I get it – as business owners and entrepreneurs we need to continually grow ourselves.
Improving ourselves will only have a POSITIVE impact on our businesses and life. Why is it then that so many people fail to start?
Lots of my Martial Arts School owners will have heard this saying and maybe even discussed it in lesson with their students;
โฆ.the journey of a thousand miles starts with the first stepโฆ..
Just start! Thatโs it! No โhackโ or special magical dust โ Just Start!
An object at rest remains in rest unless acted on by an external force โ YOU need to be your own external force. Once you get the initial momentum going its easier to keep it going.
If you are a โgo getterโ and want to build your ideal business and life then grow in EVERY area you can that will serve your vision. Donโt do what I did which was to build something that was VERY profitable that you did not feel 100% passionate about, you will reap financial benefits but you will still treat it like work and it will eventually just eat away at you.
HOWEVERโฆโฆ you can contiually learn, and learn, and learn. The more you know the more you realise there is to know and then you often donโt end up doing anything. Gathering knowledge can aid in analysis paralysis.
๐My advice to all my mentees is to just start! Thatโs it!
Not everybody likes reading books and I was definitely a late starter (+30 years old) but I always suggest my mentees just need to find a subject they are interested in and the rest will take care of itself.
Some easy things you can do to start;
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book to just take part in a networking meetingโฆthis could then lead to you meeting somebody with similar interests who has achieved what you wish to achieveโฆ
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avoid your daily coffee shop visit, instead spend ยฃ5 and read a magazine articleโฆthis could then lead to a monthly subscription which helps increase your valueโฆ
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stop scrolling through Facebook endlessly, instead watch educational videos on YouTubeโฆthis could then lead to you following a few people whose content you benefit fromโฆ
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put down the remote control, instead put your trainers on and go for a little 5-10-minute walkโฆthis could eventually lead to 5k runs or even higher
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ง
We all like to procrastinate but that doesnโt take us closer to our goals. If you are ever struggling to make a decision on what to do run it through this filterโฆ.โwill doing this take me closer to or further from my goalsโ. If the answer is yes then do it, if the answer is no then donโt.
Good luck on your journey everybody ๐ฅ
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