Well, being an entrepreneur to the outside world is a life of glamour, non comittment etc. You have heard it all. However is this really the truth? Can we find that balance?

I think… actually, I KNOW we can! Knowing the real story, is that most efromntrepreneurs work double the hours they ever did when in a job, I decided I wanted to help you to look at if you are actually working IN or ON your business and the differences to both.

Here are some questions to reflect on; Are you the only one working on your business? Do you set and reschedule your own appointments? Do you regularly take time to plan your business? Do you enter names of contacts into a database yourself? Do you take care of all presentations yourself? Do you package label and ship your products to your clients? You develop your own marketing material?

Hmm… if you have answered yes to most of these, you are working IN your business.

So how to get out of the new rat race you created for yourself? Hire a book keeper, a great lady I use is Denise www.bookkeepingbyd.com Hire a VA or Virtual Assistant. This is very popular and there are many you can find on the web. We have many in Canada, and there are others across the continent.

Hire out the things that are not your strengths. A great to start to learn about your strengths is by reading Strengths Finder by Tom Rath.

Also when you go to www.reallifechanges.com/powu3 you will find my new book The Power of Women United, and everyone who purchases a book from that site, will be sent 3 FREE Ebooks, one of which is on how to start your own business and one of the others is on discovering your strengths.

Taking your time back is key to your success. Having a strong supportive team where you are using their strengths will lead to your success as well theirs.

Working ON your business looks like this; you are contributing to your business and driving all major decisions, signing all cheques yourself (keep your eye on the ball), and overseeing the process of your staff. You are innovative and creating new ideas and contacts to move the business ahead. Whatever your strengths are that is what your focus is on. You have a supportive team that takes care of other needs. Your business flurishes because your team is working with their particular strength and adding value on a daily basis and are happy. Is this possible? You bet it is.

On my new website www.darcellerunciman.com (coming next month) I will delve deeper into this topic and others. I want to be able to help you to succeed in your business and give you steps to making some lasting changes for yourself and your business. My goal is to mentor and help people who want to create success in their lives by creating action! “Live Life like you mean it!’