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The 'Always Available' Trap: What Is It and How to Avoid It
- Entrepreneurs' desire to exceed expectations and enhance consumer value can lead to poor self-preservation, creating a cycle of being overwhelmed by demand while simultaneously raising one's profile as a reliable professional.
- According to 26 of 30 founders who are generating over $1m in revenue, managing the increasingly high demands on their personal time and energy have been the greatest challenge in growing their companies. These high-achieving entrepreneurs' natural instinct to support and please others can make boundary-setting difficult.
- Failure to set clear boundaries can result in a range of issues, including team burnout, stalled innovation, decision fatigue, low energy, and negative interpersonal relations. However, the behavioural pattern often goes unreacted to until it becomes critical as it progresses so slowly.
- Entrepreneurial boundary challenges stem from three primary sources: an Identity Merge, Reality of Responsibility, and Opportunity Fear.
- To redress boundary issues, Founder and Author Scott Perry outlines four fundamental internal questions, a three-tier communication system, the use of automated tools and creating satisfactory responses or 'Boundary Scripts'.
- By setting clear boundaries that demonstrate accessibility while protecting energy and time, entrepreneurs become more desirable as professionals when they cater to the specific needs of their most important clients while empowering the team to handle other matters.
- In summary, establishing healthy business boundaries is not about preventing growth but instead enables it by providing precious time and space to allow for breakthrough ideas.
- Entrepreneurial boundary problems are perceived as the fear of the unknown that results from not having them. It is vital to understand that setting business boundaries is not a barrier to success but rather a tool for achieving sustainable success.
- The most critical approach is to continually improve the system to be more transparent and efficient in making impactful decisions with people and your business.
- Finally, you have permission to set boundaries and protect your time and energy, enabling you to stay true to the highest quality work and support the most important business decisions through progressive growth and success.
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