A shocking stat, an invaluable skill …

Here’s an example of a stat our company would love to see reversed over the next generation of business owners:

“Fewer business owners said they plan to put off taking a vacation, according to a new survey. In the Discover Small Business Watch study, 51% said they would delay vacation plans, down from 58% a year ago. In addition, the number of small-business owners who say they work six days a week has fallen to 56% from 61% last year.”

There’s more here …

Entrepreneur.com/Daily Dose blog

… but it goes without saying more business owners are finding that the dream of business ownership sometimes doesn’t match the reality.

People go into business for any number of reasons, but most of the owners we work with at ActionCOACH cite more personal freedom and a better lifestyle as their two main reasons for striking out on their own.

Obviously, if you are part of the more than half of surveyed business owners saying you need to postpone your vacation, the “more personal freedom” side of the equation needs some work.

My solution for you, of course, is to get a Business Coach.

One of our “tests” for owners is to ask them “point blank” what would happen if they just up and left their company for the next three weeks.

Would the company survive?

From these numbers, the answer most owners have to that question is obvious.

Most owners simply don’t have the trust in their own abilities as business people, or have not been able to systemize or leverage their knowledge in any meaningful or significant way to leave their shop “unattended” for weeks (or even days) at a time.

The best way to get more time in your business?

Systemize and train your team so you can delegate tasks, or outsource those activities that you’re spending too much time on and could be handled more effectively by a professional (bookkeeping being one of them).

More importantly than that?

Learn once and for all “how to” run a better business.

How?

Find a mentor. Read a book. Get an ActionCOACH.

Look at it this way:  Once you really learn how to run a business, you can apply that knowledge over and over again, no matter what business you are in.

How powerful is that?

In fact, if one day a magical genie appeared and promised to show you how to consistently generate profit in any business … would you take up the offer?

How valuable would that skill be now, tomorrow and in the future … and how could that knowledge benefit your family and employees?

Well, that’s exactly what we teach at ActionCOACH.

I certainly don’t suffer from a lack of certainty or confidence, and a big part of that is from knowing that I could go anywhere in the world and in time, make any company profitable – or steer the owner of a losing business into a different, but more profitable one.

It’s not a boast … just a fact – based on the “test and measure” of our system over the last two decades.

So if you are in the majority of business owners who don’t want to take a vacation … learn how to get more time for yourself away from your business.

While you’re at it, learn how to get more money in your business as well.

It’s a skill that will reward you for years to come.

So … go get that skill (and some other valuable business building skills) here …

Your FREE business coaching session …

… with a free coaching session with an ActionCOACH Business Coach in your area.

It’s free. It’s easy. There’s no cost or obligation.

And it just may be the best hour you’ve spent on your business in a very long time.

One more thing I can guarantee!

Jodie Shaw