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Barriers to Business Success
(c) 2003 Robin Tramble
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Whether you are in business online or
offline you are in business. You've shown that you can take initiative and don't
wait on someone else to determine your success in life.
It's a well known fact that a lack of capital is one
of the biggest reasons for business failure. There are other barriers to business
success, that will also result in business failure.
I will list a couple below.
The first area I'd like to talk about is :
A lack of vision
This is like planning to go on a trip with no idea of where you're going.
Put it like this if you don't have a vision for your business or for life you'll follow any
path and end up with pure frustration.
Answer the following questions:
What is your motive for going into business?
Where are you now and where would you like to be1 year from now?
What can you do every day that will lead you to that goal 1 year from now?
Who are your customers?
Lack of Knowledge is another barrier to business success.
I've seen many individuals start business endeavors only
to slowly or abruptly come to a halt because they didn't take the
time to educate themselves in the area of their focus.
They saw John Doe doing it and was successful so, they jumped
in without one ounce of knowledge.
The internet and library are full of ideas and information. Be
careful when responding to free offers, most are leading you
to other products for sale. Which is not a bad thing, you just
have to be prepared and make wise choices. If you wouldn't be
interested in the information for a cost don't bother responding
to the free information.
The word here is focus. There is good information to be had and
sometimes it's free, just stay focused.
In my book The Power of focus I refer to fatal distractions.
One of the key areas that can be a hindrance to your success is distractions.
I’m going to break up the title above. The following are the definitions as found in the dictionary.
Fatal: a: causing death b: bringing ruin
c:causing failure
Distraction: a: the act of distracting or the state of being distracted; especially: mental confusion
We could say that it represents bringing ruin to our mental focus. Another way to look at it is causing death and mental confusion with regard to a desired outcome, destination, etc.
Poor self esteem and a lack of confidence can play key roles in hindering success in business.
Below you will find 3 tips towards boosting your self esteem and confidence.
1. Face Your Fear:
Is there something you are afraid of? Face it full on. Doing something scary and overcoming the fear is a fantastic way to boost your confidence. So go on, jump out of that plane (with a parachute of course), drive that car, speak in front of a large crowd, ask for a promotion, or whatever it is that scares you. You'll feel absolutely brilliant once it’s done. Embrace II Timothy 1:7 God has not given us a spirit of fear…..
2. Love Yourself:
The bible tells us to love others as we love ourselves. Could this be the problem with most of our relationships, we don’t love ourselves.
This can take a bit of practice and looks really funny, but try it, it works. When you wake up, give yourself a great big hug. Do the same when it’s time for sleep.
You’ve heard this said a million times before: “How can you expect others to love you if you don't love yourself?” It’s true. Practice the morning and evening hugs for 2 weeks, maybe 3 weeks if you're the stubborn type, and you’ll see how well it works.
3. Celebrate the positives:
It’s easy to focus on failures and negatives. Why not journal the positives? Take inventory of
your accomplishments. Have you reduced the amount of sugar that you use in your food?
Celebrate!
Your goal may have been to read for one hour per day, maybe you didn’t achieve that goal, however, you did increase your reading by 1 day per week. Celebrate! Do you get the idea? Don’t focus on the negative or what you didn’t do, journal your findings and when you begin to feel discouraged look in that journal and remind yourself.
Take courses online and at your community colleges. You can find
many free Teleseminars offered online as well. All you need is your
telephone or internet for a webcast call.
Subscribe to newsletters in your area of interest.
Poor health
You can have all the vision in the world, develop this plan
and that plan, however, if your health is failing, you won't last
and if you do, you'll be miserable. Total Wellness is a priority in every area of your life.
Improper Balance
Sometimes we can get carried away with building our businesses
and over work ourselves and/or our families which only
results in burn out! I speak from experience. I've had to set
guidelines for how much time I will commit to my business.
I even set specific hours that I work within.
You also want the support of your family. They will soon
resent you if you seem to have become a permanent part of
the computer : )
Take care of your relationships now. You don't want to work hard to
build your business only to have it come tumbling down because
you built it on ...ROCKS! Lay a solid foundation.
The above are just a few barriers. I'm sure you can think of
many more. I challenge you to make a commitment to
total Wellness in business and every area of your life.
Here's to your Business Success.
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What one area can you focus on that will benefit your life?
Select one area that you can make a move towards before you hit
your pillow tonight.
Write down your answers and update your progress by the week’s end.
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Robin Tramble is a life empowerment coach, business woman, Motivational speaker/Trainer/Mentor Author and Editor/Publisher of Time2prosper to learn more and to subscribe visit http://www.time2prosper.homestead.com - Receive free stress break report. She is also founder of Kingdom Woman Executive. Robin has a passion for empowering women and individuals everywhere for good (God) success. She is woman of influence and a definitive resource for empowerment. Find current free Teleseminars and get your copy of the current free eBook: http://www.robintramble.com/Teleseminarschedule.html
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