Do you ever find yourself stuck in your business? Have you ever felt like giving up? Do you have moments when you hear yourself say ‘Maybe I should just get a J.O.B.?’
When you have those moments, know that you are not alone. There can be a lot of moving parts to running a business. At times, it can be challenging.
As an entrepreneur, this probably isn’t the first time you’ve heard about focus. You know how important focus is to success.
Your creative mind offers you hundreds of entrepreneur ideas to focus on. And with these thoughts comes the irresistible urge to stop, drop and roll into what appears to be best-idea-ever.
It’s one thing to know that you need to focus, but what do you do with all your brilliant ideas so that you can pursue the task at hand?
As entrepreneurs we often place most of our focus on the preparation and execution of a task. Once we are in the thick of it, it’s hard to remember to take a step back and enjoy the wins … and acknowledge the misses of the execution.
It’s always a great time to celebrate your wins! You’ve successfully completed another step in a project or enrolled a new client and that is no small thing.
There are a number of good reasons to start celebrate your achievements and your misses – both big and small.
Making changes in your business can be uncomfortable. You, most often, don’t like change. Yet change can be necessary to take you to the next level or next best direction.
Your mind is programmed to keep you safely in your comfort zone. Any time you move anywhere out of that realm your subconscious mind warns you ‘Danger, Danger, you’re stepping out of the realm, Get back, Get back.’
When you are aware that this will happen, you can tell your subconscious ‘Thank you for the warning, I’m going this direction anyway.’ Then you can move purposely in the direction of your choosing.
The importance of leadership can often be overlooked by entrepreneurs. After all, we already have so many other things to focus on. But leadership, specifically good leadership can be your key to success.
It is not surprising that a recent study by the University of Warwick showed increased productivity in employees who are happy at work. And it can also be that if your team or those you work with are happy and productive, so are you as their leader.