How To Stay Motivated in Business
This is an unfinished article.
Fellow business owners, this path is not easier than having a job.
There have been SEVERAL times where I found myself frustrated, distressed, and worried about the future of my business.
Books have helped to give me a better understanding of where I am in business and I’m still an infant (e-myth).
Let’s talk about Apple and Amazon almost going out of business.
Let’s talk about fear and self-doubt.
What is your purpose? And how I may have discovered part of mine but what comes naturally to me.
Sometimes it feels like a long and lonely journey as an entrepreneur, especially if there are no business owners in your family… You’re the first.
It’s tough often times you will be in the valley. Finding the need. And sometimes hearing where other people are is motivating. The blue zig ziglar tape. Joining communities online like the Fastlane Forum. Watching motivational documentaries on YouTube. (Dominos and Amazon)
Taking a break sometimes helps to and remember why you started going down this path.
With little to no support or understanding from your family
Your environment, groups you are a part of. Look at the people in your circle. Are they where you want to be?
Having other business owners and entrepreneurs to talk to especially those at various levels in their business
Find more healthy extracurricular activities to take part in while you’re not working
Meditate, relax, take a nap sometimes. It's not easy being a business owner, in fact, it is much harder than being an employee. There is a bigger risk for a bigger reward.
And you must develop your business, stay motivated, all while life is happening too.
Being in the valley
Looking for the destination
Making new connections and calling people to see where they are in life helps bring context.
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