The previous post addressed a startup business plan for your business? What about a startup business plan for you and your life? Whether you are an entrepreneur, solo professional or someone who works for a company one of the keys to success for you in 2011 will be how you jump start yourself.
Yes, we are coming off of the Holidays. You may feel a little disconnected. This is normal. The self-employed business owner has to go through a lot of emotional transitions both in business and life. It’s not whether or not there will be struggles. There will be. One of the keys to success is in how you handle your challenges.
Startup Business Plan—You Must….
So how do you get yourself going to have your best year yet? Small business growth and small business success are not accidents. As a business owner success planning is essential for continued growth and to sustain momentum.
As a personal business coach this is a great time to sit down and set your goals to have your best year yet. Unfortunately, most people will spend more time planning on buying a new car than they will on planning their future.
Startup Business Plan….The Realization
Do you want more in your business and life in 2011? How do you go about getting it? The key is in your thinking. Your business and your life will get no bigger than your thinking.
In essence, whether your goal is greater income, more happiness, less time at work or anything else your goals and what you become in attaining them will seldom exceed your personal development.
Startup Business Plan…..It’s In Your Personal Growth
Think about this. As a self-employed business owner, your business will only grow as big as your thinking. Thoughts are things. Mark it down. What are you thinking? You can take business training courses or personal development training but in the end your business and life will be no bigger than your thinking.
To expand your thinking you must become open to the possibilities in your business and life. Be a possibility thinker. Write down the possibilities and what you want and desire in 2011. These are your goals. Make sure you put a time frame on your goals. A goal is a dream with a deadline.
These goals become the foundation for your startup business plan for 2011. They will jump start you to having the success you desire. Maybe you need a new marketing business plan or explore some new small business marketing strategies. Whatever comes to your mind, write it down and be open to the possibilities.
Dr. Albert Schweitzer maintained that “the great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.” When you make it a goal to continually learn and enlarge yourself, you become the kind of person who never be “used up.”
You are always recharging your batteries and finding better ways to get things done. This keeps the present and future exciting for the possibilities for you and small business growth.
To determine if you are still growing, ask yourself what you’re still looking forward to. If you can’t think of anything or you’re looking back instead of ahead, your growth may be at a standstill.
It has been said, “The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge.” Many people lose sight of the importance of personal growth once they finish their formal education. But don’t let that happen to you. Any day that passes without personal growth is an opportunity lost to improve your self and to enlarge others.
Enlarge yourself and you can enlarge others. When you do you, become a person of influence. To jump start your business and life in 2011 make enlarging yourself and others a key focus. Now that’s a startup business plan for success and being more of a positive influence on others.
