Business Planning
Oct 1st, 2008 by Creativity Coach
Who knew that drafting a simple business plan for a self-employed coach could be so damned emotional!
“Bob”, my significant other was helping me. Well, he’s got a whole different approach to life and business than I do. And well, it turned into an argument, punctuated by tears and sulking on my part. Suddenly everything was involved—feelings of self-worth, feelings about our relationship, issues with abandonment and validation. Sigh!
The systematic, dogmatic type like “Bob” would wonder what the heck do emotions have to do with this. You just calculate a few numbers and voila! you’re done. … Are you freaking kidding me? Maybe artistic and helper types should stay away from business plans. And never, ever get your partner involved … Oh alright, I know! Not every creative is like me and not every pragmatist is like Bob.
Go ahead and get your significant other involved. I’ll keep mine out of my affairs.