my home studio I had EVERY possible negative thought running through my head.
What if I say the wrong thing? Who am I to even make this ask? This is crazy!
I tripped over my words and stumbled and even forgot the name of my own event. I persevered through, and kept recording anyway.
6 TIMES.
Finally, I ended up with a video I was proud of and excited to put out there. (Verdict is still out, but if he comes though I’ll be SURE to tell you!)
I remember back to about 6 years ago when I was attending a conference and didn’t know anyone there.
One of the speakers just completely resonated with me – and I knew after she spoke that I had to know this person.
So during her “after session” in the breakout room, I went in and introduced myself. I was confident that we were going to become friends. 🙂
I remember feeling the same way before talking myself into meeting her. Battling all of those self-doubt demons. But, I pushed through and walked right up to her and introduced myself. And, I ended up making a fantastic friend.
A friend who is my guest for today’s episode. And, ironically, she talks a lot in this episode about battling her own demons – and then how she used that to attract her ideal clients.
This episode is a unique take on using those entrepreneurial scars we have to scale up. Tune in now!
-Jenn “The 6-take Wonder” Neal
Meet Geeta Nadkarni
Geeta Nadkarni was born curious (as are we all). Her gift is that she figured out how to monetize that curiosity very early on and connect people to their deepest truth. She got her first paid writing gig at age 12 and now, in her 40s, as the founder of ImpactwithInfluence.com, she has helped coaches and infopreneurs all over the world grow 6- and 7-figure businesses without sacrificing freedom, family time or integrity. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, CBC, CNN, ABC, Reader’s Digest and she has been a contributor to Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Inc and more.
Avoid Entrepreneurial Burnout – Tiring Yourself Out is Not an Option
Being passionate about your work is great, but overworking yourself and making it the only purpose of your life isn’t. It’s not easy being an entrepreneur. You’ve just started your business, and the only thing you want is for it to flourish and bloom. You try to put in as much effort and time into it as possible, but if you continue to work day-in and day-out without taking a break, you’ll soon burn yourself out.
Entrepreneurial burnout is a real thing. It makes you tired, exhausted, fatigued, and even depressed if it starts interfering with your personal life and relationships.
If you’re looking to avoid entrepreneurial burnout, you need to learn to manage your work-life balance –if you think you’re already reaching the point of entrepreneurial burnout, this blog post is what you need to read.
We’ve listed down some of the most promising ways to save yourself from burning out as an entrepreneur. Let’s get started.
1. Use the Right Marketing Messages that Make Money
It’s your message that reaches the audience, and if you use the right messages, you’re in for big gains. The right messages will help you make money without you’re the need to put in too much time and effort. If you manage to crack the secret of messages that make money, you can let those messages do the talking while you sit back and enjoy the rewards. Content marketing is a vital part of every successful marketing strategy today, and there’s no reason you shouldn’t incorporate the right content into your marketing.
2. Delegate Responsibilities
It’s not easy trusting someone with your business. After all, your business is like your baby, and it’s only natural to feel the need to do everything yourself to ensure that it’s taken care of and that everything goes right. However, if you don’t delegate responsibilities to your team, it won’t be long till you burn yourself out. And when that happens, not only will your health be affected, but your productivity and efficiency will take a hit too. To keep this from occurring, delegate responsibilities from the very start so that you can focus on newer and bigger opportunities for your newly-found business.
3. Take Breaks
A 10-minute walk between tasks won’t hurt. This is one of the most obvious tips that will help you avoid entrepreneurial burnout. It’ll relax your mind and refresh you, which will, in turn, improve your productivity. Apart from periodic breaks during the day, plan a long, relaxing vacation at least once a year. Vacationing is critically important to restore your stamina, motivation and improve your well-being, both physical and mental.
4. Prioritize
As an entrepreneur, you might have a hundred things on your plate. Instead of stressing out about how you’ll get everything done, make a priority list and figure out what needs to be done first. This way, you’ll work towards finding solutions to existing problems instead of considering your work a problem that you can’t find a solution to. Make a rule – first things first – and live by it.
5. Turn Your Work into Play
Sitting at your desk and hitting the keys on your keyboard all day long will only bore you after a while. A monotonous work routine is something that you won’t look forward to for too long. To make work fun, you need to turn your work into play. Don’t stick to the same routine every day. Explore new possibilities for your business, experiment with new business and marketing tactics – in short, play around so that you’ve got something new to look forward to every day. The more fun you have when you’re working, the more energetic and productive and less burned-out you’re likely to feel.
6. Maintain a Proper Work-Life Balance
The most common mistake that entrepreneurs make is that they lose their work-life balance. They get so engrossed in their work that they forget that they’ve got a life outside of work as well. They end up compromising their personal life, and eventually, their relationships, which further puts them under additional stress.
It’s essential to maintain a work-life balance. Work when you need to but make time for yourself and the things (and people) you love. Sure, you love your work. But you need to spend time doing something other than work to stay sane!
The life of an entrepreneur isn’t easy by any means. There’s so much to get done and only a few people that you can expect to understand your vision. Most entrepreneurs end up overworking themselves, which leads them to entrepreneurial burnout, thereby affecting their productivity. You need to learn how to manage your work and life and avoid entrepreneurial burnout for the sake of your well-being. Your business will flourish as long as you’re doing well, both physically and mentally.
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