The Sunday Night Test
One feeling tells you almost everything you need to know.
No one wants to admit it.
But I bet we’ve all felt it.
I have.
Sometimes being in business just sucks.
The work feels heavy. Endless chasing, unstable leads, stressful cash flow, difficult clients, admin, insurances, tax compliance, people letting you down, mistakes, refunds... And constant pressure just to maintain momentum.
When it’s like this, it’s natural for people to start fantasising about doing less of it. Dreaming of taking time off. A holiday. (Or for our Americans, a vacation.)
But... I know why people feel like this.
In fact, my whole business is based around helping people eliminate that heavy, horrible feeling from their lives.
The telltale sign that realignment is needed
The simplest giveaway?
Feeling dread on Sunday night.
If that feeling creeps in, it’s a sign you’re operating well outside your zone of genius.
Think of it as your canary in the coal mine.
So here’s the good news: Getting back on track doesn’t take that long. At all.
But if an owner stays there, feeling not good about the week ahead, not excited to wake up Monday morning, kinda deflated when the weekend rolls around... chances are that business will never grow to anything more than another job. And the dream of building something bigger stays forever juuuuust out of reach.
And in my experience, one of the biggest causes of that feeling is how people are forced to get clients.
Which brings me to commandment 9 of Inbound Client Acquisition:
The “10-Hour Workweek” Fantasy Exists Because Most People Hate Their Business
Most entrepreneurs secretly want to escape the business they built.
That’s why “work 10 hours a week” marketing is so seductive.
There’s no shame, it just needs to be fixed. Otherwise the business will literally grow at the same speed you’re likely to punch yourself in the crotch.
I can’t MAKE you love your business.
It’s up to you to fall in love with the dream, the opportunity, the potential again.
But I sure as hell can help you bring real change.
So imagine...
if your clients were high-quality individuals and engaging with them lit you up
if your leads came to you, so you never had to chase or follow up
if your cash flow were upfront, so you never had a single conversation about owed money ever again
if you never had to explain what you did on calls anymore, because people already know, and they already know they want to buy
if your sales process was so light and easy that people signed with barely any effort
if you never sent a cold DM or email ever again, because you have marketing assets that do the work for you
Inbound Lead Flow solves this.
It works because the system is simple, and sticking to it is baked in.
Josh followed the system and generated a year’s worth of revenue in a single month.
It unchains you from chasing leads, letting you build the business you enjoy. Something you’re excited to grow instead of secretly wanting to escape.
The whole system is built around a simple idea I call The Carrot.
Once you understand it, you’ll see why some businesses seem to attract clients effortlessly while others spend years chasing them.
Watch the story here:
Thanks for reading
I’m back in beautiful Hoi An. It’s crazy hot here.
See you next time.
Cheers,
Pat
PS: Make it to the end? I’m grateful for the free info I had back in the day, and am honoured to pass my lessons on. Hitting ❤️ tells me this was useful.