So many of us know that as leaders and business owners, we need to be more strategic with our days, weeks, months and years.

We know we need to spend more time on big picture thinking, thinking about where our market is going, thinking about how to solve our clients’ problems in a new and unique way, thinking about and forward planning for the pipeline of work coming in the door and making sure the team and the people around us are performing to the best of their ability.

So why do so many of us find it difficult or get uncomfortable when we think about or even go to take some time out of our weeks to stop and think creatively and strategically?

The answer lies in the conflict in your mind between the different parts of your personality.

Let me explain.

You see, you have different parts of your personality that want different things for you.

You have a driver / achiever part of your personality that only ever wants you to be actioning things, ticking things off your to-do list...

Do you feel like you have to do everything on your own and think that asking for help shows weakness?

Did you know that we are naturally wired this way, and it is okay to feel like this? We have a part of our personality that loves the ‘hard slog’ and ‘going it alone’ and proving / showing everyone around us that we don’t need help.

However, it can catch up on us if we continue to act and think this way. It can burn us out to a point where we become ineffective and useless in our role. If you are a team leader or a business owner, it may negatively affect how your team and business grows. 

If you want to build an amazing team, get better clients, become a confident leader and grow a successful team & business – then it is so important that you become OK with asking for help.

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Josh ‘Ask For Help’ Stone

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Today I want to explore with you why growth, meaning your personal growth as a leader or business owner as well as growing your team and growing your business, can feel so hard at times. 

You see, we as human beings are naturally wired to want to stay and feel safe. We typically don’t like to feel uncomfortable and we typically don’t like to get outside of our comfort zone. 

However, all human beings have what I call a 'growth urge'. Meaning the innate or inbuilt urge to want to grow, to want to do better, to want to be better, to want to be more successful, to grow a really profitable team or business etc. - you get me. 

And so, as human beings, we are constantly battling this internal struggle and this internal conflict between wanting to feel comfortable and staying safe versus getting uncomfortable and growing, learning and evolving. 

So, as we go to learn a new skill, as we go to chase new and bigger better clients, as we go to grow our team or...

Are you holding onto tasks that you KNOW you should be giving to others, way longer than you should? 

As you’re growing your team and your business – the reality is that you simply can’t do everything. 

If you want to build a really successful team or business. If you want to grow, if you want more revenue and more profit, if you want more clients – then you need to delegate. 

If you want to learn more, follow the link below to watch the video. 

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Josh ‘Delegate’ Stone

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Today I want to explore with you why frustration and being frustrated is a good thing.

All of us as leaders, business owners and achievers are always striving. Always striving to do new things, to achieve more, to look at new strategies for winning work or for creating better client relationships, to lead our team better and in general just doing things more efficiently and better. 

Whenever we are trying new things, whenever we are looking to implement new systems or processes or strategies into our team or our business, or really anything new that we try to do - is us stepping outside of our comfort zone. 

And this drive within us for us to always be wanting to do more, achieve more, be better, and in general grow and learn - means that we are constantly stepping outside of our comfort zone. 

So today, I want to explore with you the place of frustration in this whole process. 

You see, we often get frustrated when we try new things. We often get frustrated when...

Hope you’re well. 

All of the work that I do with my clients in my coaching programs is based on three core pillars. These 3 pillars are called Your Growth Model. 

The first pillar that I work with my clients around is Attract. This is doing all the things that are going to help you win more work, help you attract better clients into your team or your business, generate more revenue and repeat business from your current clients and allow you to have more confidence in your project pipeline. 

The second pillar is Perform. In this pillar I work with my clients on the performance of their team and their business. Helping them improve their client relationships, getting their clients really happy with the work that they’re doing and turning their clients into what I call raving fans. We also work on their team performance - getting their team humming really nicely as well as looking at their leadership skills to ensure they are doing everything they possibly...

Do you know whether your mindset and your thoughts are supporting you and where you want to take your career, your team or your business? 

Or holding you back? 

Do you notice that you have some thoughts and perhaps a mindset that at times doesn’t support you and where you want to be taking things? 

Do you notice sometimes that you’re just not in the right headspace to create great outcomes and that you feel flat or tired or just not with it? 

Do you just sometimes feel like you’re not dialled in and ready to make the most of each hour, each day, or each week? 

You see you can have the best strategy in the world. The best game plan. The best to do list. 

But if your mindset is not right, if your psychology isn’t supportive of your game plan and your strategy, then you’ll be spinning your wheels and going nowhere. 

I don’t want to repeat something that you probably already know, but I’m going to...

Today I want to explore with you why being busy means that you can't and won’t be a good leader… 

Big statement I know! 

You see, most of us are so conditioned to being busy. We think that being busy and ticking things off our to-do list, running around all day every day and getting to the end of every day exhausted is the way to achieving the success that we want to achieve. 

However, the issue with being busy all the time and trying to get things done all the time is that you're never slowing down and taking the time to think strategically about where your team or your business is going. 

Let me explain. 

By being busy all the time you are robbing yourself, your team and your business of your ability to think creatively, your ability to think strategically and your ability to set a vision for where your team and your business is going. 

So by being busy all the time and rushing around all the time and trying to fill your days full of...

How often do you stop to question and critique where you are spending your time and energy during the week?

Do you know which aspects within your team or business that you do each and every day are your high dollar productive activities?

The only way you will be able to get your team or business humming is for you to get super focused on focusing your time, effort and energy on YOUR high dollar productive activities and the aspects that move the needle the most. 

In today's video I walk you through how to move into a strategic leadership role and the steps required to get you there.

If you want to learn more, follow the link below to watch the video. 

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Josh ‘Delegate’ Stone

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Question for you….. 

Do you step into and embrace uncomfortable experiences? Or do you pull back?

As human beings, we are conditioned to move away from things that stress us. We unconsciously and unknowingly pull back from stepping into uncomfortable situations. 

Today I would like to challenge you to become aware of when you are pulling back from situations or experiences that make you uncomfortable - and do the opposite - lean in! 

Be OK being uncomfortable. That's where the growth is! 

If you want to learn more on this topic, follow the link below to watch the video. 

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Josh ‘Get Uncomfortable’ Stone

PS: If you’re interested, here are 4 ways I can help you right now:

1. Join the Leaders In Engineering community designed specifically for engineering leaders and business owners
   It’s our new Facebook community where engineering leaders and business owners are learning the strategies and...