As a freelance worker, gig worker, or small business owner, you’re probably constantly striving to learn how to make your business more successful and efficient.
Gigly may have said it best:
“Individually we might seem small and powerless, but together we are strong and powerful.”
We all want to make more money, make a bigger difference in the world, and spread the reach of our business endeavors.
With that being said, learning how to do this isn’t always easy. And sometimes, figuring out where to learn can be just as complicated and confusing as figuring out what to learn.
This is where asking other business owners for advice can come into play.
Listen, you may be hesitant to ask other business owners for advice about your business.
This can feel bad for the ego, and it can make you feel a bit like a failure or an amateur.
However, this is not the case.
Some of the most successful people in the world became successful because they were willing to study, ask for help, and learn from mentors.
And guess what?
Other small business owners may be a fantastic source of information that you’re not taking full advantage of.
So in this post, you’re going to learn 3 reasons for why you should consider seeking advice from other small business owners.
Let’s jump into it.
Table of Contents
1. Learning Is Always Advantageous
You must learn things to become successful at anything.
This is true of business, fitness, with investing, and with anything else in life.
The more you learn, the more advantages you’re going to have.
And sometimes, learning from other people who are doing something similar to you can give you a tremendous amount of information in a short span of time.
You may be facing problems that other business owners have found amazing solutions for.
And guess what?
By not asking for those answers, and by not being willing to listen to other people’s advice, you may be missing out on some tremendous advantages.
2. Learning Lessons Through Mentorship Is Less Costly
It is expensive and frustrating to learn lessons through trial and error.
Many business owners are forced to do this because they either don’t have mentorship or because they’re not willing to ask for it.
But here’s the thing:
You could avoid some of this frustration by asking other business owners for their advice before you make mistakes and suffer those expensive losses.
Wouldn’t it be great to grow your business and fall into as few ‘pitfalls’ as possible?
This is a pretty good idea.
And all you have to do to make the most of it is to just ask other people for their advice.
You don’t have to take all of their advice word for word. You can take it and leave it as you deem necessary.
However, you never know when someone may have a great idea that you’ve never thought of.
3. Small Business Owners Are Resourceful
If there is a small business owner in your circles that’s crushing it with their own business, there’s almost always a reason behind it.
It’s because they’ve found some solutions and/or have leveraged some ideas that are actually working.
Why wouldn’t you want to take advantage of some of that knowledge to replicate some of those amazing results in your own business?
Sometimes, this is even true across different industries.
If you run a restaurant, for example, you may still be able to learn a lot from the heating and air technicians and/or the small residential construction businesses.
There are some tactics and strategies that just work regardless of the specific industry you happen to be in.
So take advantage of all of this knowledge, and use it to further your own goals to become even better at the craft.
Conclusion
There you have it.
3 reasons for why you should consider seeking advice from other small business owners.
Yes, you may have to humble yourself a little bit to ask for help.
But that’s okay.
Don’t think of it as competition when it comes to other small business owners in your community.
Think of it as all of you working together to make your community and your businesses better.
You’ve got this.
Now get out there and get to work.
