Entrepreneurs can never use the 'Q' word
Farrah Gray/NNPA Columnist
Issue date: 4/12/09 Section: Business
Take baby steps to build confidence. Sometimes just making the smallest step will help get you back on the right track enough that the fear of not doing something can go away. Just starting the process can create enough momentum to see it through. Visualize the result, but make the action the goal.
There is a subtle difference here for the entrepreneur. Of course you want the result, but maybe that's not in your direct control. Visualize the result in your mind, but make your goal the consistent and persistent action of the entrepreneur. The action will eventually produce the result and you can certainly achieve that goal.
The dream of owning your own business is a powerful concept. As a business owner, you are in charge of the decision-making process, the direction of the company's products and services realizing the benefits of your own hard work.
At the same time, the factors that drive entrepreneurship can be equally frightening for many potential self-employed people. To get your own business going and growing, it's necessary to overcome your fears.
Many fear a personal lack of knowledge. While not everyone is an expert in the field of their choosing, skills can be learned or contracted. Books and Internet research resources are free at the public library and courses are readily available that teach hands on practical skills. Lack of knowledge and information is only limited by your imagination. You may even discover that you know more about business than you had previously thought possible.
Never, ever quit. I hate to even use that "q" word. Keep seeking new ways to solve challenges. Listen and learn from others' experiences. If you do quit in fear, you cease to be an entrepreneur - otherwise you're not beaten, you are moving ahead living your dreams of building your own successful business.
Farrah Gray is the author of "The Truth Shall Make You Rich: The New Road Map to Radical Prosperity," "Get Real, Get Rich: Conquer the 7 Lies Blocking You from Success" and the international best-seller "Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich from the Inside Out." He is chairman of the Farrah Gray Foundation. Dr. Gray can be reached via email at fg@drfarrahgray.com or at www.drfarrahgray.com.
There is a subtle difference here for the entrepreneur. Of course you want the result, but maybe that's not in your direct control. Visualize the result in your mind, but make your goal the consistent and persistent action of the entrepreneur. The action will eventually produce the result and you can certainly achieve that goal.
The dream of owning your own business is a powerful concept. As a business owner, you are in charge of the decision-making process, the direction of the company's products and services realizing the benefits of your own hard work.
At the same time, the factors that drive entrepreneurship can be equally frightening for many potential self-employed people. To get your own business going and growing, it's necessary to overcome your fears.
Many fear a personal lack of knowledge. While not everyone is an expert in the field of their choosing, skills can be learned or contracted. Books and Internet research resources are free at the public library and courses are readily available that teach hands on practical skills. Lack of knowledge and information is only limited by your imagination. You may even discover that you know more about business than you had previously thought possible.
Never, ever quit. I hate to even use that "q" word. Keep seeking new ways to solve challenges. Listen and learn from others' experiences. If you do quit in fear, you cease to be an entrepreneur - otherwise you're not beaten, you are moving ahead living your dreams of building your own successful business.
Farrah Gray is the author of "The Truth Shall Make You Rich: The New Road Map to Radical Prosperity," "Get Real, Get Rich: Conquer the 7 Lies Blocking You from Success" and the international best-seller "Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich from the Inside Out." He is chairman of the Farrah Gray Foundation. Dr. Gray can be reached via email at fg@drfarrahgray.com or at www.drfarrahgray.com.
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Euphoria
posted 4/17/09 @ 3:14 AM EST
Fear can be lowered with personal growth methods. It is better to focus on doing things that make you more relaxed. If you have fear, then you can never be happy. (Continued…)
Anthony
posted 4/30/09 @ 12:20 AM EST
"Keep seeking new ways to solve challenges. Listen and learn from others' experiences"
- That's a very important lesson not just in business but in life as well. (Continued…)
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