#238: Tactical Tuesday: Unbottleneck your Business & Grow as an Entrepreneur

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner, and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast, talks about how entrepreneurs bottleneck their business and how to undo it through introspection and growth. Jason has been running his business for quite some time now, and his interactions with other business owners made him realize the problem lies in the entrepreneur. He discusses four ways in which a business can get bottlenecked. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Businesses get bottlenecked because of the entrepreneurs or owners themselves.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are four ways to bottleneck a business: skills deficit, character/trait deficit, mindset/belief deficit, and desire deficit.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Skill can be taught, learned, and acquired. Examples of skills include conducting a marketing or promotional campaign, managing teams, and leading employees. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you find yourself saying things like “It’s so hard to find good help” or “No one can do it as well as me” or “My team’s performance fluctuates,” be self-aware. This lies within you and your skills as the leader. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Always assess the root cause of the problem. Do the reps to improve, pause to get feedback, make improvements, and continue to put in the reps.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Enjoy the process as you continue to hone your skills. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your mindset deficit includes negative, false, and self-doubting thoughts that ruminate in your head. Examples include “It’s too risky or too hard to become an entrepreneur” or “Managing a team is too stressful” or “I might fail and I don’t have what it takes.”<