Honey, I Am Having A Business
By Sheri McConnell
I coach a lot of new
business owners–many of them are women–and most of them have a common struggle.
They have a spouse that gets stressed about the amount of money and time it
takes to build a profitable business.
I know–the irony–it
takes money to make money.
Here are some of my
recent thoughts on how you might help your non-entrepreneurial husband understand
your need to “have this business”…
First–sit your husband
down and break the news.
Say it slowly so that he
actually thinks you will say “baby” at the end and then be relieved when you
say “business” instead.
So say, “Honey, I am
having a business.”
Then proceed to get him
ready for the arrival by sharing the following. And don’t worry–eventually–your
husband will adjust to the new baby, I mean business.
Here are some points to
make in your heart-to-heart conversation. Good Luck!
There will be at least
nine months of waiting to see my hard work emerge–It takes time to build
a strong foundation for my business. I will need coaches and mentors to give me
the right advice on how to bring this business into the world. So please be
patient if I get a little moody. I am growing and learning new things.
We will have to spend
some money to help it flourish and grow–We will have to invest in some new “stuff” in
order to give birth to and to be able to feed this new business in the coming
years.
We will have to be
willing to let it constantly learn and make mistakes–I won’t have all the
answers and I sure can’t offer you guarantees about how this will turn out–but
I know I will only become more successful at parenting this business when I am
actively playing with it and paying attention to it. So I might not have as
much time for you as I used to.
There will never be a right time to do this–I know for a fact that
there will never be a right time to do this. We will never have the perfect
situation to start this business. I am willing to grow into a new person if you
are.
I know I don’t have all
the answers–I
won’t know a lot in the beginning and it will probably be stressful until we
get used to our new lives, but I know deep in my heart if you are on board–we
can make this work.
We
will never know the feeling of having our own successful business if we don’t
try–This
will be an exciting journey for us with many challenges but I know it will be
worth it and I do know that it will change our lives for the better if we let
it.
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