There is no entrepreneur or senior level executive I know of that hasn’t experienced serious stress during the course of their business career. Certainly there are times when the pressure builds and builds and builds – forcing executives and line personnel alike to struggle just to keep up!

Stress causes all kinds of problems – more often than not compromising the individual’s ability to concentrate and get work done. Certainly the costs of neglecting stress in your business can be very high. And, strangely, stress is sometimes overlooked as a health and safety issue by small businesses. Yet the unexpected absence of just one member of staff can affect productivity, and efforts to secure cover can be costly and time-consuming.

Once upon a time a small boy and girl were building a sand castle on the beach. They spent hours building towers, walls, and a moat. As they were building the castle, the tide slowly kept creeping in closer and closer. Finally after working on this castle for most of the morning a big wave came in and wiped it all away. An adult who was watching all of this was at first feeling sorry for the children because of all the work they had put into building the castle. The adult then saw the children hold hands and run together laughing down the beach. It was then that the adult realized that although it is fun building empires, the lasting fun is having friends with whom you can continue to laugh and be with after all that you have spent your life building has washed away.

Let’s face it: business owners are busy people with more things to do on their list than there is time to do it all. If you’re a business owner and your personal bandwidth is spent, who is monitoring your content online?

If no one is keeping your social media brand fresh and up-to-date with meaningful posts and the right kind of message, it is more than likely that your business will or already has suffered.

Business owners who have already made the decision to set up their social media outlets whether it is on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or even their blogs, the truth of the matter is that someone needs

Whether you have a wonderful business idea – or – you are investigating business opportunities for yourself or a client, it is critical that you put each idea through a “reality check” – an analysis to determine if they are truly valid and worthy of further effort. All of your ideas must have a demonstrated need, ready market, and ability to provide a solid return on investment.

Have you ever said to your spouse or a good friend, “Boy, I wish I could spend more time savoring the enjoyment and sense of accomplishment I should be getting from my business? I hardly have time to get all the stuff done that’s need every day – forget about being able to free up some time to grow and better managing my business?

Worse yet, my spouse just doesn’t understand how hard it is. It’s getting tougher and tougher to get it all done. And I’m falling behind in building my business because I’m just “too busy”!

OK – you’re busy! Busy doing what? Reacting to events? Getting buried in work because you never seem to be able to “keep up”? Do you think there might be something wrong with this picture?

Maybe you a CCBW? What’s that you say?