Don't Go It Alone!

All too often as entrepreneurs, we believe that is shows more strength of character to dig deep and we should go it alone to accomplish our mission, provide our service or deliver our products.  Now, I believe independence is important and at times essential but is that the best use of our own resources. 

 For example, my background has prepared me as a Registered Nurse and I have some knowledge of health and disease,  but I would be rather foolish to believe that I could diagnose a life threatening illness without qualified, professional support.  Certainly I could have researched and studied, but in the meantime the disease could have move mored quickly than my ability to learn and then it may be too late. 

Fortunately, I have found that even as an entrepreneur, one of my greatest assets is my associates, partners, coaches and advisers. My past experience with teams and organizations has served me to become more interdependent in a healthy, resourceful manner.  With deadlines and challenges confronting we entrepreneurs often times hourly, being able to pick up the phone and receive support, ideas or an empathetic ear because a life line for survival. 

This week alone I was challenged with an unexpected project that had an immediate deadline. Rather than become overwhelmed I picked up the phone (yes, voice-to-voice actually is better when deadlines are looming) and a valued resource was on the other end. I shared my dilemma and guess what they had already done a great deal of work in the past on the very same issue.  They provided me with a draft which saved me hours and days of additional work and help me secure a new client.

What about you?  Do you have a cache of resources to call on during crunch time or do you wait for something of consequence to show up and shoot off panic emails and phone calls, hoping that someone will respond?

Expanding our resources helps us to improve our business and social networks while improving our net worth. Business like life requires balance. Understanding the core success factors for relationship and resource building ultimately will help you to give and get better results. 

For we entrepreneurs, it is important to be able to be independent, self-reliant and self-sufficient. But there is absolutely no good reason for failing to build your resources. There can and will come a time when you need it. Find a few great (not just good ones) trusted advisers and colleagues that you can depend on with you business and sometimes with you life.

I can guarantee you it's much more fun than going it alone!

Laura Novakowski, RN, MBA
President Positive Power Strategies, Inc.

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