Find Your Vision - Make It Reality!

Getting ready to start a new business venture?  Get ready for a lot of emotions:  elation, fear, happiness, anxiety - they all play a role, and you will face a mix of those and many more as you get the ball rolling.

Over the next few days I will be posting some tips on how to go about getting started the right way.

Know your "WHY"

Why are you starting a business?

This is one of the most important questions you can answer, because the answer will determine how much energy and commitment you will have to getting it done.  Your why has to be tied to your emotions - that is the fuel of life.  That is what will sustain you when things go wrong (and they will ...) and when the challenges begin to increase, whether it is time management, organization, finances, or a host of other issues with which business owners, new or seasons, must contend.

How big is your why?

Your 'why' is your vision, your future, your reason for being on this planet.  It may your family - it may be fame - it needs to be something that emotionally charges you.

Many people jump into starting a business out of desperation.  This will give you initial energy, but it won't last for the long haul.  You may need to dig deep to find your why.  Here is a video that can help you with the process:

Creating an extraordinary vision!
More to come!

"If I only had a Porche, I would be happy"


This statement is something many of us say to ourselves every day.  We feel that life would be better if we only had the one extra thing - the bigger house, the faster car, the flatter stomach.


Life, though, is a journey.  It is the constant moving from right now (Point A) to where we want to do (Point B.)  And yes, going from Point A to Point B might be more fun if you did it in Jaguar rather than a Yugo.


However, the problem usually isn't the speed of the vehicle.  The problem is usually that the vehicle isn't moving.


You see, whether or not you have a Yugo, a Honda, a Lexus, or a Maserati, they will all get you from point A to Point B; as long as you put gas into the tank.  Without any gas, even a Maserati is no fun to drive, nor will it get you to where you want to go.


The gas, of course, is your motivation, inspiration, and vision.  You need to have a clear destination, a map by which you plan to get there, and gas to power the trip.


So, if your days are starting out with little to no energy, it is no wonder that your life or business has become stagnant.  You need to rekindle the dream within, recapture the vision of your future, and take action to succeed.

I asked one of my clients this question recently, and after some thought, I got an answer.  "You can't", she said.  "It isn't moving."

Exactly.

Sometimes, the laws of physics, and the laws of life, merge.  If an object is at rest, it must be acted upon by something else in order to get moving.

The same is true of our lives and our businesses.  If we aren't moving, we begin to stagnate.  Nature shows us very clearly the results of prolonged stagnation - death.

So, we need to keep moving - to keep growing - to keep (dare I say it) - changing.

Of course, if you think about it, we must all keep changing, for the world around us is constantly doing so.  We must adapt to our new surroundings, or we will become stagnant.

The good news is the change is not as hard as many people think.  It is really less about hard work and more about a willingness to see beyond your current horizon.  Find the direction in which you want to go, and anchor it firmly inside your mind.

Start the car, and if you are facing the wrong direction, turn the wheel.

Go find your horizon.