What You'll Discover In This Episode:
In the normal course of your workweek, do you constantly find yourself bending over backwards to keep your clients happy? What about your vendors? Perhaps even your team members?
If you've been told you're a people-pleaser or just recognize that you're always trying to ensure everyone around you in your business is satisfied, you’re in good company. Many hard-working, successful business owners admit to being in the same boat. You all have the pure intention of high standards, exceeding expectations, and providing excellent service. You are focused on long-term success and fostering good business relationships. You also desire to avoid conflict and perhaps simply have a genuine empathy for others. All admirable, of course, but there’s a high cost to bowing down and catering to everyone’s whim.
Extreme peace-keeping and people-pleasing is almost always at the expense of your own sanity and bottom line. Are you sacrificing your time, energy, and financial resources to appease clients, even when it's detrimental to your business? Are you sacrificing your own happiness and well-being to cater to team members who want to re-arrange their schedules, work from home full-time, or complete assignments when more convenient for them? Are these sacrifices truly sustainable in the long run?
It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that keeping everyone happy is the key to business success. But again, what if it's actually holding you back? Let me tell you that there are practical strategies to break the cycle of people-pleasing and build a business that prioritizes your well-being alongside client satisfaction.
In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I dive into ways to break your cycle of people-pleasing by relying on the phrase pause before I please so you can produce win-win outcomes from otherwise sticky situations that could hold you back.
