EP379: Nancy Gwynne-Vaughan - Tips To Get Your Business Back On Track

“It was like I’m on a boat and I’m either working on my
navigation charts, or I’m bailing, bailing, bailing…and what I
didn’t do was look up at the horizon to see, hey wait a minute,
we have drifted off course and I really needed to be holding the
rudder.”
-Nancy Gwynne-Vaughan


Running a business is hard at the best of times, let alone when
we are struck by the unexpected. Despite this, we feel a need to
conceal the damage and its effect on us. We throw ourselves into
even more work, in the hope that if we just keep doing everything
all the time, we will find our way out.


But if we don’t stop to take stock of where we actually are and
where we want to be, we will keep blindly spinning in circles
until there is nothing left. Taking a pause might seem like the
end of the world, it can feel embarrassing to explain to clients
that you aren’t the right fit right now, that you need time to
get things in order so you can go further in the future.


Nancy Gwynne-Vaughan, President of Graham Consulting &
Training, is this episode’s featured guest. She has spent her
career helping lawyers build profitable firms but isn’t afraid to
explain the real-world impact of giving too much of yourself to
others. She talks candidly about what it is to lose ourselves in
work, and how to find our way back to a place of strength and
peace.


If you are struggling within your bookkeeping business, taking on
more and more work but not really feeling like any forward or
upward motion is happening, then this is the episode to get you
back to basics, looking more honestly at where you are in your
business, and how to chart a course back to success.


During this interview, you'll learn...



The value of getting back to basics


How to create an effective checklist


The importance of building an adaptable
mindset



To find out more about Nancy, click here.


Connect with her on LinkedIn.


Time Stamps


02:02 - Nancy discusses her career journey 
03:30 - Facing the challenges of the unexpected 
12:42 - Building an adaptable mindset 
16:30 - Creating an effective checklist 
18:25 - Getting back to basics
27:30 - Embracing the unknown