Episode 250: The One Thing You Need To Be A Better Leader

This week's podcast is all about perseverance and how this can make you a better leader. You will learn the benefits of being a part of a community and how to motivate yourself and your staff. As well as how to find the different things that make you want to preserve more. Biggest Takeaways: Perseverance "Doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success." It is all about how you press on and keep going no matter what challenges you have to face. Be Apart of Your Community, Isolation is Dangerous The people you surround yourself with are going to have the most impact on you. They can see what you are blind to, where you need help, and have faith in you. You can succeed and keep pressing on and having the right people around you will give you that motivation. To Be A Great Leader You Need to Know What Makes You Preserve Other people having faith in you is important but you need to have faith in yourself! What motivates you? What makes you try again and again until you can do it? Knowing what gives you motivation and providing support to your employees will make you a better leader! Show Highlights How to Keep Pressing On (3.40) Screen Your Applicants and Learn Who to Select (5.45) Recognizing if You are off Balance and Jump Back-Up (9.00) Look at the People You Surround Yourself with (14.00) Find What Makes You Persevere (17.50) You are a Leader, Uplift Yourself so You Can Uplift Others (22.20) Links Jump Start Your Pet Business Facebook Group Episode 243 – Why You Need Hiring Phases To Hire Fast and Effectively Mastermind Share The Show Did you enjoy the show? We would love it if you subscribed today and left us a 5-star review! Click this link – Bella In Your Business Click on the ‘Subscribe’ button below the artwork Go to the ‘Ratings and Reviews’ section Click on ‘Write a Review' Transcript: Coming up next is episode 250 of Bella in Your Business. Hi there, I'm Bella Vasta from Jump Consulting. You might know me from CBS, NBC, Fox, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, or maybe you've seen me speak on stage or read my book, The Four Dogs That Every Business Owner Needs. In any case, get ready because you're about to get your hashtag Bella Butt Kickin' in this next episode of Bella in Your Business. So what do you say? Let's get ready and jump. What's up all you jumpers? Welcome to the 250th episode of Bella in Your Business. I cannot believe that we are at 250 episodes, and let me tell you, it takes a lot of perseverance to keep this up. We’ve gone through a lot of different ebbs and flows with this thing. First, it started off solo, then I did about 200 episodes of interviewing just about everyone I knew about all kinds of topics. Then, starting in January 2020, I just started talking to you personally. And it seems like you guys actually like this the best. But perseverance, man—you have to persevere. You have to keep going. That’s what today’s topic is about, because I would not be here with you if I didn’t keep persevering, especially when I didn’t want to continue. There have been some days where I’m sliding in the recording of the podcast just a couple of days before it airs, either because I had a really busy week, wasn’t feeling motivated, wasn’t sure what I wanted to talk about, or just wasn’t organized. Imagine that, right? I know you guys have all felt that or been there at some point in your business life. I was listening to someone this weekend who was talking about how you need to keep pressing on, to run toward the challenge sometimes. And I started thinking about how this ties into being a great leader for your team. You have to keep persevering when you have a team surrounding you. You have to keep pressing forward. The true definition of perseverance is doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. Ain’t that the truth? Owning your own company and going forward is difficult. It’s always difficult. And it never feels like success comes when you want it, right? It feels delayed or full of obstacles, or like you don’t have enough staff, clients, or good enough social media. There’s always something. What gets you through it all is how you persevere—how you press on and keep going. Right now, the job market is very volatile. You’ve got to be a leader inside your company. It’s not enough to throw a handbook or manual at someone and expect them to know what to do. You can’t just say, “You signed it, so you got it,” or on the other side of the spectrum, be a pushover asking, “When do you want to work? Can you do this shift?” People tend to swing between dictator and pushover, but there’s a happy medium. The greatest gains you’ll ever get come from persevering through the pain. Remember when you work out, your muscles hurt not because of the workout itself, but because they’re rebuilding. The same goes for business—growth comes from the rebuild after the struggle. Adversity helps you sharpen your sword. You’ll get better at screening and selecting. Just today in the Jumpstart group, which is our free Facebook group, I was talking to people from all different business levels. Some don’t have clear systems for hiring—they’ll say, “I have a phone call, then an on-the-job interview,” and then wonder why they’re hiring the wrong kind of people. You have to get better at screening and selecting. You must persevere and push through when things don’t go your way—when you make the wrong hire or when someone quits after three months. It’s not always you, but good leaders persevere by reevaluating and zigging and zagging around challenges. When you can get better at screening and know what kind of person you need, you’ll gain more confidence to persevere through onboarding, training, and nurturing relationships. Your staff is your biggest asset—more important than your clients. You have to run toward the pain. If you’re feeling stressed, challenged, or overwhelmed, it means things are out of balance. It doesn’t mean things are wrong; it just means you need to rebalance. The problem is many people stick their heads in the sand and refuse to acknowledge it. Persevering means fighting back, not being passive. So, what have you been persevering through in your business? Is it your website that’s been half-done for six months? Maybe it’s your handbook or SOPs that you’ve been putting off. Or maybe you want to hire an office manager but feel blocked about writing things down. You’re not persevering right now—but you can. You’re bigger than that. You’re better than that. If you truly want to succeed in this business, you have to persevere. I have clients who’ve opened four new businesses in the past two years. Have they all been perfect? No—they’ve faced lawsuits, zoning issues, and one business even lost money. But they keep going forward. If they stayed down after getting knocked down, they wouldn’t be persevering. One of my favorite sayings is: it’s not how many times you get knocked down, it’s how fast you get back up. That’s perseverance—the grit it takes to make things happen. As a coach, I’ve worked with so many businesses, and within fifteen minutes of talking, I can tell if someone’s going to succeed or stay stuck for years. That’s why I only do intensives with people I believe in. You have to have grit. You have to persevere. You have to be the one who turns inspiration into action. You must run toward the pain. But here’s the thing—it’s hard to do alone. When you’re isolated, stuck in your head, and the only people you talk to are online, it’s easy to lose motivation. You might feel like your business is eating you alive. The way to get out of that is through community. Surround yourself with people who believe in you when you don’t. I know because there are times I don’t believe in myself either. When you’re too emotionally wrapped up in a problem, others can help you see clearly. Maybe you’ve got someone at home who doesn’t believe in your business. I’ve seen clients held back by unsupportive partners—and once they left those relationships, their businesses took off. They grew because they became aware of their blind spots. Are you aware of yours? You need people who can point them out, so you’re not blindsided. You also need to see others doing what you thought was impossible—like running a business remotely, raising rates, or hiring in seven days. When you’re around others achieving big things, that energy rubs off on you. Perseverance isn’t about doing it alone. You need people cheering you on through challenges, personal struggles, or setbacks. Isolation kills perseverance. You have to surround yourself with people who push you, hold you accountable, and call you out when you’re not following through. That’s what will make you a better leader—the kind of leader your team wants to follow, even into the fire, because they know you’ll persevere and find the silver lining. People need your leadership, your light, and your guidance. Are you leading from confidence or from crisis? Are you pouring into your people and teaching them perseverance through your example? Leadership isn’t about control—it’s about balance, awareness, and empathy. So, what’s knocking you down right now? What do you need to get back up from? I’m telling you—you can do it. You can persevere. I’ve been there. I’ve stared down impossible odds and survived. You can too. But it’s easier when you’re not alone. Build your community. Find people who believe in you. Let them hold you accountable. That’s how you become a better leader—by persevering, leaning into pain, finding lessons in hardship, and helping others do the same. From my heart to yours, I believe in you. My goal is to inspire hope, and you’re listening to this for a reason. Take action. Join a mastermind. Build your tribe. Don’t be afraid of failure—embrace it. You’re going to fail more than you succeed,