You would think that as entrepreneurs we would be motivated enough just building our businesses right?
After all, this is our “dream”?
The fact is, when you take that first step into setting up and growing your own online business, there are many challenges, setbacks, and frustrations…far more than when you sit back and pick up a paycheck.
Of course, the rewards are far greater too…not having to worry about someone messing up your job or your company and firing your butt and not having to waste your time and energy because someone else is in control are two that make me absolutely crazy and are the driving reasons behind why I continue to build and grow businesses.
That said, getting through the challenges and setbacks is CRITICAL to your success.
Staying motivated is not an option, without relentless action you will not be able to build the momentum that will allow you to dominate your market.
A big part of what we help entrepreneurs with when they seek to reach the next level of profit and domination in their business over at InfoMarketer’sZone is getting the right mindset, having the right plan – setting the stage for massive execution of that plan so that it becomes natural and easy on a daily basis.
In business, you are either winning or you are losing – there is no middle ground. If you are in the middle, then that’s just a nice way of saying you are losing.
Ok, so how do you stay motivated then when you hit a snag or you plateau at a certain level when you really need to be driving even harder toward the next goal?
Wake Up Driven By Your BIG Why Each Day
If you don’t already know, what is the pain do you want to avoid and pleasure MUST you substitute in your life that underlies why you HAVE to succeed with your business. It sounds cliche, but really this is 90% of winning at anything – being driven. I don’t mean something you “wished” you had. I’m talking about something you MUST have – there are no alternatives because it is that important to you. I can tell you that most of you reading this right now lack that level of a WHY to drive you each day.
Big Goals – Thinking BIG
Armed with your big WHY, this is the WHAT part. What is your BIG goal or objective that will serve as your guiding light, against which all other plans and goals will lead? Gary Vaynerchuck talks about buying the NY Jets. Bill Gates talked about having a computer in every house back in the 1980’s. All top entrepreneurs have a BIG goal that sounded absurd to everyone around them when they set it, but use that as the ultimate landing point. Not only should it be BIG, it must be BIG to you.
Work Back Toward Interim Goals
What do you need to have each quarter in order to achieve your bigger plan – what will it take to get there?
I order to reach your BIG goal in, say, 5-years, what do you need to do Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 to reach that BIG goal?
From there, what must you do, in terms of products, sales, customers, leads, relationships, talent, etc…in order to achieve these annual goals by quarter, and finally each week for the next month?
The Important Stuff Comes First (And Last)
What are the MOST important things you need to work on today, tomorrow, this week to achieve the intermediate goals by month, quarter and year? You have to know what they are and you have to know that they are the key to you achieving or not achieving your goals. Since achieving your end result is NOT an option – but rather is a certainty – then you WILL put what’s most important first.
Now, each day you wake up, you make SURE you spend time on those, and that you make progress
Train Your Mind To Focus
I do find, for myself, that meditation is important first thing in the AM – it helps me settle my mind and more important, learn to control my mind, bringing it back into focus quicker so distractions are less impactful on my day
Work through these 5-steps and leave a comment letting us know how it went?
Are you in a better position now to stay motivated in your online business and dominate your market?
