I’m being flooded with enterprise provides by family and friends
A reader writes:
I work in an business and on a product the place enterprise is booming. We’re making headlines internationally and persons are flocking to the product. With this consideration has come a considerable amount of in-bound gross sales provides from different corporations. Software program, insights instruments, celeb expertise brokers, you identify it. My inbox is flooded and I’ve account managers calling my private cellphone.
Not solely this, however they’ll attain out through “heat intros” by way of mates who I can’t actually be very blunt with, and it’s on the level the place even beautiful members of the family are sending me enterprise proposals for consulting, and so on. It looks like loads of stress as a result of we’re actively and clearly spending on many issues.
How can I say we’re not ? Usually I’ll say one thing like, “Thanks, we are going to attain out if it is sensible for us.” However many of those private connections are low on enterprise. They do good work however I simply don’t have a enterprise purpose to make use of their companies. It’s feeling very awkward and I’d wish to be form. I really feel like I’m ready of monetary energy and the guilt is one thing I haven’t handled earlier than, particularly for household. I suppose I’m on the lookout for one thing just a little extra delicate to say. It feels a bit like being a lottery winner when others are struggling and have one thing to supply.
I reply this query — and two others — over at Inc. right now, the place I’m revisiting letters which were buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and generally updating/increasing my solutions to them). You can learn it right here.
Different questions I’m answering there right now embody:
- Efficiency critiques with two managers
- Can I ask that an underperforming worker not be assigned to vital work?