Building A Small Business? Have You Cleared The Debris?

By Allison Babb

The first thing you do at any construction site, is clear the debris. Are you ready to build a successful business? Then you too must clear the debris for you, in creating a business, here are 4 different types of debris you will need to clear out:

Leave the past behind

I would say that I spend a great deal of my coaching on "mindset." Sure, I teach the mechanics of business building, but mindset is powerful and gets in the way. How you think about your ability to succeed comes from your past.

If your past includes a lot of negative feedback on why you can't succeed, you'll need to work on developing a new set of beliefs about your ability to succeed. I've seen incredibly talented people struggle to succeed because of their own self-limiting beliefs. Be sure to clear out the debris of "negative thoughts and limited thinking" in preparing for building your business.

Move from employee to entrepreneur thinking

As an employee, someone else tells you what to do. Someone sets the main agenda and your goal is to not fail. As an entrepreneur, you set your own agenda. Your ability to create your own plan and agenda is key. And failure is simply an exercise in learning and growing.

Although you're not going after failure, you're also not avoiding it at all costs. In fact, you embrace failure as part of the process and see it as a teacher. Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before finally creating the light bulb we now take for granted. Be sure to clear out the "employee thinking" debris in preparation for building your business.

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