{"id":374,"date":"2018-07-19T01:17:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T01:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/?p=374"},"modified":"2018-12-31T21:45:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T21:45:32","slug":"through-the-looking-glass-running-a-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/?p=374","title":{"rendered":"Through the Looking Glass – Running a Small Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

PERSONALITY TYPES OF ENTREPRENEURS
\n<\/strong>Anyone who has been in business for a few years has both success stories and horror stories to tell. Running a small business is not for the faint of heart, nor does it suit some personality types.\u00a0 Some entrepreneurs are analysts, some are visionaries, others are superstar\u2019s, I am a little bit of an advisor and analyst when it comes to my entrepreneur personality. I think after running my small business for over four years, the one takeaway I focus on is that there will never be boredom in my workday.\u00a0 I love that about owning my business!\u00a0 This terrifies others.\u00a0 Anyone and everyone is capable of running a business with a little help from some business courses and some advice from your local, friendly small business centre or an established business owner who is willing to be your mentor, but what really works for those successful businesses is that they are risk takers, planners, open to constantly learning, and they are flexible.<\/p>\n

CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT IN LIFE
\n<\/strong>When I sit down on the edge of my looking glass and see all the fuzzy pictures swirling around and all of the clients I have assisted, it boggles my mind as to how much has changed.\u00a0 In four short years, I have evolved from creating invoices in Word to using online client management software like Dubsado.\u00a0 I talk to clients in on-line chatrooms like Glip and Slack.\u00a0 I scan my receipts in my phone using Genius Scan, and earlier today I unlocked a door at The Atrium to use my flex-desk with an app called KISI on my phone.<\/p>\n

My days are never the same, and I thrive on that.\u00a0 Some days I am updating social media feeds for myself and my clients, and writing articles and blogs. Other days, I am cutting bureaucratic red tape to help clients navigate a government department or process some forms or applications.\u00a0 At least once a month, I have to put on my bookkeeping hat and get down to tracking expenses and billing clients so I have money to pay bills.\u00a0 I try to get out of the house and do some networking a couple of times a week to meet potential clients.\u00a0 On beautiful summer days, I play hooky and take my puppy to the beach and do some business development planning.\u00a0 This kind of haphazard schedule would drive some people batty, but I am not, and probably will never be, an 8-4 kind of girl.<\/p>\n

FOLLOW YOUR TRUE NORTH
\n<\/strong>I run my business as a reflection of my personal beliefs and work ethics.\u00a0 Number one, I think people should work when they are most productive and energized.\u00a0 For some people that is early mornings, others are strict routine 9-5\u2019er. For me, I am most productive and focused from late morning to early evening.\u00a0 And as long as I communicate that to my clients, it\u2019s not usually a problem. Secondly, I don\u2019t buy into the mindset that you have to wear a noose around your neck or thigh-sucking, fire hazard nylons and high heels in order to be professional.\u00a0 I think your advice, your communication, and the final product or service should dictate your level of professionalism. \u00a0Finally, I try and learn from Alice and her looking glass.\u00a0 I can\u2019t change the past, even with the passage of time.\u00a0 So move on from the unhappy client, the project you fumbled or the opportunity you messed up.\u00a0 Tomorrow is a new day and it is full of exciting, un-planned projects and opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PERSONALITY TYPES OF ENTREPRENEURS Anyone who has been in business for a few years has both success stories and horror stories to tell. Running a small business is not for the faint of heart, nor does it suit some personality types.\u00a0 Some entrepreneurs are analysts, some are visionaries, others are superstar\u2019s, I am a little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions\/376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossstreetagency.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}