When you type the word ‘overwhelmed entrepreneur’ into Google you get over 30,000,000 results coming up. Can you believe that number? That’s huge.

It just shows you how many people are facing complete business burnout and looking for help. They’re sick of feeling like an employee in their own business and would love someone to show them how to manage their business, put some structure around things, and get their life back.

This is good news for you because it means you’re not on your own. You’re not the only overwhelmed entrepreneur out there. There are plenty who feel the same as you, like the entrepreneurial world is getting on top of them, and they can’t see the wood through the trees. It’s a common feeling as you try to grow and scale your business.

It’s very easy to get drawn into that mentality of ‘always working’ and being switched on all the time and that in itself is draining and you never allow yourself to press the off button.

How do you recognize the signs of an Overwhelmed Entrepreneur?

There are several telltale signs that scream overwhelm and the first is that feeling of always being buried under a mountain of work that never seems to get any less. Every time you look at the pile, virtual or otherwise, it seems to get bigger rather than smaller.

Then there’s those intense feelings that take over your mind making you feel swamped, defeated, exhausted and overloaded. It all starts to feel completely pointless and you start to lose your passion and drive. And you start to question the reason behind why you became an entrepreneur in the first place.

Finally, there’s the enemy of time and how little of it you seem to have. There’s never enough hours in a day and you feel trapped trading time for money.

Well fear not, as my Google search proved you’re not on your own and there are many things you can do to put a stop to this feeling of entrepreneurial overwhelm.

How can you scale your business and stop the overwhelm as an entrepreneur?

Good question. There’s so much advice out there it can be hard to know what to do first so let me simplify it for you with five simple tips that will not only get you started but really help you to battle the burnout.

Tip No 1 for Overwhelmed Entrepreneurs - Ask for Help from the Right People

I know, mind blowing isn’t it? But hear me out here. So many entrepreneurs I speak to as a virtual Chief of Staff and Online Business Manager, say the thing they struggle with the most is asking for and accepting help.

For some they feel it’s like admitting defeat or that it just proves they’re not good enough to do it themselves. Others are just ashamed to ask for help as they believe it makes them look weak.

Well I’m here to tell you that simply isn’t the case. In fact, asking for help is the smart option. I mean think about it for a second, how often when you’re stuck do you turn to Google or YouTube for help? How is asking a person any different from asking those two platforms? At least if you’re asking a professional you’re getting the right type of help instead of taking the risk that the person you’re listening to might not be an expert at all. Or worse still have bad advice that could have an adverse affect on your business.

Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it's a sign of understanding your own limitations and allowing your business to get the best possible advice...