Comments on: Do you Need a Boss? http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2006/08/25/do-you-need-a-boss/ Ideas for people whose companies have between 5 and 75 employees. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:27:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: John Seiffer http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2006/08/25/do-you-need-a-boss/#comment-1289 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:16:42 +0000 http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2006/08/25/do-you-need-a-boss/#comment-1289 Dan, I see your point, but not every boss employee relationship revolves around being made to do something. It depends on the nature of the work and the maturity of both the people involved as well as the company culture. There are parts of running a company that are not to some people's liking - even if you are the owner. I agree that looking inside and understanding your motivations is a key to making this decision well. Here's a story of a pair of business owners who made the choice to give up being the boss. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060801/two-chefs.html Dan,
I see your point, but not every boss employee relationship revolves around being made to do something. It depends on the nature of the work and the maturity of both the people involved as well as the company culture.

There are parts of running a company that are not to some people’s liking - even if you are the owner. I agree that looking inside and understanding your motivations is a key to making this decision well.

Here’s a story of a pair of business owners who made the choice to give up being the boss. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060801/two-chefs.html

]]> by: Dan Howard http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2006/08/25/do-you-need-a-boss/#comment-1287 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:35:08 +0000 http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2006/08/25/do-you-need-a-boss/#comment-1287 "Be self-motivated" is really the solution. Giving yourself a boss is a Band-Aid. If you do that, you keep the mentality of an employee while forcing yourself to perform the boss' duties. I don't see that as being either desireable or successful over the long term. Instead, look deeply inside yourself and purge the desire to be an employee. Replace it with the desire to be self-reliant. Then, practice the habits that keep you moving through those things that you find unpleasant. As those habits become ingrained, you won't feel the desire to be "made" to do something. You'll simply understand that, if you follow your habits and routines, the unpleasant task will eventually be complete. You'll be able to put the effort into unpleasant things without playing mind games. “Be self-motivated” is really the solution.

Giving yourself a boss is a Band-Aid. If you do that, you keep the mentality of an employee while forcing yourself to perform the boss’ duties. I don’t see that as being either desireable or successful over the long term.

Instead, look deeply inside yourself and purge the desire to be an employee. Replace it with the desire to be self-reliant. Then, practice the habits that keep you moving through those things that you find unpleasant. As those habits become ingrained, you won’t feel the desire to be “made” to do something. You’ll simply understand that, if you follow your habits and routines, the unpleasant task will eventually be complete.

You’ll be able to put the effort into unpleasant things without playing mind games.

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