Meet Alexis Bostrom

We recently connected with Alexis Bostrom and have shared our conversation below.

Alexis, first a big thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and insights with us today. I’m sure many of our readers will benefit from your wisdom, and one of the areas where we think your insight might be most helpful is related to imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is holding so many people back from reaching their true and highest potential and so we’d love to hear about your journey and how you overcame imposter syndrome.
Imposter syndrome is definitely something I struggled with in the first year being in the construction space. As I networked in the industry, I quickly came to realize that everyone started somewhere. Attending trainings and working in the field helped me gain confidence in myself and my business which helped shed the imposter syndrome thoughts. They say comparison is the thief of joy but so is imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is telling yourself you don’t belong or you’re not good enough when you belong just as much as the next person. Along with knowing I belonged, I also realized that I didn’t want to be like everyone else. I quit comparing myself and my business to others because I didn’t start my business to be like others. I knew I wasn’t an imposter in my company.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
Big Wolf Siteworks LLC is going into its 4th construction season! I am also working on getting my Class A Commercial Drivers License to be able to not only help in the field but to also be able to drive our dump truck when needed.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
I think people skills, technology skills and problem solving skills are all 3 basic yet very important skills to have. Being able to talk with someone about anything goes a long way. I enjoy talking and learning about people which has been helpful when networking or trying to figure something out. Everything is technology based and although I am no expert, I manage and that can go a long when when you don’t have an IT budget. I am learning daily but when I started my company, I was learning minute by minute and had to rely on my problem solving skills for most of it. I don’t know who said it first but “everything is figureoutable”.

Looking back over the past 12 months or so, what do you think has been your biggest area of improvement or growth?
Word of mouth and recommendations. I have been actively trying to network more, and it has started to pay off. We are gaining traction and being recognized and recommended by other businesses, as well as many happy customers. Most of the work we have completed this year has been acquired through our networking connections, and return customers.

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