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Long Term Business
Success
Have you
ever ate an ice cream cone by starting at the cone and eating your way up? No,
me neither. Odds are you'll end up with a huge mess and decide it just isn't
worth the effort.
Yet many potentially successful businesses are started in
just such a manner. To have any chance of success your venture must progress
from inception to viability with order and purpose.
No matter what business you undertake, here are some
long-term strategies you can implement to multiply your business survival odds
many times over.
A Winner Knows
The Outcome
Winners are emotionally charged up. Everything you do, and
everything that happens to you, has its beginning within you. No event or
circumstance is outside of you. Everything is under your control and moving
you in the right direction. This is because you have...
1. A burning desire to get what you want.
2. The conviction that you deserve what you want.
3. The confidence that what you want is yours for
the taking.
With this winner's attitude you can turn possibility into
certainty and adversity into opportunity. But, rest assured your successes are
never happenstance. You create forward movement on purpose - rarely by
accident. You plan to win. Here is how you do it...
Turn Your Ideas Into Goals
An idea is like clay. It floats around in your head -
shifting, changing, waxing and waning. In order for an idea to take shape in
the real world, it must be linked to an end result. A goal is simply the
marriage of an idea with the intended results - it hardens the clay.
When you get an idea follow it through to its conclusion.
Explore the various avenues your idea can follow. Feel the energy that
explodes inside you when an idea leads you down the right path. This energy is
a call to action.
Write Down Your Goals
When you have hit upon an idea that energizes you, turn it
into a series of goals. The more specific you are about your goals, the fewer
wrong turns you'll take along the way. Be absolutely clear about who, what,
when, where, and how your destination is to be reached.
Putting your goals on paper makes them solid. Writing
things out empowers you with purpose and makes your aim true. Not doing so is
like trying to shoot an arrow at a target with your eyes closed.
For a goal to be successful it must be a statement of
achievement, and not a casual wish. A wish begins with the words "I
hope" or "I want," while a statement of achievement shouts
"I am" and "I have." When I decided to publish my
newsletter, my primary goal statement was: "I am the publisher of a
trend-setting newsletter."
Create a Business Plan
Your plan is a chart for success. It identifies the issues
relevant to your business and helps you to move logically through the start-up
phase. A good business plan can spare you months of wasted effort, not to
mention fistfuls of cash.
Try the Small Business Administration Classroom for an
explanation of the components found in a business plan:
http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
Business
Plan Pro has sample plans and a free tool that guides you through the creation
of your own business plan:
http://www.bplans.com
Visualize Your Goal Daily
Create a picture in your mind's eye of you reaping the
rewards of your successful business. See yourself enjoying the fruits of your
labor. Feel the exhilaration of having achieved that which you want. See the
color in your surroundings. Feel the floor beneath your feet. Taste the air
around you. Be there.
Tell The World and Take Action
Tell people about your plans. Share your goals with people
that can offer support and encouragement. Doing so opens up paths of
assistance you may need along the way. People who believe in you have the
capacity to bring you new ideas, resources, and contacts that you could not
get on your own.
When all is said in done, taking action is the most
important thing you do. Many new entrepreneurs fail at this point. Without
action dreams stay dreams and goals go unfulfilled.
Do at least one thing every day that moves you toward your
goals. As you take action, review your goals to avoid unnecessary moves, but
don't be afraid to modify and enhance your goals as needed.
In the end, if you follow these goal-setting strategies
you can stay the path and reach your goals. And that's the whole idea...
...always, always stay the path.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Brett Krkosska provides how-to advice on small and home-based work issues. Get
start-up guidance, business ideas and inspiration at http://www.HomeBizTools.com.
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