When you’re trying to keep your business afloat, you are your greatest asset and your biggest liability. It’s harsh, but it’s true. Business owners are strong, powerful, and resilient. They are also overextended, overworked, and terrible at setting boundaries. However, why not turn your biggest problem into your biggest strength? Below, we’ll show you that learning how to create and reinforce boundaries will help you get further ahead in your business.
What are examples of boundaries for business owners?
You are probably familiar with boundaries on a personal level. This means prioritizing self-care, avoiding people who drain your energy, and taking bubble baths. So, what do boundaries look like for business owners? Not so different, it turns out!
Boundaries for business owners are control limits that relate to the working part of your life. There are many ways to create and encourage boundaries. Some of the most common ones that apply to most businesses include:
- Setting strict work hours (and sticking to them 90% of the time)
- Charging clients more when they ask for work outside of the scope or ask for expedited delivery
- Saying no to projects you can’t or don’t want to do
There are a million ways you can make these more specific to your business and your role within it, of course. But these will get you started! The goal is to put clear lines around your job and your role within it. It also means that you should hold yourself accountable to those boundaries.
What are the benefits of setting boundaries?
It sounds like extra work, right? So why take the time to create boundaries and enforce them for your business? Are there actual benefits to setting boundaries? Definitely.
One of the main benefits of setting boundaries is that you can make sure each client and each project gets your best side. If you aren’t overworked or overextended, you can devote your attention and passion to everything you work on. This translates to a better customer experience, better reviews, and more business.
Another benefit to enforcing boundaries is that you get more done. It seems counterintuitive that you would get more done if you set firm, limited business hours. But it’s true. When you make time for yourself to rest and recharge, you can come back the next day with top energy and get more done within your manageable work day!
This benefit also coincides with the advantage of reducing burnout. Since this can cause a lot of problems in the workplace as well as in your personal life, this is a huge benefit to think about seriously.
Put boundaries into your whole life for even more benefit
Setting boundaries at work and seeing their advantages come true is also the perfect excuse to set some at home. When you enforce personal and professional boundaries, you become your strongest self and arm yourself for the best future possible.
Your business needs you to be at your strongest. The key to doing that is setting professional boundaries that allow you to be your best self at work each day. If you aren’t quite convinced, try putting it into action yourself and see the benefits appear right in front of you!
A business coach is a great way to assess, from the outside in, where you could benefit from more boundaries as well as a great accountability buddy! Contact Team Stetzel and let us help you reach farther than you ever thought you could.
