Hishem AzzouzHost Of Recruitment Mentors Podcast

"You're not working in your business, you're working on your business"

Name: "You're not working in your business, you're working on your business"
Uploaded: 2023-04-21T17:00:35+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: In this concise coaching segment, the speaker highlights a common pitfall among business owners—operating with a recruiter’s mindset that keeps them…

21 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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In this concise coaching segment, the speaker highlights a common pitfall among business owners—operating with a recruiter’s mindset that keeps them stuck in day‑to‑day tasks. He introduces one of the seven traits of a scalability and leadership mentality: the ability to step away from the tools without guilt. By distinguishing between working in the business (hands‑on execution) and working on the business (strategic planning, idea generation, and taking restorative breaks), he argues that these “off‑tool” activities are essential investments, akin to holidays, that enable growth. The more leaders focus on strategic work today, the less they will be trapped in operational work tomorrow, setting the stage for scalable success.

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You get a lot of people who run businesses, quite big businesses sometimes, who are basically still just recruiters. Even if they're not doing recruitment on a day-to-day basis, their mentality is recruitment. In one of those 7 characteristics of a scalability mentality, a leadership mentality, is this ability to not feel guilty when you're not on the tools. When you're not working in your business, you're working on your business. So you're building plans, you're executing the plans, you're feeding yourself with new ideas. You shouldn't feel guilty about that in the same way that you shouldn't feel guilty about taking holidays. They're necessary business investments. And if all you do is work in your business, that's all you will ever do. The more you work on your business today, the less you work in your business tomorrow.