“It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.”
Jim Rohn – 1930-2009 (Speaker and Author)
This statement is especially true for entrepreneurs and leaders. Being able to make decisions – preferably being able to do so quickly – will be a huge benefit to your small business success.
Sometimes you’ll make the wrong decisions, but being afraid of making a wrong decision is only going to prevent you making any decisions, hence keeping you stagnant.
For the next week at least, make a conscious effort to make decisions quickly. Once you get in the habit of doing this you’ll find it starts to come naturally to you.
Those who know me well or have been reading my blog posts for some time know that I firmly believe success is all in your mindset … your attitude.
Of course, there’s more to becoming successful than just thinking about it, but it’s important to first have the right attitude to help you know what to do and then focus on doing it.
One of the first things you must do in order to be successful is to define what ‘success‘ means to you. Does it mean having a lot of money? Being well-known and recognized within your industry? Being adored and loved or respected by others? Just being happy?
For me, success is achieving my goals … achieving something worthwhile in my life, whether that’s something to do with my family, friends, business, finances, community or even just reaching a personal goal and growing as an individual. In fact, failing at something but still being able to stand up tall and keep moving forward is a sign of success to me.
It’s also important to know what you want your ideal life to be like … how do you want to be living each day? Who do you spend time with? Where do you live? Once you know these things you can plan out how you’re going to achieve these goals and start moving towards them.
When you know what you want and how you can achieve it, this is the part where I believe your mindset really comes into play. To be able to follow the plan you’ve set and achieve your goals for success – your dreams – you need to be able to:
focus
avoid distractions and remain on track
remain positive – even if things get a little off-track, as they’re bound to do from time to time
be able to pick yourself up when you fail
have patience, especially if things take a little longer than first planned
avoid listening to people who tell you your goals are silly or you’ll never be able do such-and-such – we ALL have people like that around us, and often they’re just saying these things to protect us from what they see as possible failure
overcome procrastination
accept that what you want will change over time … and that’s okay
face fears and overcome weaknesses that may be holding you back
have total belief that you CAN achieve your goals
Take a few moments to look back and think about some of your past successes. No doubt you’ll find that the things that helped you to achieve these successes where somehow related to your mindset.
Have you ever wondered why it is that some people follow through and achieve success with something while others either don’t follow through – e.g. they buy a coaching program or book and never use it – or they follow through but don’t seem to achieve positive results?
I have. Many times. And it’s really frustrating because if someone buys my product I truly want them to use it and to achieve results from it.
I know it’s not just me because I’ve had many discussions about this topic with several colleagues in the last couple of years.
Thankfully, John Reese and Frank Kern, two well-known and highly respected internet business professionals, wanted to know the answer to the very same question. So they asked one man who was sure to be able to explain this … Anthony Robbins. Better still, they recorded this interview so we can all benefit from it.
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