025: Stop Treating Your Business Like a Hobby: 5 Ways to Step Into the Business Owner Role

Published: Aug. 6, 2019, 10 a.m.

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As a new business owner, we often treat our business like a hobby unintentionally. Maybe your business even started as a hobby so treating it like one comes naturally. We desire to be a business owner, but we have bad habits that are keeping us stuck. We say things like \\u201cI\\u2019m just a freelancer\\u201d or \\u201cOh, it\\u2019s just a little side hustle.\\u201d But, to grow your business, you\\u2019ve got to act like a business owner, which means ditching the freelancer/hobbyist ways of working.\\xa0

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As the saying goes, \\u201cTreat your business like a business and it\\u2019ll PAY you like a business. Treat your business like a hobby and it\\u2019ll COST you like a hobby.\\u201d In this episode, I\\u2019m sharing 5 ways I commonly see people treating their businesses like hobbies. Some are even ways I was guilty of early on in my business \\u2014\\xa0so, I speak from experience!\\xa0

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When you make shifts AWAY from the freelancer attitude, you can start to step into the CEO role in your business, and see massive growth. You can\\u2019t run your business like a freelancer and expect results like a CEO.\\xa0



I hope this episode is the tough love you need to take things to the next level and get a little more serious with the way you manage your business!\\xa0



Get all the links and resources mentioned in this episode in the blog post at elizabethmccravy.com/25\\xa0

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