Realize Your Business

Author: Geri Schneider Winters

Have you given much thought recently as to *why*you are trying to build a business for yourself?

You may be trying to start a business while working for someone else, or maybe you quit your job to pursue your dreams. You are probably putting in a lot of time, effort, and money to build a business for yourself.

What is it all for?

If you do not keep you attention on your ultimate goal, then it is hard to stay motivated when sales are not as good as you expected, or you are tired from working so hard, or your family complains you do not spend enough time with them.

I like to say “The race is won by the stubborn.” I have seen this true so many times, the person who just sticks with it when times are tough is the person who ultimately succeeds. That kind of motivation comes from having a dream, a goal that you will not give up no matter what.

When I was a young child, my father was discovered to have a deformed heart. The doctors said he would live no more than 10 more years. My father with his bad heart worked 2 jobs and my mother worked one job so that they could provide for us and put some money aside so my mother could continue to provide for us alone. It was that important to my father – to provide for his children – that he worked 2 jobs in poor health.

A friend of mine is a dancer on Broadway and in the movies. When he was born, his legs were very deformed. The doctors said he might never walk. But he wanted with all his heart to be a dancer. His grandmother believed in his dream, and they worked together to teach him to walk and to dance. He lives in constant pain, but when he dances, he forgets the pain, because he is doing what he loves.

What is your dream? What do you want so fiercely that you will do whatever you need to do to achieve that dream?

What will you NOT do to achieve that dream?

My dancer friend is a kind and gentle soul, who helps each person in his life do his or her best. He is not someone to stab others in the back, his success did not come from hurting anyone else. He achieved his dream while maintaining the values that are important to him.

What will you do to achieve your dream? What will you NOT do?

Do you have this written? Do you review it often? At least once a week?

Knowing what you want to ultimately achieve, and what you will and will not do to achieve it, is useful information when planning the systems of your business. Putting together systems for your business is something you will have to do if you wish to have a successful business.

But first, know what your goal is, and know what you will and will not do to achieve it. Write those things on paper and review them.

Then you have a basis for making plans to achieve your goals and setting systems in place to implement those plans.
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Now it is your turn.

If you have your goals written, take some time today to look at them.

If you have not written your dream, the reason you are working on your own business, then take some time today to write your dream on a piece of paper.

If you have never thought about what you will not do to achieve your dreams, now is a good time to think about that, and to put some thoughts on paper. Ask your friends and family what they think you would not do to be a successful business person.

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