



Do any of these situations
feel familiar?
- You’ve stopped pursuing your passions or lost your zest for a business or career you were once passionate about
- You have abandoned your dreams
- You need to make changes but don’t know where to start
- You’re great at what you do but don’t feel fulfilled
- Your business is taking you away from the types of days, weeks and months you want, not toward them
- You’re not making the difference you intended to make
- You’ve made enough money over the years to keep your business going but you wouldn’t exactly call your business a smashing success.
- You’ve always weathered the ups and downs but recently it has become more difficult to make a profit
- Every month you find yourself searching to find new customers and revenue to keep your business growing
- You are constantly worried about cash flow
- You are also worried about replacing those employees who quit or get fired
- You wake up every day feeling like you are on a never-ending hamster wheel
- You have tried to turn things around before but failed
- Your energy and interests are waning as the business has sapped the energy and life out of you
- You keep looking for the magic solution that will be the “tipping point” to take your business to the next level
- You’re living in hope that the next big customer or super sales person will make the difference
- You’re at the point where you’re not going out of business, but you’re not getting rich either
- You are so jaded that you see few opportunities to grow your business
- You are definitely not building a sustainable business
If you’ve been nodding your head or mouthing “yes” as you read through the list…YOU ARE STUCK!
Don’t beat yourself up or feel ashamed. Many business owners and professionals are stuck and many remain stuck, unable to get growing again. Here’s why…
Recognizing that you are stuck, is not your biggest challenge, although that’s a start. There is something holding you back and limiting you from achieving your goals. Your biggest challenge is knowing what that constraint is – that is, identifying specifically what is holding you back.
In my experience… most people get this part wrong.
When you don’t know what your constraint is it means you won’t know what changes you need to make to turn your business around. You may end up wasting even more time and energy working harder, and getting the same results that you are currently achieving.

