How are you feeling in your business right now? Relaxed and carefree or stressed and disorganised.
Almost half of the small business owners who responded to a MYOB survey recently said running their own business had led to feelings of anxiety or depression. (Source: My Business).
It’s not surprising. The last couple of years have been unnerving (to say the least) for many small business owners. And if the news reports are accurate (if you watch the news anymore), it’s not looking any better any time soon.
I don’t buy into the fear mongering from the media, but I get why small business owners are stressed and anxious. There’s simply a lot to do, then you go home and there’s more to do, and you flick on the news or see an update on Facebook and instantly your heart starts racing.
In this blog, I’m sharing the benefits to streamlining your business to free up your time, then you can work on the sales and finance side of your business so it leads to growth and more profit.
Why you need to streamline, automate and systemise your work now
It can be very difficult to work on your big vision when you’re feeling stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed because often you become bogged down in mundane, day-to-day tasks.
How would it feel to streamline those tasks by either automating or delegating them?
You probably feel a sense of relief just reading those words.
The secret 5 benefits of streamlining your business
Streamlining your business can improve the efficiency of your processes with automation, team, technology, simplifying or eliminating unnecessary steps or tasks. Here are the top 5 benefits of doing so:
Streamline benefit 1: No more stress and overwhelm
If you are feeling stressed, too busy and overwhelmed most days in your business, and it’s been like that for a while, it’s time to streamline. Streamlining your business will help to ditch the overwhelm because your business will be more organised and you’ll have the right people helping you.
Streamline benefit 2: More time
Freeing up your time and streamlining your business means you will be free to work on business rather than in it. Having your business procedures automated and delegated as much as possible means you will also have more time to speak with your loved ones, and family or move into the CEO position of your business and become the true visionary you’ve always known you could be.
Streamline benefit 3: An organised business
An organised business is a relaxed and profitable business with a happy owner and team members. Wouldn’t it be great to know who’s doing what and have tasks completed on autopilot and on time? When your work is unorganised it feels hard and tiring. When it’s organised it feels like a well-oiled machine.
Streamline benefit 4: Right team to help
As a business owner, you simply can’t do everything yourself – nor should you have to! You need help, whether it is a casual contractor or someone who is on your team full time. One of the benefits of streamlining your business processes and tasks is that your team will be happier and more efficient, but also if you need to onboard a new team member quickly, they can hit the ground running and your business stays in productive mode.
Streamline benefit 5: Right mindset for growth
Mindset is everything in business and you need to keep a cool, calm and positive frame of mind when it comes to streamlining. It’s a fact that most people don’t like change, and change will happen when you start streamlining your business. But it doesn’t have to be hard, it can be simple and exciting.
4 mindset shifts to make when it comes to streamlining your business:
1. You think by paying upfront for help you’ll be losing money
However, the fact is, when you pay someone like a VA or OBM to help you streamline your business, you’ll be saving money overall and long after they have helped you set everything up.
2. You think you can do everything yourself
You can’t. You might do everything now, but it’s not sustainable as a business model and getting help from you to get everything out of your head and into streamlined systems and processes will be an advantage when you’re ready to grow and scale with speed.
3. You think you can’t outsource tasks because you don’t know what to delegate or how to train people to do what you need done (the way you want it done)
You don’t have to! This is where an OBM can help you train your team for success and oversee them so you don’t have to. They can also help with HR, sourcing and onboarding new team members.
4. You won’t achieve your financial goals
You will if you get set up for success and get the help you need to do this. If you start thinking like this, it will lead to thinking you don’t have the time to make necessary changes (because you have to do so much manual work and unnecessary tasks). Getting the right people around you means you won’t have to spend so much time on the mundane tasks, so you can start working on your big vision and start hitting those financial goals sooner.
Start streaming your business for success today
You can start streamlining your business today with my productivity and efficiency quiz and tips on what you can do to improve these areas in your business.
Simply fill out the quiz by answering the questions and then I will send you a report with tips on how to improve each area. Get started here.
