Hello and welcome.
This practice is designed to offer you an opportunity to reflect,
Review and assess where you are at in your business journey.
This practice is designed specifically for small business owners,
Sole traders,
Trend setters and way showers.
So it's a good idea to have your journal and pen handy for making notes at the end of this practice.
If you haven't already done so,
Please find yourself a comfortable seat where you won't be disturbed.
Make sure that your spine is straight and supported and when you feel safe and ready to do so,
Close your eyes.
Begin to deepen your breath,
Extending both your inhale and your exhale.
Lengthening your breath with both intention and focus.
And as you breathe with awareness,
I invite you to set the intention now that this reflective practice illuminates what is true for you in this moment.
Together we are going to reflect on a variety of different aspects often involved in having,
Running or being involved in a business.
First of all,
We are going to explore the foundations of the business.
So take a moment to place your attention upon whatever foundations mean to you.
And as you do so,
You notice the quality of these foundations.
You notice strengths and opportunities.
And if you could give yourself a score out of 10 for these foundations,
With 10 being the highest possible score,
What would that number be right now?
And once you have your score,
Simply letting it go,
As we move on to the next aspect of our reflection practice.
And that is reflecting on energy.
And what that means to you.
Perhaps it might be your own energy in the business.
The energy of the business.
Perhaps a metaphysical energy.
There is no right answer here.
Just allow that context to land for you.
And as you begin to understand what energy means for you,
For your business,
Start to reflect on the quality of the energy.
Noticing strengths and deficits.
And as you consider the energy,
What score would you give it in this moment if you were to rate it out of 10?
And then simply let that score go,
As you gently shift your focus to systems.
And noticing what that means for you and for the business.
Giving context to this word systems.
And as you do,
Once again reflecting on the quality of the systems.
And giving those systems a score out of 10 now.
And then letting that number go.
Shifting your focus now to clients,
Customers,
Patrons.
Whatever is the right term for you.
Noticing what that means for you.
And as you bring context to this word,
Noticing the quality of clients and client experiences.
Once again,
Giving this area a score out of 10.
And then letting that number go,
So that you may shift your focus to the area of money.
Noticing what money means for you and for the business.
And noticing the quality here.
Once again,
Rating out of 10 the area of money.
And then letting that number go.
Shifting your focus to the word quality.
Giving that word some context now for you and for the business.
And now rating the quality out of 10.
Letting that number go.
Shifting your focus to marketing,
Promotions,
Advertising.
And giving those words some context through the lens of the business.
And then rating the quality of the marketing out of 10.
And as you let that number go,
Moving into the final area for our reflection practice.
And that is mentoring,
Coaching,
Guidance,
Having a trusted advisor.
Whatever that word might be for you.
And as you give this word context and understanding,
Starting to notice the quality of it within the business,
Around the business,
Supporting the business,
Supporting you.
And rating the quality of the mentoring,
Coaching,
Advising,
Whatever is the right word for you.
Rating it out of 10 now.
And as you let that number go,
We're going to move into the next phase of this reflective practice.
As we have reflected on the business aspect,
I'd like to take you on a short journey of reflecting on the different areas of your personal life.
Taking the format that we have just used,
But speeding things up a little.
How is your health out of 10?
What about your relationships?
What score would you give them out of 10?
How are your surroundings,
Your environment?
What rating would you give them?
How are your personal finances,
Your money mindset?
What score would you give yourself?
How about your career?
What score would you give yourself?
What about your personal growth and development?
How are you doing out of 10 in that aspect of your life?
What about your vitality,
Your joy?
What score would you give yourself out of 10 for that area of your life?
And lastly,
How is your spiritual life,
Whether you have a faith-based practice or not?
How is that area of your life going?
Rating it out of 10.
Go ahead and take a nice deep breath in now,
Breathing in through your nose,
Filling your belly,
Pausing for a moment at the top of the inhale.
And then let that breath go with an audible sigh out through the mouth.
You have a couple of options as we approach the end of this reflective practice.
You may like to continue to sit in reflection,
Considering other aspects of both your business and your personal life.
You might like to take up your pen and journal and make notes.
We might like to just sit in the silence for a little while longer.
As this brings us to the end of our time together,
I invite you to consider if this reflection practice has illuminated some deficits,
Some areas for improvement or some opportunities,
That you put some wheels in motion to make the appropriate changes.
Thank you so much for joining me for this practice.
It has been my pleasure to guide you through this reflection today.
Goodchool each and all of you who are subject to any attempts orrator Cell you
