"Knowing what you don't know is more useful than being brilliant." — Charlie Munger
It's important to take time to reflect on your wellness business or idea and understand what challenges you face and the areas where you need to improve. By understanding the missing skills and knowledge, you can identify areas where you can focus your attention and target new strategies.
This helps with growth and development and ensures that your wellness business is prepared for whatever comes it's way.
Being open to learning and acknowledging gaps in our knowledge will help you feel better equipped as a business owner, allowing you to tackle different challenges much more effectively than any brilliance alone could do.
That said, we understand how it can be a challenge to know what you don't know. As spa consultants, we've helped a lot of clients who opted to pursue their passion for wellness - and there's one common struggle among people taking their first step entering the wellness industry: the fear of the unknown.
That's probably also one of the major factors why clients work with spa consultants like ourselves; it's because we have a lot of experience working with wellness businesses and following the industry trends - and our knowledge fills the gaps in shaping their existing or upcoming business.
We're happy with what we do as consultants, and it makes us even happier when we see the success of our clients - but we want to do a little bit more.
We've met a lot of people with wonderful spa ideas and amazing concepts but don't have as big of a budget as others. We've also met people who simply prefer to build their wellness business on their own.
They're the reason why we developed the Spa Business Handbook. This aims to equip business owners and spa managers with a comprehensive picture of spa set-up and operation. It will help you understand the requirements and set up your expectations as an upcoming spa business.
Especially if budget constraints hinder you from hiring a consultant or you simply want to do things yourself - you'll find great value in resources that will guide you in building or running your business. These types of resources will show you what you don't know and help you avoid mistakes that can cost you both time and money.
We're in the process of developing more resources that will get you from wellness ideas to opening your business - so stay tuned for updates!
Blue skies,
Sam and Sonja