Business Success By Design
The Business Success By Design Podcast is our opportunity to share our experiences as small business owners along with the ups and downs that comes with that. We also have the added dynamic of being a husband and wife team since 2009!
We share not only what’s it’s like trying to start and grow a coaching and consulting business, we also share some of the best strategies that have allowed us to grow into a complete lifestyle business…meaning something we can run from anywhere in world!
Business Success By Design
The Danger of Becoming Emotionally Attached To Your Business!
Summary
In this episode of Not Just Business, Business Coach Angela Inzerillo and her close friend Kelly Jan discuss the complexities of entrepreneurship, focusing on the balance between passion and profit, the emotional challenges faced by business owners, and the importance of support systems and coaching. They share personal experiences and insights on navigating tough decisions, learning from failures and the danger of getting too emotionally attached to your business.
Takeaways
The journey of entrepreneurship is often filled with emotional challenges.
Balancing passion and profit is crucial for sustainable business.
Support systems, including friends and coaches, play a vital role in navigating business challenges.
Making tough decisions is part of the entrepreneurial journey.
Learning from failure is essential for personal and professional growth.
It's important to acknowledge and process emotions related to business.
Seeking help from trusted advisors can provide valuable perspectives.
Every experience, whether successful or not, contributes to growth.
You can control your destiny through your business decisions.
It's okay to take a step back and reassess your business direction.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Not Just Business
02:56 The Journey of Entrepreneurship
06:14 Passion vs. Profit in Business
08:52 Navigating Emotional Challenges in Business
12:13 The Role of Support Systems
14:58 Making Tough Decisions
17:50 Learning from Failure
21:08 The Importance of Coaching
23:57 Conclusion and Key Takeaways
Hello! We are James and Angela, entrepreneurs and strategic marketing coaches living in Northern Virginia! Nice to meet you!
We began our entrepreneurial journey in 2009 after spending 25+ years as Sales and Marketing execs in high-tech Corporate America generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues earning multiple 6-figure incomes.
Our mission - to help NEW or Early Stage Coaches, Consultants and Small Businesses, COMPRESS the time it takes to get to a 6-figure revenue stream without the stress, overwhelm and costs of advertising, hours on social media and complex sales funnels.
We quickly learned that NO amount of success at the corporate level would prepare us for such an income level as brand new business owners.
After too many years of scrambling trying to get clients and build predictability and consistency in our business, we finally decided to get out of our own way and got some coaching help (every business owner, especially coaches, should have a coach!)
We re-examined WHO we wanted to help and WHAT problem we best solved. BOOM! In less than 9 months, we were generating 6-figures using our own methodology and have helped hundreds of small business owners, coaches and consultants do the same.
It all comes down to 3 core concepts - CLARITY in your messaging, CONFIDENCE in your offer and CONTROL in your business.