Adulting is hard, in life AND business
Remember when you were young and life used to be simple and fun?
When your biggest worries were whether mom brought home the right flavor of cereal from the grocery store or if you'd be allowed to sleep over at your friend's house.
And then you grew up, and adulting happened.
Before, you hardly had to look after yourself. Now, you've got yourself to look after along with your place, your plants, your pets, and people large and small.
How did life go from being so simple and fun to so messy and complex?
The same thing happens within the lifecycle of a business.
Entrepreneur and author Scott Belsky calls this transition the "Messy Middle." In the book Predictable Success, Les McKeown calls it "Whitewater."
I often equate this phase to the "teenage years" or "young adulthood" of a business. There's this sense of freedom, enthusiasm, and optimism. And with that comes more responsibilities, more mess, and sometimes a few mistakes along the way.
The irony with adulting, of course, is that once you become a mature and stable person, you're not really "adulting" anymore. You're just living.
Grown-ass adults don't say they're adulting.
Think for a second. How did you get to be the awesome grown-ass adult that you are? How did you pick up the skills to be proficient, the discipline to keep you on course, and the wisdom to make good decisions?
Was it the support of a nurturing parent? The guidance of a close mentor? The foundation of a great education?
One thing I do know is that you didn't do it alone.
You can't teach yourself how to be an adult. And you can't teach yourself how to scale your business.
So if your business is in that phase where things feel messy and complex, and what you crave is structure and stability, don't try to do it alone.
I love helping businesses create the structure they need to scale.
In other words, I help growing businesses become grown-ass adults.
So if you or a client is struggling to put their business together like Michelle and Jordan are struggling to put that chair together, let's chat.