Keys to Success: Don't Let Fear Drive Your Decisions

If at some point you had a job there was always someone else you could either blame or count on to bail you out, but now as a business owner there's no one to count on but you. When things aren't going well it can feel like the world is crumbling around you and failure is one heartbeat away? You can't succeed when you're trapped in the grips of fear.

In most cases your fear is based on pure emotion. You're allowing ancillary information to feed your fear. You aren't focusing on the facts surrounding your fear. You may have the information that you don't have enough money in your checking account to pay your current bills.

Current available information may be that your projected revenues will not provide enough money to pay those bills. You may have the information that you lack the ability to obtain a credit extension. Yet rather than being overcome with fear you need to focus on the underlying facts rather than the information. The facts may be: you don't know how to market yourself, you don't know how to sell, you don't have a budget, etc. Focus on the facts about your situation not the information.

Running out of money strikes terror in the heart of a business owner. Everyone knows cash flow is king and that when you run out of money you're out of business. I'm not saying you don't have a right to be highly emotional, but panicking won't help. Don't panic and worry about all the things you can't do.

You can't find the right solution when your focused on everything you can't do. To find a viable solution you need to focus on the things you can do. Once you identify your solution you have to take action. Let go of your scarcity mentality. You may understand that you need help to get the results you want, but you think you can't afford to get the help you need. You can't afford not to get the help you need because if you don't get that help you may not have enough time to figure things out yourself through trial and error. And each day you wait you're losing valuable time.

There are times that you have to make decisions and take actions based on a leap of faith caused by your belief in yourself and what you're doing. Does your business exist for a purpose that is worthy of your customers? Is there a logical reason your business should succeed?

When you started out you were confident in your business and your potential for success. Otherwise you wouldn't have put your blood, sweat, and tears into your business. When you base your decisions on the facts and take the actions you need to take to make it work you can only lose if you decide to quit. Even though you may not have the money to do what you need to do, and you may not be eligible for a loan, but there are always ways to get more money so you can get what you need if you're just creative enough.

Get creative. The entire time you're focusing your thoughts and energies on fear you aren't focused on actions. Fearful thoughts only make matters worse. Focus your thoughts and energies on developing a plan for taking the actions you need to take to make this business a success. The Success Model below is a free tool designed to help you to get focused on the right actions so you can get your focus off fear and on the actions that will help you to succeed.

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