Designing Your Benefits Package as a Small Business Owner

<p>The day you decided to work for yourself was the day you became responsible for <strong>designing your work world.</strong></p> <p>Many of us get swept away in <strong>"employee mode"</strong> and struggle to get into <strong>"boss mode."</strong></p> <p>What if you evaluated your business beyond how much money you made this month vs last month or this year vs last year?</p> <p>What if instead you evaluated your business based on <strong>your experience of working for yourself</strong>?</p> <p>Does your business require long hours, working weekends, and powering through no matter how sick you are?</p> <p>Does your boss care about how work is affecting your sleep, relationships, and hobbies?<br /> <br /> Would you elect to work for a company like that if it wasn't yours?</p> <p> In today's episode, I present the idea that we should objectively assess our self-created work environments as if we work for someone else's company, and then <strong>begin to design our Ideal Benefits Package for our own small business.</strong></p> <p>Your Benefits Package can include anything!</p> <p>Maybe you never want to work past 6pm ever again.</p> <p>Maybe you never want to work weekends again.</p> <p>Maybe you never want to start work at 5am ever again.</p> <p>Maybe you have a 72 hour client response time instead of 12.</p> <p>Maybe you take a week off every 8 weeks.</p> <p>Maybe you want two entire days during the week of no work so you don't have to send your kid to child care.</p> <p>In other words, what are some benefits of working for yourself?</p> <p>A seasonal change in availability.</p> <p>An extra few days off after the Holidays.</p> <p>You get to decide!</p> <p> </p> <p>Episode mentioned: <a href= "https://traffic.libsyn.com/findyourstrong/toxic_boss_to_yourself_-_31423_10.20_PM.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Are You a Toxic Boss to Yourself?</a></p>