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We’re all living in a time of great uncertainty, and along with you and your family’s health, the health of your business is very important!
So each week, I’m sharing a few resources to help business owners get through this unprecedented time. Check them out and let me know what you think!
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We’re all doing our best to cope with and adjust to this new “normal” since the COVID-19 outbreak, but it’s easy to quickly become overwhelmed with fear, uncertainty, and stress.
So let’s share helpful resources that business owners and entrepreneurs can use! Here are a few I’ve found this week. Let me know what is helping you!
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Are you struggling to get things done in your business? Here is a motivating quote for you:
“Thought is action in rehearsal.”
~ Sigmund Freud
You can apply this quote to your life in several different ways; but for me, it provides insight on taking action instead of getting stuck by overthinking things.
As small business owners, we need to recognize that great thoughts and ideas don’t do us much good if we don’t act upon them.
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When I talk to people about starting a new business (or putting new systems in place to grow an existing one), I notice just how many of us have so little patience when we begin something new. We want instant results, but we really should be thinking of our business as a long-distance race.
Instead of just concentrating on what happened this minute, this hour, this day…we need to change our focus to long-term success and do the steps necessary to get there.
I like this quote by Greek poet Hesiod – “If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.”
Or look at building a business in terms of training for a long race, not a short jog: If you were training for a marathon, what would it take to get to the finish line?
Weeks, months or years of training? Wouldn’t you start out running a shorter distance and then consistently build on that foundation to have the stamina it takes to complete the marathon?
When we think of starting a business or a new system in our business, though, how many of us expect success and rewards (the money) to immediately start rolling in with little or no real effort or training?
If it was possible to become a millionaire overnight with the push of a button (or the launch of a website) wouldn’t that secret formula have been “leaked” by now? And if there is one that I’m not aware of yet, please let me know!! 😉
In reality, like most other major commitments (running a marathon, earning a degree, losing weight) building a business takes:
So the next time things aren’t moving as quickly as you’d like in your business, stop and ask yourself “am I training for a marathon or just a jog around the block?”
If you build your business as if you were training for a marathon, then those bad days or bumps in the road to success will only prove to be small inconveniences in the longer race towards the finish line. And at the end of the race, you’ll claim the best prize: a strong, thriving business.