A New Ambition
A New Ambition is for independent business owners who want a successful business and a life they actually get to live.
You've worked hard to get here. But somewhere along the way the business started taking more than it gives back. You're stretched thin, running on empty, and tired of putting everything else on hold just to keep things moving.
You've probably told yourself it will get easier. Once you hire the right people. Once you get through this season. Once sales hit that number. But as the business grows, the pressure doesn't go away. It just looks different.
That's what this podcast is about. Not just how to manage your time or reduce your stress, but how to lead yourself and your business in a way that actually works. So the business supports your life instead of consuming it.
I know what it's like when your ambition starts to cost you too much. For years, growing my business was my only goal. Then one day I realized I wanted more. More time for myself, my relationships, and my health. I didn't want to give up being a business owner. I just didn't want my life to revolve around it anymore.
That's when I discovered I hadn't lost my ambition. I just had a new one.
I'm Krista Williamson, seasoned business owner and leadership development coach. Each week I'll help you reclaim your time, lower your stress, and build the kind of leadership that makes a well-lived life possible.
This is A New Ambition. What's your new ambition?
A New Ambition
Latest Episodes
40: What is your decided capacity?
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39: That decision you keep circling but can't seem to make
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38: How to decide what’s most important
Some days you sit down with a list as long as your arm and by the end of the day, half of it is still there, plus a new pile of things you didn’t see coming.Underneath all of that is the pressure that if you choose the wrong thing, you’r...
37: These three thoughts are in your way
Your business starts to change once you hire people, but not in the way you expected. You thought it would give you more time and take some pressure off. Instead, you’re still very involved, things feel slower or harder to move forward, and you...
36: Becoming the leader your independent business needs (part 2)
In this episode, part two of a two part conversation I had with Nicole Keleher on her podcast, The Seasonal Operator, we continue our discussion about what it really looks like to become the leader your small business needs.In this secon...