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Starting a Small Business: Why Am I Doing This?

 

Robert Warlow

Small Business Success

 

When people decide to start their own business most of them are clear as to why they have decided to take the plunge. However, it’s usually a quick passing thought but have you considered using your ‘why’ as a motivator to keep you focused and on track?

If you haven’t clarified your ‘why’ yet, ask the question – “Why am I doing this?”

 

Sit down and identify what your ‘why’ is. Ask yourself some searching questions. You may come up with a number of them, but hone your list down to one key ‘why’ – the one which invokes the greatest emotional feeling in you. This is the one you are looking for! Listen to your emotions as they will point out the ‘why’ which really drives you.

 

What’s your ‘why’? Is it because you want to get away from the rat race? Do you have a yearning to be the master of your own time, answerable to no one? Have you a desire to be so rich that you know you’ll never achieve it working for some else?

 

Once you have absolute clarity about why you are starting out on your own, write it down, so you can always refer it when times are tough. Print it off your PC, get a picture frame and put it on your desk or wall. Use it as your personal motivator! This clarity of purpose is the backbone of your success; it will carry you through the tough times and be there to spur you on.

 

Make your ‘why’ your vision. As someone once said, “A vision without a task is a dream. A task without a dream is drudgery but a vision with a task can change the world.”

 

So, decide on your ‘why’ and do everything you can to achieve it!

 

© Robert Warlow       

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