077: If your business is struggling to 'take off', you may be in need of an expert co-pilot!

Do you need a business coach in your business' co-pilot seat? Making Conversations about business co-pilots Count!

"There's a danger of, of focusing on the stuff... the accoutrements of life and the big fancy cars and that sort of thing..."

David Holland, Making Conversations Count - (April 2022)

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This week's conversation about business coaches/co-pilots with David Holland;

If you're like most business owners, you're working hard every day to make your business a success.

But sometimes it can be tough to see the wood from the trees, especially when you're so close to your own business.

This is where a business co-pilot can be invaluable.

In this week's episode of "Making Conversations Count", we speak with David Holland about the value of having a co-pilot in your business.

David is a successful entrepreneur who has learned how to see the big picture and help businesses achieve their goals.

With the help of David Holland, you'll learn:

• How David's desire to design the perfect life led to his becoming a business coach
• 'Stuff' is not the answer (fast cars, beaches etc)
• How a business coach can help and how business coaches want to help
• How you can seriously gain in life by just giving away your most precious possession!
• David's proudest achievement as a business coach
• The pivotal conversation he had on a train which changed his life

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A poignant moment from the episode:

Wendy Harris: I do honestly, I do, I work to live. 

This is something else that business owners get embroiled in the, "It's my business and it's personal". 

This has come up with lots of previous guests that switching off is really hard, so whilst you've got your time in the diary as three days a week, it doesn't stop you from thinking about it.

David Holland: Absolutely not, and this is why it's so important to do something that we love doing. 

I'm working with clients and doing the workshop on the three days a week.  

When it comes to the Friday and we're digging the garden or something, it doesn't mean you're not thinking about it, it's always there. 

We treat our business as a person, another entity, another person in the family. 

We talk to the business, we liaise with the business, we're thinking about them as we go along.  That's absolutely fine, but that's why I think it's really important to choose something that you enjoy doing.  We didn't enjoy running a transport recruitment business, we just weren't made for it.

This, we are, therefore it's not a job really.  I would never say this to my clients, well I might do, but I would do this if I didn't get paid.  We do that to run everything else, but I actually enjoy what I do.  I enjoy speaking with people, supporting them in all that we do and I don't mind if I think about it seven days a week, it's all part of the fun.

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