Here’s How To Stop The Work That's Draining Your Family Business Dry

30 June

You know that feeling when you get home after a long day and you've got nothing left to give? That's not burnout. That's what happens when you spend your best hours doing work that was never meant for you in the first place.

Every family business owner has things on their plate that are slowly draining the life out of them. But the problem isn't the work. It's that they keep doing it anyway.

In this episode, Mark and Caroline follow on from their conversation about the five time zones and get into the practical side of it.

How do you actually know when you're working in your genius zone? And more importantly, how do you get there more often?

They walk through a simple exercise called Gains and Drains. It helps you identify the work that's quietly sapping your energy, figure out what to do with it, and replace it with the kind of work that actually fills you back up. The kind that makes you better at your business, better at home, and honestly just better to be around.

You don't need a complete overhaul of your business to start feeling great about it. A single decision done consistently over time is what moves you from exhausted to energised and from busy to actually free.

The things that are exhausting you most in your business are also the clearest signal of exactly what you should stop doing. Procrastination isn't a personality flaw. It's your subconscious telling you something important about where your time and energy shouldn't be going.

In today's podcast, Mark explores:

01:43 – Why finding your genius zone is about energy, not money, and the simple exercise that shows you where you're losing it
03:51 – The seven-day audit that exposes what's been quietly draining the life out of you and your business
06:12 – The DAD principle: delete it, automate it, or delegate it
08:14 – The motivation hack of using your "gains" as the reason to finally deal with your drains
11:43 – Why procrastination is not a productivity problem but a signal
12:38 – Why a day full of drains never stays neatly inside your business where it belongs
14:53 – The micro shift approach that actually moves the needle

Quotes

“It's actually not about more time. It's about the value that you place on the time.” - Mark Creedon

“If you spend your day doing things that are draining you, it's like walking through mud. If you walk straight into your door and don't bother to wipe your feet or take your boots off, you're gonna walk mud all through your house. And it's the same thing with your business.” - Mark Creedon

“If you've got something that's draining you, can you delete it, can you automate it, or can you delegate it?” - Mark Creedon

“Money is the tool that gives us the options and choice and the freedom and all those things that we want to achieve.” - Mark Creedon

“The gains are going to make you more money. So why would you stay in the drains?” - Caroline Creedon

The Mastermind for Business podcast is powered by Business Accelerator Mastermind, a coaching program that helps service business owners and professionals double their revenue whilst halving their time in the business. Each week, Mark Creedon, a Business Coach at Business Accelerator Mastermind, speaks with some of the best business minds in the world and shares simple, practical steps you can take to create the business you always wanted.

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