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Lonely? There is a better way

Published about 6 hours ago • 2 min read

Being an entrepreneur is highly correlated with struggling with mental and emotional well-being. So is being lonely. Being lonely as an entrepreneur makes it all doubly hard.

Dear Reader

Lonely? There is a better way

The double-mental-whammy

Being an entrepreneur, building a small business is very, very hard.

It is emotionally and mentally taxing.

The consequence is that most small business founders struggle with their mental and emotional wellbeing.

Something else that has a very strong correlation with mental and emotional well-being challenges, is loneliness.

Being alone, as a small business founder, therefore creates a double-impact on your wellbeing.

Not just anyone

However, simply finding a group of people that you can hang out with, does not solve that problem.

You can be with people, and still be lonely.

To overcome that sense of alone-ness that founders often face, you need a group of people who understand your hardship because they are experiencing it as well. People who share your goals and the sense of vision and purpose that you want to have in your business, because they are doing it in their business as well.

But also who will get to know you well enough to give you the harsh feedback when you are lying to yourself, or making decisions and doing things that are not wise and not moving your business forward. Or who will push you to do those hard things that you are procrastinating.

The 5-2-50 Growth Groups are at the heart of the vision. A group of peers who share a vision to each grow their business to 50 people, get to R 10 million a year net profit, and free the founder. Led by a professionally trained facilitator to equip and inspire, this group meets monthly, to grapple with the real world challenges of implementing growth plans in your businesses.

Read more and register here:

​https://www.5-2-50.co.za/founders​

To your success

Ashton

P.S.

If you're passionate about growing your business whilst also being part of something greater, my latest book is a must-read.

5-2-50: A Manifesto for Eradicating Poverty in Africa

Grow your Business.

Free the Founder.

Eradicate Poverty.

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Grow Your Business

5-2-50 is a Movement of Christian small business founders dedicated to creating a million good jobs by growing 25 000 small businesses of at least 5 people, that have been running for at least 5 years, to 50 people or more, to ZAR 10 million NPAT, and to Free the Founder from the day to day grind of the business.
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To achieve this, we need founders, facilitators, coordinators, creators, influencers and church leaders.

If this excites you, see how you can get involved: https://www.5-2-50.co.za/​

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