Running your own business isn’t always easy, however, for parentpreneurs, the smallest setbacks can sometimes feel like a massive hurdle. With so much riding on making your business a success, including providing for your family, you can sometimes feel like packing it all in when faced with a setback.

This is a normal way to feel, and the good news is that there are things that you can do to get your mojo back.

Here are the 5 best ways to get your groove back after being faced with a business setback.

Don’t make any excuses

Bad things can happen in business, but the worst thing you can do is try to make excuses for why. Sometimes your setback may be due to a mistake that you made or something it can simply be just one of those things. If you try to make excuses for it, then you will never be able to accept it and move on.

Don’t act like it never happened

Ignoring a setback or brushing it under the carpet is not a productive way of dealing with it. Instead, you should always recognise what has happened and why it may have happened. That way, you can find a way to stop it from happening again.  Never ignore an issue in business, for the most part, this could lead to the problem getting bigger and bigger. Face things head-on, and not only will you learn from it, but you could find it isn’t as bad as you first thought.

Remember that everyone fails from time to time

It can seem like you are completely alone, but every business has had setbacks during its lifetime. This is an important thing to remember. Not only does it make you feel better about your current situation, but it also may prompt you into asking fellow parentpreneurs for advice on how they got their mojo back.

Don’t punish yourself

The worst thing you can possibly do after a setback is punishing yourself for your failings. This is a truly negative act and could have longer-term repercussions for your business. Rather than punishing, why not sit down and look at the ways that you can turn this into a positive? What things can you do differently, what things can you change? By looking at this, rather than telling yourself how bad you did, you will soon be back on the path to success.

So, now you know. With some positive thought and determination, you can rise from the ashes like a phoenix. See every setback as a challenge, something that needs solving and can allow your business to grow and grow. With this outlook, you are sure to be back in the groove in no time and driving your business towards to success that you deserve!

“Raising children is a creative endeavour, an art rather than a science.” Bruno Bettelheim

When you are a parent working from home and building a business, it can be a real struggle keeping your children occupied while you try and get some work done. For parents who choose to work from home, there are many pros and cons. I know for me, I love the flexibility working from home gives me; not missing school plays, coffee mornings and the conversation bonding experience I have with my daughter when I drop her off at school and pick her up.

I am going to give you 5 ways you can get your children involved in your business – there is something for all ages.

1. Get your children involved with decision-making – for younger children, this could be asking their opinions on what colour design they prefer, such as for a logo or social media images. Children often see things from a different perspective, and by them suggesting you add something or tweak a design, it could make it all the better.

2. Get older children involved by proofreading your website content, emails, blogs posts etc. I do this with my older children – written English has never been my strong point, and I have a form of dyslexia. I often ask my older children to have a look and give me their honest opinion on things.

3. When sorting out your filing, bring out the shredder under supervision and shred private documents, you no longer need together. Whilst you are doing this, you can also teach your child the importance of filing, keeping things organised and shredding confidential documents.

4. For younger babies and toddlers, there are not many ways to get them involved, it’s more a task to keep them occupied for a short period of time while you carry out quick business tasks. Get the playmat out, place their favourite toys on the mat, and play nursery rhymes in the background. Or allow some strategic screen time.

5. For those parents with a physical business, there will be times when you have to take your child to work with you. Make it an adventure and think outside the box when coming up with ideas for getting them involved. I will give you an example from when I was running my women’s fashion online business. I had to go to the office on the weekend to prep for a photo-shoot we were holding. I took my youngest daughter with me, who was 3 years old at the time. She loved it – it was one big dress-up session for her (see pic below).