Why Do Most Entrepreneurs Quit? For some business owners, the decision to build a business wasn’t the right one. Thus, they may begin to explore options for quitting their business. This can often come with negative stigmas, however, sometimes it might be the best decision for that individual. Here are some of the leading reasons…
What Causes Burnout? Burnout in business is an extremely dynamic occupational phenomenon that can affect everyone differently. According to the Mayo Clinic, “individual factors, such as personality traits and family life, influence who experiences job burnout.” As such, many things can contribute to burnout. Here are some of the most common causes of burnout in…
What Causes Business Burnout? Being an entrepreneur is a stressful job and places many unique pressures on business owners that traditional employees don’t experience. For many business owners, these challenges aren’t often understood by their peers, family, and friends, and other business owners may be reluctant or embarrassed to admit that their business is burning…
If you’ve been told that running a business is easy, you’ve been lied to. Starting a business and building it into a successful one will place you in a position to face countless challenges and obstacles. If you thought the journey would be easy, this can be discouraging for new entrepreneurs. Fortunately, even though it…
How Do I Know If I’m Burned Out? There are an overwhelming number of entrepreneurs that feel burned out. In fact, nearly 2 out of every 3 business owners report feeling burned out. The feeling of business owner burnout is troubling for many entrepreneurs and is often driven by many factors, but the most predominant…
What is Burnout? In 2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) included burnout in the International Classification of Diseases as an occupational phenomenon. According to the WHO, burnout is “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” The symptoms of burnout are typically characterized by exhaustion, lack of professional…
Get Off The Treadmill for Business Leaders is a podcast for small business owners. In a short series, Sandy Corrigan talks with our CEO, Chuck Blakeman, about the book Making Money is Killing Your Business. The first episode is about how you can have more freedom and choice, while making more money in less time….
Sandy Corrigan talks about freedom mapping in this episode of Get Off The Treadmill for Business Leaders Podcast. This process consists of several elements that help business owners and their team members take note of how to use their time more effectively; how to prioritize, self-manage and be productive. In the episode, Corrigan talks about…
Many people start businesses with the sole purpose of making enough money to fund their desired lifestyle and to be a boss. Often these purposes run stale and cause the business to fail because people fail to track and work on particular metrics. They do not market online and track marketing efforts, listen to their customers, leverage…
Many business owners would argue that a crucial step to ensure success within your company would be to secure multiple clients and increase your client list to as many as possible. That is not the case, a clever decision is to identify people that have already connected with the clients you seek and to build…
