Business is not easy especially when you are the business owner! There are many obstacles to making a success and the one many of us overlook is having a DREAM. But a dream is not enough it needs to be followed by setting GOALS for ourselves and our business. These will remain part of your Dream unless you have a PLAN which will allow you to move towards the GOALS. But even this is not enough! The PLAN needs to be backed up by ACTION! By following this diligently you will make a success of your business.
Let’s start with your DREAM. Stephen Covey said we should begin with the end in mind. We should know where we want to go, and what better way than to decide where to go than to follow your dream? Zig Ziglar says if you can dream it, then you can achieve it. So why not look at what your dream really is and work towards it?
Business Owners often say they are living their dream, but are they really? If the dream was to have the worst boss in the world, to often struggle from day to day, to constantly be worrying about how tomorrow will turn out or some other day to day reality for the business owner, then the statement is true! But I don’t think that is what we thought as business owners when we first started our business. We thought it would be sunshine and roses, bliss away from those bosses who we thought new nothing.
So if this is the case what was your dream? I saw my business growing to the extent that my wife could give up work and my children would have all that they wanted, I saw holidays in foreign exotic places and being able to help others. I saw the good life! And you? Are you living your dream? Really?
Lets start on your DREAM, GOAL, PLAN and ACTION Journey! If money was no object, time was on your side and the world was your oyster, what would you be doing in 5, 10 or 20 years time? Where would you live? What would you drive? what would your business look like? Would you travel? Where would you go? Build this DREAM in your mind and then put it on paper. Do a collage of pictures representing this dream, write a story or record a voice note. Go over it and fill in the detail. Don”t just say I want to travel, where do you want to go? What do you want to see? Don’t say I want a new house or car, be specific! What does the house look like? Where is it? Describe the rooms, furnishings etc. The more detail you fill in the more real it becomes. What make, model and color is the car? Do this for all you want in your life and put it down in some permanent form (pictures, written or recorded!).
Now comes the hard part! Share it with your significant other, your family and your best friend. By doing this it will become something that they can hold you accountable for and something which is more real to you!
ACTIONS FOR THE WEEK:
- Define your dream and make it a permanent record by making a collage, writing it down or recording it!
- Share your DREAM with your significant other, family and friends.
- Look at your collage, read your written dream statement or listen to your recorded dream.
This is the first step to you becoming a successful business person! Next time I will look at GOAL Setting and how this will help you to achieve your dreams.
If you think that this post is worthwhile please share it with your business friends and get them to like my page.