I’m being flooded with enterprise gives 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 individuals are flocking to the product. With this consideration has come a considerable amount of in-bound gross sales gives from different firms. 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 by way of “heat intros” by way of pals who I can’t actually be very blunt with, and it’s on the level the place even pretty members of the family are sending me enterprise proposals for consulting, and so on. It appears like plenty of strain 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’ll 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 prefer to be sort. I really feel like I’m ready of economic energy and the guilt is one thing I haven’t handled earlier than, particularly for household. I suppose I’m in search of one thing slightly 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. in the present day, the place I’m revisiting letters which were buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and typically updating/increasing my solutions to them). You can learn it right here.
Different questions I’m answering there in the present day embody:
- Efficiency critiques with two managers
- Can I ask that an underperforming worker not be assigned to essential work?
