I was contacted the other day by a new client who is starting a business after 18 years employed by one company. The problem is that she is scared. In fact she would not be normal if she was not!
Setting up your own business is a scary life change and a healthy level of fear is good. The problem is the fine line between fear that focusses your mind into action and the level that paralyses you and stops you moving forward.
So how do you tell one from the other?
- You give yourself (and others) excuses for not getting started e.g. I am too old to start a business. (Colonel Saunders (Kentucky Fried Chicken) was 66 years old when he started his business!).
- Your mind is completely full of all the problems, things you don't know and negative thoughts that it is impossible to even think of an action let alone start to take them.
- You listen to friends and family who tell you not to be so stupid or 'get above your station in life'.
- You focus so much on the enormity of setting up a business that you can't even see the small steps to take to begin with.
- Your thoughts revolve round your fear of failure.
Time to let go of all this fear and negativity!
Focus on the positive
Start with baby steps
Remember you cannot fail, only learn
Find yourself a mentor or some support
Start to visualise your new identity as a business person
Believe that you have the potential to be successful business person
Fill your mind with positive thoughts
Surround yourself with positive supportive people
Believe you are never too old to try new life experiences
NOW GO OUT THERE,
STRETCH YOURSELF AND DISCOVER YOUR FULL POTENTIAL
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