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Outgrowing your business can feel a lot like the excitement of the build wearing off.
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The Loop You Have Run BeforeYou love the build, when the ideas are new and each decision moves things forward. Then the business starts to run without you pushing it along. Your team has it handled. And you notice you are already looking around for something else. You sit down to work on the business. An hour later, you are looking into another opportunity. You have been here before. You get an idea going, and by the time it is moving, you are half looking at the next one. Your team sees it too. Every new direction leaves them asking how long this one will last. Their trust took time to build, and so did the progress you have made. Both take a knock each time you move on.
Outgrowing Your Business or the Excitement FadingYou are good at seeing what is possible. It is a big part of how you built the business. Not every opportunity needs acting on. Some of them are only more exciting than the work you already have. Your role is different now that the business is established. It is more about developing what you have built. If you are used to feeling energised by the build, this stage can make you wonder whether you have outgrown the business. Maybe you have. But the excitement fading is not enough on its own to tell you.
What You Love About StartingAsk yourself what starting gives you that the business no longer does. Then look at what staying means to you. If the day to day feels restrictive, it is easy to start wondering if there is something better. That feeling can make the decision for you before you have thought it through.
When Outgrowing Your Business Is About Who You AreStarting things has been a big part of who you are. People know you as the one with the next idea. Now the business needs something different from you. That restlessness could be the part of you that is used to starting, looking for something new to begin. Before you decide to go, ask yourself whether this business is still aligned with your highest values today. If it is not, leaving may be the next step. And if it still is, look at the restlessness before you move on.
What Staying Could Give YouIf you do stay, your team gets a leader who sees things through, and you get to see what the business becomes with time. And you get to know yourself as someone who stays. Who are you to this business now that the build is done? If you are weighing up whether to stay or move on, book a 15-minute Strategy Call and we can look at what is pulling you toward something new. To your brilliance, Tanya Cross Industry Leader Coach & The Coaches’ Coach BAppSoSc (Counselling) |
