Joel Klettke

⬇️ I’ve got less clients than 12 months ago. 
 ⬇️ I’ve got less team members than 2 years ago.
 
 I’ve never been happier 😊
 
 For the past year I’ve embarked on a process of making my business smaller (shock, horror!😱)
 
 I’ve reduced the number and type of clients we support.
 I’ve reduced my team.
 
 🔴 Growth isn’t always the goal - it never was mine, I just got pulled along in the current of social media.
 
 🔴 Growth won’t necessarily make you #happy - it definitely didn’t for me!
 
 🔴 Growth is over-rated - it’s not all it may seem, I promise.
 
 I followed the crowd on social media. Believing I needed #growth to become happy. 
 
 It’s all a #BigFatLie 
 
 Keep your own goal in mind.
 
 I set up Effective Accounting Solutions Limited in 2008 so I could start a family. I wanted to work flexibly around future children.
 
 But I followed the crowd, got totally caught in the hustle culture. Worked long hours, grew the business to a size I never even considered, never mind dreamed of or wanted. 
 
 In doing so, the business actually PREVENTED me from starting a family. But I was so caught up in it, I didn’t see it. I just thought it still wasn’t big enough. I worked harder, took on more clients, more team members. I became more and more unhappy. It wasn’t what I wanted or what I thought it would be.
 
 Covid hit and I realised I wasn’t getting any younger ⏰. I wanted to start a family. We welcomed Ollie on 10 January 2022 and since then I have made huge changes to ensure I make the life I wanted and the life I wanted to give him.
 
 If you are growing and happy - great.
 
 If you are growing but unhappy, I can assure you growing more isn’t the answer.
 
 #EmbraceLess
 #NamasteAF 🌻✨