The Biggest Thing Most Entrepreneurs Do to Sabotage Success
If you’ve been in business for a while, you realize that there are ups and downs, and peaks and valley. When things are going well, you are doing the work you love, you’re working with your ideal clients who appreciate you and your work, you’re making money, and everything feels like it flows. But when things aren’t going so well, you feel like everything’s a struggle and often you aren’t sure what to do to get back into that flow!
What many entrepreneurs do is dig their heels in, put their nose to the grindstone, and worker longer and harder. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what keeps them stuck!
It’s important to remember that it’s not about working harder. The most important thing you can do is step back and refocus so your energy is aligned with the results you want.
Here are 3 Keys to Jumpstart the Flow of Success in Your Business:
Key 1: Be clear about what you want. One of the biggest reasons most people don’t get what they want is because they don’t know what they want!
You must have a crystal clear vision of what you want. I know you’ve heard this before, and you’ve undoubtedly done this exercise at least once, but I’m going to encourage you to do to it again; write out the story of your perfect life, exactly as you want it to be, and re-read it daily.
Make this a priority; schedule time in your calendar, just like you’d schedule any other important meeting. Give it your full, undivided attention. Put on relaxing music (I find that music without lyrics works best to allow creative thought to flow.). Write out every single detail of what you want your life and your business to look like. What will bring you the most joy and the least stress? Include colors, smells, ideas and feelings. In fact, put as much emotion into your story as possible!
After you have your story written out, just the way you want it, take time every day to re-read your story. Be sure you actually feel yourself in the story as if it is already just that way! You might even find that you want to add some additional visions or details in, and I encourage you to do that! Make it as detailed as possible. You will be activating the creative part of your subconscious mind to begin creating this life for you.
Key 2: Be clear about your “receiver” and what “frequency” they are set at. In other words, you are in business to provide a service; you are the “generator.” Your target market is the people who need or want your service; they are the “receiver.”
If business has slowed, one of the things you need to ask yourself is, “Am I delivering exactly what my ideal clients want, and is my marketing message clearly reaching them?” In other words, “Am I still tuned in to them?” Just like a radio frequency, you as the generator must be precisely tuned to what your receiver wants and be sure you are generating a high-quality message, or they won’t receive it! By taking the time to be crystal clear, you can reach your target audience and easily attract them with far less effort.
Key 3: Take “right” action.
We’ve all experienced it, when our business isn’t working the way we want it to, we begin to feel frustration. The worst thing about frustration is often entrepreneurs start doing anything and everything they know to just try to get business moving again. This is not the time to work harder, it’s the time to step back, clear the clutter and stop doing what’s not working! Just working harder, longer hours is nothing but an energy drain if what you are doing isn’t directly related to getting the exact results you want (see Keys #1 and #2.).
This is like the definition of insanity; continually doing the same thing and expecting different results. This is a very common way that entrepreneurs fail to move their business quickly and easily forward.
Imagine that you are stranded in the middle of nowhere. You call someone, on your cell phone, for help. The person who answers is not the person you expected; in fact they don’t even speak the same language as you! You hang up the phone, and dial the same number again – and again you get the same person.
This happens several times, you are becoming more and more frustrated. You’ve read that you can get what you want if you think positive thoughts, so you think positive thoughts and you even visualize (Key #1) that the exact person you want will answer your call. You repeat your affirmations, and you dial the same number. You get the same person.
Now your cell phone battery is almost dead and you can only make one more call. Do you repeat your affirmations harder and louder this time? Or do you stop, reconsider what’s not working, and try a new strategy?
This sounds absurd, but it’s exactly what many people do with their lives and business. They continue taking the same actions, getting more and more frustrated and exhausted, and they can’t figure out why they’re not getting ahead.
The fact is, when you have these 3 keys working together;
- have a crystal clear vision of what you want;
- know what your ideal clients want so you can generate a clear service and message that reaches them; and
- eliminate what’s not working and start doing only those things that will bring you the results you desire
you will quickly and easily get the results you really want for yourself and your business!
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