Create your own board of directors.

Your board doesn’t have to be anything formal. In fact, your “members” don’t even need to know they’re on your board. All you need to do is select three to five people with different areas of expertise and then reach out to them when questions arise.

Creating a formal problem solving “process” for yourself can alleviate the feelings that the weight of the world is on your shoulders. Plus, creating a board force you to step outside the day-today tasks of running your business and to connect with people- something we too often dismiss as superfluous when we feel crunched for time.

You may already know who you would ask to be on board. -Adam Bornstein