If you’re someone who has
always had an entrepreneurial spirit and you’ve kept ideas and the intent to
start your own business in the back of your head for years, it’s your time to
shine. It’s time to take the leap and go
for it. If not now, then when!?
After finally taking the leap
myself and starting my own online business, I wanted to share with you my list
of things that will undoubtedly help you turn your goals into actionable steps
and ultimately a reality.
Asking for Help: Get out of your own way and ask for help. Asking for help is one of the best things
that I have done. You never know what
opportunities may come from reaching out and asking for help. Reach out to someone who has done or is doing
something that you strive to accomplish and do.
If they don’t respond or you don’t get the response that you want, move
on to the next person and ask! It never hurts to ask!
Taking the Leap: You’ll never achieve what you want to if never take the first step! If
you don’t know where to begin, that’s ok! Start somewhere with something. Most
likely, your ideas, vision, and plan will change over time anyways but you’ll
never know if you don’t start.
Learn as Much as Possible: Before and during the beginning of my business, I
spent a lot of my time learning as much as I could able anything and everything
related to starting an online business, the travel industry, the coaching
world, and much more. The internet is saturated with so many helpful and free
content that will teach you so much about what you’re trying to do, want to do,
and how to do it. There are free webinars, online trainings, courses, programs,
resources, podcasts, ebooks, videos, and more. Watch them. Attend them. Take notes and learn from
them! This will help to shape your
ideas, plans, and roadmap!
Find a Mentor or a Coach: One of the best things that you can do for yourself
and your goals is to get a mentor/coach. Find someone whose message and values
resonate with and align with yours. You can learn so much from a mentor and a
coach. They can help guide you when you’re
feeling stuck, get your mind in the right place, motivate you, hold you
accountable, and inspire you.
Align your Passions and Heart with Your Efforts: Sometimes people want to do things because they feel
it’s the “right thing to do” or it’s what others want them to do. If you take time and think about what it is
that you really truly want to accomplish and what you want in your life, align
your passions and your heart with your actions. When you finally align your
values and what lays in your heart with your passions, that’s when you’ll
thrive in happiness and personal success.
Staying Organized: It’s hard to get things done when things are a mess, literally. When you don’t feel organized and you can
easily get discouraged, resulting in giving up on what you wish to get
done. Getting organized will allow
positive energy to flow which will encourage productivity.
Being Productive: When you feel like you have a lot on your list to do, it’s easy to not
want to do any of it. Trust me, I get
it! I great way to face that hurdle is to do something every single day that
gets you one step closer to your goal. Be
productive every day, even if it’s the small things. If you’re working on a
project or writing something, even the small amount of progress will lead you
in the right direction.
Allow Mistakes and Failures: It doesn’t feel good to make mistakes and to feel like
you failed but, making mistakes is actually really important and helpful. Mistakes allow you to make realizations that
you wouldn’t have otherwise had and will help with the learning process. Plus,
the sooner that you make mistakes, the sooner you get the actual results that
you want. Don’t be afraid to fail. Use every mistake and failure as a learning lesson.
Expect for Ideas and Vision to Evolve: It’s easy to get dead-set on your ideas and vision and
not want to budge on them but, when you keep an open mind and allow your vision
to change, bigger and better things can happen. Being closed-minded and having
tunnel vision on your ideas can actually hurt and hinder your success. Historically, the most successful companies
and platforms started as one idea and morphed into something very different
which made it into what it is today (Amazon and Facebook for examples!).
Seek Opportunities: Seek as many opportunities as you can.
Try new things. Challenge yourself. Even if those opportunities don’t
fit exactly into your vision and goals, go for them anyways. You never know
what doors will open, what connections you’ll make, and where one opportunity
may take you.
Create, Create, Create: Exercise your creativity any way that you can whenever
you can. Being creative will help you
realize what your goals really are and what you don’t enjoy doing. If you don’t know where to begin or you don’t
feel confident, just go for it! Start a blog, learn how to play an instrument, do
Facebook Live videos, start a YouTube channel, write an ebook, create an online
course, create art, or build something. You’ll be surprised how much creativity
with help you in various ways.
Share Free Content: Getting visible and/or readable is a great way to express your
creativity and to reach people who can learn from and relate to you. You can
share free content in videos such as on Facebook Live or on a blog. Everyone has something to share whether that’s
their personal story, business tips, mindset advice, and more. There are always
people out there (I call them your ‘seekers’) who want to hear, learn, and
connect with you. By putting yourself
you there, it will help with focusing your passion and ideas as well as help
with your mindset and confidence. This
all will help with reaching whatever goals you may have.
No More Excuses: It’s super simple to make excuses of why you can’t do something and to
stay within your comfort zone. This will
only prevent you from accomplishing any goals that you may have. Instead of making
an excuse on why you can’t do something, think of a reason why you can and
should do it. Again, get out of your own
way! It’s easy to stay in your comfort zone but your comfort zone isn’t where
your highest potential and goals lay!
Connect to Your Story: You may be wondering what connecting to your story has
to do with accomplishing your goals. My
answer: everything! When you set a goal for yourself, it’s because it’s something
that you crave, desire, and want in your life for a reason. When you dive deep
into your personal story and what brought you to make those goals for yourself,
you will gain clarity, focus, and motivation.
Connecting to your story and using that to help with all aspects of your
life from the content that you put out, what you write about, building connections
with other people, growing your following, growing a business, helping to stay
in the right mind frame, and so much more.
Create a To-Do List: I am the queen of to-do lists and I absolutely love them. A to-do list can help you get your goals and
ideas out of your head and onto a piece of paper (or computer or phone). By doing this, you can visually see what
needs to get done and you can prioritize what should be done first. I love crossing things off of my to-do list
and seeing my list get smaller because I know that I’m getting closer to my end
goal. Start with the small tasks on your list. When you complete and cross off the tasks that don't require as much time or effort, your list will get shorter, keeping you feeling productive and motivated!
Now, what are you waiting for?! Start reaching your goals and make 2019 YOUR best year yet! Be excited for your future, it's in your hands!
Now, what are you waiting for?! Start reaching your goals and make 2019 YOUR best year yet! Be excited for your future, it's in your hands!
