Take Your Business to the Next Level: Don't Shut Yourself Off

Everyday I hear such "doom and gloom" news about small businesses and what may affect our future. As an owner of a small business, I find that I have to fight the urge to "hide" away from the rest of the world; stop networking because it costs money and time that I feel takes away from my work. And then I get this big surprise and a person calls me and asks about my coaching services; one that she or he saw via my social media networks and/or met at a women in business luncheon offered by my chamber of commerce or women's networking group.


When you are thinking that the future of small business, your small business may be bleak. Stop those thoughts, because small business owners are creative, hard-working and skilled people who believe in self-reliance, innovation, and committment to succeed. There are customers out there, we may just have to work harder to identify them and communicate how we can help them, what problem we can help them solve, and/or how much time we can save them in their hectic life. Last, there are many people out there who believe in you and your business.

When you get stuck or feel like you are shutting down because of negative outside forces that you can't control, then work on those things you can control - you and your business.