{"id":11726,"date":"2023-05-05T09:21:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/?p=11726"},"modified":"2023-04-04T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T19:04:07","slug":"the-business-owner-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/the-business-owner-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business Owner &#8220;Zone&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone experiences stress, which also comes in multiple forms such as exhaustion, fear, anger, worry, anxiety, unhappiness, etc. When this happens, your fight-or-flight response is initiated which opens up the \u201chormone\u201d door to cortisol and adrenaline.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t get me wrong, stress can be your friend in certain situations and environments.\u00a0For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>0 &#8211; When you are in a restful, deep sleep, level 0 would be ideal.<\/li>\n<li>4 &#8211; If you have goals you need to achieve, a stress level of 4 is ideal for accomplishing those goals.\u00a0This is a good level of stress to push you.<\/li>\n<li>10 &#8211; The immediate response you have just before an accident is about to occur would be at a level 10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/1666370649137-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"line chart\" width=\"472\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/1666370649137-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/1666370649137-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/1666370649137.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you experience a high amount of stress, let\u2019s take a look at where your confidence level is with a few questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>When you feel higher levels of stress (6 to 10 on the scale) where is your confidence in yourself and others?<\/li>\n<li>When you feel higher levels of stress (6 to 10 on the scale) do you feel like you can\u2019t do anything right, you aren\u2019t good enough, you are comfortable what you are doing, and freak out a bit when things change? Your confidence may be lacking in these situations.<\/li>\n<li>When you feel higher levels of stress (6 to 10 on the scale) do you feel like no one can do anything right?\u00a0Maybe everyone else is incompetent (yes, I heard a leader say this this week)? Maybe if you could duplicate yourself 10x over, everything would be perfect?<\/li>\n<li>What about when you feel like everything is coming together as planned. Everything is working well. Relationships are ideal. Your happiness is good. You feel fulfilled.\u00a0\u00a0Where is your confidence level then?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please know, I am not a Dr.\u00a0I don\u2019t share this as an exact science.\u00a0I share this as a concept on how your stress levels impact your confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Being able to effectively \u201cchoose\u201d what level of stress you want to use, gives you the control to manage your outcomes.\u00a0Now you may be saying, \u201cI can\u2019t control that!\u201d What I ask you to consider is that you can.<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s talk about Goal achievement, or you can view it as productivity, feeling fulfilled, or all of the above.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11729 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/confidence-chart-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"confidence graph\" width=\"455\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/confidence-chart-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/confidence-chart-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/confidence-chart.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Look back at when you were achieving your goals &amp; you felt fulfilled and productive.\u00a0Where was your confidence level?<\/p>\n<p>How about when your confidence level was lacking.\u00a0Did you have goals?\u00a0Did you feel like you got nothing done in a day?\u00a0Did you enjoy your day?\u00a0Did you enjoy the people in your life?<\/p>\n<p>How about when your confidence was so high, no one was going to stop you or get in your way?\u00a0If you needed others to help you, were your goals more difficult to achieve?\u00a0Did the work take longer?\u00a0Were you more frustrated in the results of everyone around you?\u00a0Did you experience a lack of engagement from others in what you were trying to achieve?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s bring these two concepts of Stress and Productivity together.\u00a0There is an optimal environment where a managed level of stress and confidence with bring you higher levels of Productivity, Goal Achievement, Influence, and Fulfillment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11730 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/productivity-chart-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"productivity chart\" width=\"506\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/productivity-chart-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/productivity-chart-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/productivity-chart.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The optimal environment, when managed effectively, will bring you into The \u201cZone.\u201d\u00a0When you are high in the \u201cZone\u201d you are unstoppable.\u00a0When you are lower in the \u201cZone\u201d you may still be achieving goals, productivity, influence, and fulfillment, they just may take a bit longer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11731 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/the-zone-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"The &quot;Zone&quot; graph\" width=\"506\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/the-zone-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/the-zone-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sunbeltnetwork.com\/st-louis-west-mo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/127\/2023\/04\/the-zone.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then there are the edges of the zone (in yellow) when you start to get triggered physiologically and you will step into lower confidence levels that are lacking or self-serving and higher stress levels.\u00a0Your ability to be perceptive, your ability to listen, to make good decisions, to say the best words all reduces.<\/p>\n<p>My next question for you is, how do you stay in The \u201cZone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you have to do daily to optimize the time you stay here?<\/p>\n<p>Do you feel like you have the ability to manage your time in The \u201cZone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a business owner, staying in the \u201cZone\u201d is a fine balance of both art and science so you can see the forest through the trees.\u00a0You are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using your creativity to optimize the business and be a great leader<\/li>\n<li>You have your niche honed in and can anticipate your ideal clients problems with solutions to solve them<\/li>\n<li>You know where and when to leverage the best resources to grow your business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may be driving a profit but effectiveness hasn\u2019t quite been optimized because you haven\u2019t been able to delegate those things that don\u2019t fulfill you, that don\u2019t tap into your strengths and can be given to others that have the strengths. And then because of that your systems are not yet effective where your people, processes, and technology enable your business to be systemized and work effortlessly.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cZone\u201d of the business has a direct correlation to the amount of time the business owner is in the \u201cZone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you aren\u2019t a business owner and you work for someone else, consider this\u2026. The \u201cZone\u201d of your life and career has a direct correlation to the amount of time you are in the \u201cZone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My best suggestion for you, if you are up for suggestions, would be to evaluate both:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How often are you in the \u201cZone?\u201d (More than 75% of the time, 50% of the time, Less than 25% of the time)<\/li>\n<li>How often are you meeting or exceeding your goals and\/or feel extraordinarily fulfilled? (More than 75% of the time, 50% of the time, Less than 25% of the time)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If the answer to\u00a0both\u00a0of these questions are\u00a0not\u00a0\u201cMore than 75% of the time\u201d, what are you going to do about it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone experiences stress, which also comes in multiple forms such as exhaustion, fear, anger, worry, anxiety, unhappiness, etc. When this happens, your fight-or-flight response is initiated which opens up the \u201chormone\u201d door to cortisol and adrenaline.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t get me wrong, stress can be your friend in certain situations and environments.\u00a0For example: 0 &#8211; When you are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":988,"featured_media":11733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Must-Read: The Business Owner &quot;Zone&quot; | Sunbelt of St. Louis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everyone experiences stress, which also comes in multiple forms such as exhaustion, fear, anger, worry, anxiety, unhappiness, etc. When this happens, your fight-or-flight response is initiated which opens up the \u201chormone\u201d door to cortisol and adrenaline. 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