The Wheel of Life for Solopreneur Success
Today, I want to talk a bit about the advantages and challenges of running your own business and how to be a successful solopreneur. As a solopreneur, you are simultaneously the CEO and workforce of your business, and pairing up with the right solopreneur coach can lead you to solopreneur success.
As we go about our daily lives, it is easy to get caught up in the stress that comes as we try to figure out how to be a successful solopreneur, juggling deadlines, projects, and getting kids to a million different activities, all while maintaining a healthy work-life blend. Inevitably, some aspect of life gets left behind, leaving us with a sense of being off balance and fundamentally unfulfilled. Many call this languishing.
Sometimes, life just gets in the way of solopreneur success.
We hesitate to make changes to our small business because we fear the unknown and what this change might look like. We put the needs of the family above our own and feel as if the opportunity for professional advancement is slipping through our fingers like grains of sand. And some don't think they are good enough or worthy enough to be in a better situation. When you're wrestling in the weeds, it can be hard to see where you're succeeding and where you're falling behind. It can make finding fulfillment seem daunting.
The Wheel of Life:
The Wheel of Life is an assessment tool that shifts our perspective to the big picture.
You'll see it divides the totality of life into eight categories.
Each ring on the wheel is numbered from 1 - 10, and users are instructed to rate their fulfillment in each pie-shaped area (with 1 being low fulfillment and 10 being completely fulfilled).
Using this tool, solopreneurs can see in which areas they are proficient, and which are being neglected. You may find that, while you are sailing through your career feeling utterly fulfilled, you are failing to make time for fun and recreation. Being aware of the discrepancy can help you avoid professional burnout. For me, this helps me avoid being grumpy, just ask my family!
This tool helps clients remove the blinders and take stock of their lives, allowing them to see where they are succeeding and where they need to put in some work.
How Can a Solopreneur Coach Help?
During business coaching sessions, we'll use the Wheel of Life, identify core values, and other tools to assess the state of your fulfillment. We'll identify any sources of dissatisfaction and/or unfulfillment. While such exploration can be highly personal, finding the reasons behind a lack of fulfillment and moving in a new direction with clarity and action steps are key to finding solopreneur success.
Common sources for a lack of fulfillment can include guilt, perfectionism, and settling for less than what you want. Are you letting your ideal career go because you think it's best for your family? Are you ignoring warning signs to grow (or slow the growth of) your small business because you're afraid of the unknown? Do you ignore your budget and spending plan?
Learning how to be a successful solopreneur takes time and hard work. Together, we'll work to develop the skills in you that can lead to greater fulfillment and will put in the hard but rewarding work of changing behavioral patterns that keep you from taking that leap of faith and just going for it. LEAP WITH ME!
If you find yourself suffering from uncertainty and believe it is getting in the way of your happiness, let this seasoned solopreneur coach help. If you aren't spending the time you want with your family or making time for your health, there is hope!
You are not too old.
You are capable.
You are worthy.
Solopreneur success is at your fingertips.
