Shownotes
This episode is for you if you’re a parent with a business and feel like NO ONE understands your situation. It's also for you if you're thinking of becoming a parent and wondering how you can do both.
Folks often tell me “I don’t know how you do it” and that they could never be a single parent. But when the outcome has already decided, you start moving making decisions accordingly.
The same can go for any goal that feels like “Oh, I could never do that.” In so many ways, being a single parent has blown the lid off what I think is possible. And I think we forget that sometimes...that we've done harder things than the thing we think isn't possible.
Being a parent can be lonely. It can be overwhelming. You compare your freedom to those of people without kids. But I wouldn't change it for anything in the world.
So here are 7 lessons I've learned growing my business as a single parent:
1. How you manage your energy matters more than time.
2. You’re modeling something that changes the way they see their own options.
3. You become someone who can roll with the punches and handle things not going according to plan.
4. You have to become an expert at simplifying and getting the minimum viable output out the door.
5. You need to focus on profit more and protect it.
6. You rise to the requirements even if you think you can't.
7. You will have SO MUCH more compassion for yourself
And remember if you're a parent, you've done more by 9am than most people, so you are doing better than you think. Keeping little humans alive and happy and healthy is a miracle you create every day - even on your bad days. If you can do that, you can absolutely do anything.
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