How to cope with tragedy when running a business

One thing I wish someone told me when I started was that something bad WILL happen, and you should have a plan in place to keep your business going while you take time to cope.

My experience:

One of the things I wish someone taught me was how to handle a traumatic experience. I feel like NO ONE talks about what the heck to do when you go through something *earth-shaking* and really emotionally heavy happens. How do you KEEP running your business when you can barely simply get up? 

I was experiencing one of the most traumatizing experience I ever had in my life. The thing that most people don’t realize about small business owners, is that we run on self-motivation. No one is holding us accountable, but us. 

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“One thing I wish I understood better

when I experienced this was that:  you are not your business- it is an expression of you. The problem here is that every failure I had during this emotionally heavy process was a crushing blow to my self worth. Your self worth should never be defined by your business’ worth. “

“Something bad will eventually happen

so you need to honestly set up and Design a disaster plan- Write down everything you do / what would need to be done if anything were to happen. Put systems in place now that will allow your business to run on auto-pilot if needed. This essentially will be a map for your team to follow in case of crisis.“

Get to Know Natalie Jayne (00:52)

The Entrepreneur’s Lack of Accountability in Business (2:33)

Turning Your Failures Into Fertilizer (8:59)

Advice for Facing Tragedy (9:34)

1. Take time off and set up your business to run without you (9:47)
2. Outsource anything that overwhelms you (10:38)
3. Prepare your business to run on it’s own now. (13:34)
4. Create a workflow for your every part of your business (14:57)
5. Get out of the house (19:46)
6. Trauma has no timeline.  (21:01)
7. Be honest with your clients if necessary, but don’t overshare. (21:58)

Natalie Jayne’s Unpopular Opinion on Sharing Your Trauma (23:27)

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