Do you always have a contingency plan for when things don’t work out?

Are you planning for the worst all the time?

Do you identify yourself as a pessimist?

Pessimism can be good for anticipating the challenges you have in your company.

But it’s not good when it’s the only thing that you do – every time.

Think of the moments when you experienced having a horrible boss.

Pretty sure it felt crappy!

According to a Gallup survey, half of U.S. employees left a company because of a bad boss. This is fueled by the belief that people don’t leave companies – they leave bad managers.

To be an effective leader, you need to set goals, have a vision, strategize, and communicate.

But just a quick question – in all of the time that you spend attending workshops, webinars, or masterminds to improve those skills, how much of that same effort is spent on improving your emotional intelligence?

Are you interested in building a business that serves a cause you’re passionate about but maybe you’re afraid to ruffle some feathers?

There is so much satisfaction in building a business that serves a cause. It changes your team. It changes your culture. It changes you as a leader.

For years, I thought that I had to be both the manager and the leader of my company.

I wanted to be in the weeds, planning, and solving problems just as much as I wanted to cast vision and strategize for the future.

But I realized you don’t have to be both.

Are you manifesting and receiving the things you want to attract into your life right now?

If yes, great!

But if not…

(And if you think you’re already doing everything you can to show up every day)

Then you probably have cast a vision and you have hope for the future. But if you don’t truly believe that it’s possible to receive, then you have become a roadblock to your own success!

Are you sick of feeling like the boss in your business when you’d rather just be the leader or the visionary?

In this episode, we’re going behind the scenes with my Director of Operations, otherwise known as our Integrator, Monica Foster.

When I reflect back on how my career started as a business owner, three feelings stand out to me.

I felt stuck, alone, and out of control.

Good thing, I found a way to get myself out of that rut by building a team that can support me.

If you believe FAIL stands for First Attempt In Learning, then you have something in common with today’s guest.

Laura Bartlett overcomes failure and public rejection in front of millions of people on Dragon’s Den, a British reality show where entrepreneurs pitch their business idea to a panel of venture capitalists. Think Shark Tank.

Every business owner dreams of having a world-class team.

But you can make that a reality no matter where you are at this point in your business – whether you’re a mom-and-pop shop, an online entrepreneur, or a large organization.

At the end of the day, it’s your leadership that will determine how your team will perform for you.

We all desire momentum in our business. We want traction toward our goals.

But momentum and direction are not enough.

The challenge is being able to stay on course and to redirect when you’ve lost your footing.

Building a business on your own terms is easier said than done.

Today, I’m tackling this idea of building your business on your own terms, not what the guru says you should want and how to trust your vision for the future.