Overcoming Fears Of Launching A Biz
Have you ever had a dream, hobby or just plain crazy idea you wanted to turn into a business? Well you’re not alone - some 10 million American adults are involved in the process of starting nearly six million potential new businesses at any given time, according to a national study of entrepreneurship by the Kauffman Foundation.
Here’s a few suggestions I have found as I forge ahead on my quest.
• Join or start a club
• Attend a course
• Find a mentor
• Get a business coach
Let go your perfectionism: It takes time to learn something new, and making mistakes is normal - it’s part of the process. Little children couldn’t care less if they fall when they’re trying to take their first steps. They get right back up and try again until they succeed. And if they can do it, so can you! “Success is just a string of failures”.
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CoolProducts on November 5th, 2008 3:27 pm
“Let go your perfectionism”
Definitely a great tip. Perfectionism can definitely hinder one whose trying to get a start-up running. Once you get the hang of things, then you can start adding your perfectionist tendencies.
Cassy on November 5th, 2008 7:02 pm
Perfectionism for me is a great hindrance of a person’s great dream. Nobody is perfect and no one can be perfect…failure and mistake is always the great way in having your great dreams come true…you can do thing’s perfect when you are willing to accept all the mistakes you have and learn from it.
Jaclyn on November 6th, 2008 7:05 am
I agree with cool products. all too often new business owners feel and think that their business should be next to perfect if not exactly perfect, they get an idea of a perfect dream/idea in their head and when it fall’s short of exactly what they imagined…they get discouraged. don’t set yourself to fail even before you begin, know that it take’s time and trial and error before you get it right, and what you had imagined may turn out to be something totally different by time your done perfecting it.
Cleaning business guru on November 25th, 2008 9:49 am
Learn as much as you can and do not assume a great idea and passion will carry you through. In the modern world you need to be proficient at systems and you need a way to monitor the marketplace accurately. Projecting your needs and wants onto the marketplace is the easiest way to be blindsided!
I highly recommend the Integral life model for business planning based on the work of Ken Wilber. Integral life dot com.
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