Recently, I took some time to take a good hard look at my business, the plans I have, and the strategy I have in place.

Over the last few months, since my mom's health declined and her subsequent death in May, my number one focus has not been my business.  I was beating myself up about it, asking questions like "why haven't you been posting on social media"; "how can you expect to fill a program that you haven't promoted in the last four months"; and "girl, you need to get a handle on all of this".  

I decided to take a side step and used some time to focus on getting to the root cause of what was stopping me and how I was going to create a plan to get me through this brick wall spot in my business.

In doing my side step, I discovered a distinct parallel between business and life and decided that sometimes course correction is needed and sometimes you just need to apply grace and gratitude.
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As a small business owner, there are so many hats that we wear on any given day and this is what can prove to be overwhelming --- with good reason!  Let's be honest.  As a solopreneur, if you don't do something, who will?  

You can start with taking a look at all the smaller pieces that make up your business.  For some, that may look different, but for a service-based business you have essentially five roles:

If you've visited my website and looked around, you already know that this quote by Joshua Marine is one of my all-time favorite quotes!

I want to share with you five of the biggest misconceptions around business planning that I've found over my years of talking to others and working with my clients.