Beata Leyland
Freelancer/Business Owner
What last 2 years taught me about business ?
Fear of being successful is a real thing! How many times we plan what will happen if we fail instead of planning to move forward with an idea
Let me provide you with few points worth to reconsider.
1 Fear of being successful is a real thing! How many times we plan what will happen if we fail instead of planning to move forward with an idea. Self-doubt is natural during the creation process, always someone else would do it better but for whatever reason this person, real or imagined doesn’t, right ? Believe in yourself! All of us have a creator inside of us.
2 Incorrectly calculated ROI and funds. Even the best business, the most exquisite niche needs to have a solid foundation. Price tells a story about you.
3 Adaptability. When you start to be on your own guess who oversees all issues?Hmmm… YOU! On one hand it’s great, from another you need to learn how to adapt, put your ego aside and learn, learn and once again learn.
Strategy is a philosophy of becoming.
Who will we become,
who will be of service to,
and who will they help others to become. This is STRATEGY.
Seth Godin
4 Asking questions. It’s impossible to be an expert in absolutely everything so asking questions, listening, being curious, being humble and admitting people know better than you is the best what you can do. To make a good decision you need data and it is up to you how you will choose your data (who you will ask, how receptive you will be and critical thinking)
5 Networking. Meeting people, exchanging and challenging your ideas. It’s not about meeting with anyone it’s about meeting with the right people who can teach you and you can teach them.
6 The way how you treat yourself shows on the outside (food, sleep, exercise, quality time with others and yourself, community)
7 Creativity. Nothing kills creativity more than being 24/7 in front of the laptop even if outside of the working hours you listen to podcasts. Studies show that being bored creates great ideas. Let your nervous system take a rest and be bored.
Mistake is not a sentence
8 Be consistent, keep moving every day a bit. Don’t compare days to each other as every day we feel a bit different, and circumstances will be different. Do what you can every day and you will be astonished by results.
9 Obstacles, comments, delays, and failures are on the road to teach you something, make you stronger, and show pain points. It’s not about a school grade system anymore.
10 Meaningful rest as an essential part of work. Without rest you will burn yourself out, kill creativity, and lose a reason to even start. Work life-balance every day, every week, month , and year will look different and that’s fine as long as you don’t lose yourself in the process.