Sometimes life can seem to get in the way of our business. We can get so busy doing what we do that we never take the time to invest in ourselves, in our own personal lives. Our gift and our creativity can get us to a certain place. Yes, we may enjoy a measure of success but in order to keep it or get to the next level, personal and professional development is a must.
Just like every physician needs a physician, every solo entrepreneur needs a coach, a mentor, a mastermind group. Iron sharpens iron. It brings growth or in the least camaraderie. Just like life, operating a business is a journey. Bill Gates talks to Warren Buffet. Napoleon Hill talked to Dale Carnegie. They did this not only for their professional growth but for their personal growth also. If you are the smartest, one in your group, then it is time to find another group.
As people who are following their purpose in life, we must be careful not to isolate ourselves, trying to achieve business goals and just want people to follow us and receive our services or products. It is possible that in the midst of following our dream, we can negate our personal responsibility.
I understand in growing our business, our time is short and our energies have to be focused on what takes priority. Here are a few tips for the solo entrepreneur who may be feeling stuck:
1) Take the time each day, preferably before your business day starts and do something for yourself, spiritually and physically. This will help us to move forward. Look at this as part of your business day. Your mind will be clearer to stay focused for making a decision or meeting with your clients. Purposely allowing our minds to have a time of peace without thinking about our businesses will help us to be more creative. We have the same twenty four hours in a day as the likes of: Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Helen Free and Sarah Boone. Each of them understood they needed to do something to help their minds have the freedom needed to create. As solo entrepreneurs, we need to make sure we do the same thing.
2) Make sure each day you have a time where the business is over and your life begins. This brings work balance and energy. Constantly mixing and mingling your business with your personal life will cause one or the other to suffer. Oprah Winfrey, Ray Kroc and Debbi Fields understood this. In the midst of trying to gain what each of us define as being successful, we don't want to forget to be a success in our own personal lives. Losing our families and our true friends does not equal success. It can be lonely at the top if we choose it to be that way.
3) Start and end each day with a grateful heart and attitude. Life is going to bring ups as well as downs. Our businesses will experience everything between times of great success to times of deciding whether we should close the doors. Having a positive attitude will help to keep us motivated. Gratitude is the fuel we need to move us beyond whatever we are experiencing to just being thankful for a chance to live life and do what we love doing, which is a gift.
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Just like every physician needs a physician, every solo entrepreneur needs a coach, a mentor, a mastermind group. Iron sharpens iron. It brings growth or in the least camaraderie. Just like life, operating a business is a journey. Bill Gates talks to Warren Buffet. Napoleon Hill talked to Dale Carnegie. They did this not only for their professional growth but for their personal growth also. If you are the smartest, one in your group, then it is time to find another group.
As people who are following their purpose in life, we must be careful not to isolate ourselves, trying to achieve business goals and just want people to follow us and receive our services or products. It is possible that in the midst of following our dream, we can negate our personal responsibility.
I understand in growing our business, our time is short and our energies have to be focused on what takes priority. Here are a few tips for the solo entrepreneur who may be feeling stuck:
1) Take the time each day, preferably before your business day starts and do something for yourself, spiritually and physically. This will help us to move forward. Look at this as part of your business day. Your mind will be clearer to stay focused for making a decision or meeting with your clients. Purposely allowing our minds to have a time of peace without thinking about our businesses will help us to be more creative. We have the same twenty four hours in a day as the likes of: Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Helen Free and Sarah Boone. Each of them understood they needed to do something to help their minds have the freedom needed to create. As solo entrepreneurs, we need to make sure we do the same thing.
2) Make sure each day you have a time where the business is over and your life begins. This brings work balance and energy. Constantly mixing and mingling your business with your personal life will cause one or the other to suffer. Oprah Winfrey, Ray Kroc and Debbi Fields understood this. In the midst of trying to gain what each of us define as being successful, we don't want to forget to be a success in our own personal lives. Losing our families and our true friends does not equal success. It can be lonely at the top if we choose it to be that way.
3) Start and end each day with a grateful heart and attitude. Life is going to bring ups as well as downs. Our businesses will experience everything between times of great success to times of deciding whether we should close the doors. Having a positive attitude will help to keep us motivated. Gratitude is the fuel we need to move us beyond whatever we are experiencing to just being thankful for a chance to live life and do what we love doing, which is a gift.
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