Pace Not Race: How to Run a Successful Business Without Exhausting Yourself

Co-hosts Kenny Chapman and Chris Crew of The Blue Collar Success Group share some of the fundamental principles of healthy business ownership.

They explore mental health and pacing yourself to avoid burnout, all from a business owner’s standpoint.

You’ll also hear about seasonality in business, how to manage the pressures of growth and what you can do to avoid the “Bannister Effect.”

• Kenny Chapman, founder of The Blue Collar Success Group, kicks off the episode by sharing an important truth: “It’s about pace, not race.”
• The Blue Collar Success Group President and co-host Chris Crew explains how sharing the right thing at the wrong time…is actually the WRONG thing!
• There’s an ongoing mental health crisis, which is even exacerbated in business ownership.
• Just like in sports, business too has seasonality.
• Chris touches upon what it’s needed for you to really achieve work-life balance.
• Kenny and Chris discuss consciously doing things, the type of pressure you would want to have, and the role that pressure and fatigue can play in your business.
• Chris shares a deep race-business ownership analogy that will probably help you put things in a different perspective.
• For Chris, one of the big issues has to do with people tying self-worth to the size of their company.
• The “Bannister Effect” is a danger for business owners – Chris and Kenny explain why.
• If you want to set a pace to avoid “playing a game you can’t win,” having a plan is key.
• Feeling fatigue? It’s probably because your race seems never-ending, says Chris.
• Kenny goes over why, in business, “boring” is really powerful.
• Chris and Kenny share how to avoid becoming a victim of the game that you designed.

Mentioned in This Episode:

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The Blue Collar Success Group

Dan Sullivan’s Strategic Coach

Roger Bannister

Start With Why by Simon Sinek