It sucks at the top.
This week has been a much harder week for me than it needed to be.
Had a ton of issues most of which are no doubt my fault or I bear some responsibility or rather all of it as I’m lead or head of the company they are all my fault regardless:
Compound all of that with a few personal problems. Urgh
The problem
Extreme isolation at the top you can’t vent to staff or your peers they don’t get it, they don’t need to do anything about it and can’t do anything about it, as soon as you bring up anything they start to worry about job security.
That coupled with the fact that when things do go right do you see the credit? No your staff do and rightly so, they helped or charged the thing over the line with you, they are the ones you hired to do it so they get the praise.
The problem is when things go wrong you can’t entirely blame them, it’s more often than not your fault. No matter if it's an external factor, Joe took a shit on the printer or the weather flooded the warehouse. It's always on you. That's just how it is.
Then you couple ALL of that with the honest reality that you don’t have a clue as to what is going on or that you or anyone else can really do it! It’s all fake and bullshit because no one has been there before. We are all just making it up as we go along.
No two businesses are the same. No amount of youtube videos, books, seminars, mentors or friends will change that. You can be in the same industry but because we are different as people neither business will run the same.
It’s just a fact at the top and the larger become or scale the more obvious that problem becomes.
We just make it up as we go along.
I talk to a friend who has a net worth of £60m+ his answer is throw money at it.
People who earn 6 figures or less just don’t get the drama your in to start with or can’t even wrap their heads around the problems and struggles you face.
To them you are just rich and a bank.
This is one of my worst weeks since Oct 2024 when I thought about selling up.
Still you or I just got sit here and keep telling our self’s tt don’t matter. Today and next week can be shit. If the goal is 5 years or 10 years down the line, it’s going to be muddy, it’s going to be a fight. It don’t matter how you get there as long as you get there.
Those of us crazy enough to want to build something or run our own business when you hit a low spot or a dark patch just remember I got it worse than you, there’s someone out there that’s got it worse than me.
Todays supposed to be shit so tomorrow become easier.
Suck it up, move on.
As much on times I think sell, jack it in, move on. I can't see myself doing anything else. The rub of the challenge eh.
Still it sucks at the top.
For those of you who read thanks.
For those I’ve chewed your ear off all week with my shit thank you
This week has been a much harder week for me than it needed to be.
Had a ton of issues most of which are no doubt my fault or I bear some responsibility or rather all of it as I’m lead or head of the company they are all my fault regardless:
- Staffing issues this week with hires. Old heads in the companies putting notice in to leave and move on, new prospects not working out, staff members wanting promotions or a chance to prove them self’s in an area they have no business moving into.
- Delivery network issues, failures with systems and processes that are totally out of my hands but caused nothing but 3+ days of on going carnage and what seems to be putting fires out due to the trouble that has caused.
- Cash flow the biggest gripe with most despite having a 40%+ profit margin and being very cash rich as a business we have a ton of money tied up in 2 x 7 figure projects at the movement which is great when those customers pay but until then it’s just money going out the door. That along with our own internal investments and projects. It will all be ok just when you sit down have a cash flow, profit and loss meeting. Seeing the amount of money spent is sickening.
- Building issues trying to move and establish a new warehouse is proving more taxing and difficult than first thought. I’ve had a 2nd offer rejected on a new premisses and then even and I mean EVEN if I do get it, it’s a ton of money to sink into a building not even getting into the fit out cost to turn it into what we need.
Compound all of that with a few personal problems. Urgh
The problem
Extreme isolation at the top you can’t vent to staff or your peers they don’t get it, they don’t need to do anything about it and can’t do anything about it, as soon as you bring up anything they start to worry about job security.
That coupled with the fact that when things do go right do you see the credit? No your staff do and rightly so, they helped or charged the thing over the line with you, they are the ones you hired to do it so they get the praise.
The problem is when things go wrong you can’t entirely blame them, it’s more often than not your fault. No matter if it's an external factor, Joe took a shit on the printer or the weather flooded the warehouse. It's always on you. That's just how it is.
Then you couple ALL of that with the honest reality that you don’t have a clue as to what is going on or that you or anyone else can really do it! It’s all fake and bullshit because no one has been there before. We are all just making it up as we go along.
No two businesses are the same. No amount of youtube videos, books, seminars, mentors or friends will change that. You can be in the same industry but because we are different as people neither business will run the same.
It’s just a fact at the top and the larger become or scale the more obvious that problem becomes.
We just make it up as we go along.
I talk to a friend who has a net worth of £60m+ his answer is throw money at it.
People who earn 6 figures or less just don’t get the drama your in to start with or can’t even wrap their heads around the problems and struggles you face.
To them you are just rich and a bank.
This is one of my worst weeks since Oct 2024 when I thought about selling up.
Still you or I just got sit here and keep telling our self’s tt don’t matter. Today and next week can be shit. If the goal is 5 years or 10 years down the line, it’s going to be muddy, it’s going to be a fight. It don’t matter how you get there as long as you get there.
Those of us crazy enough to want to build something or run our own business when you hit a low spot or a dark patch just remember I got it worse than you, there’s someone out there that’s got it worse than me.
Todays supposed to be shit so tomorrow become easier.
Suck it up, move on.
As much on times I think sell, jack it in, move on. I can't see myself doing anything else. The rub of the challenge eh.
Still it sucks at the top.
For those of you who read thanks.
For those I’ve chewed your ear off all week with my shit thank you
. Running a business is not easy at all and won’t say “I hope you solve
