Put Your Business Ahead of Yourself
One of the best things about being an entrepreneur is learning new things. Sometimes you may think that you know so much, but after to speaking and learning from someone else, with different perspectives, you begin to see just how much you really don’t know. And that’s a good thing. Because the more you don’t know, the more you will teach yourself and learn from others. If you think that you know everything, then you’ll never grow as a person… as an entrepreneur.
I just got off the phone with a great mentor and he said something that really made me think: “Put your business ahead of you and it’ll take care of you if you put in the work.”
Basically, he was saying that if you treat your business like a real person, like a baby that you are taking care of, and you put it ahead of yourself, you’ll be able to see more results and you’ll be better off in the end… even if it doesn’t seem so in the present.
When you’re spending 16 hours a day working on your business and you’re exhausted, stressed, and feel drained… those are just some of the things you have to go through when you put your business ahead of yourself. Sure, you may feel tired, but the extra work that you put into your business — the extra drops of sweat — will make that much of a difference.
For many of us, myself included, our businesses aren’t brining in much revenue. And let’s be honest, it’s hard to stay afloat and work with the same level of intensity when you have to worry about paying bills, food, social life, etc…
And if you’re like me, you’re business if your baby and you’ll do anything to see it grow up, prosper, and turn into something great. But you have to be steadfast in your commitment and devotion even when you aren’t making money, aren’t getting as many clients as you want or expected, and even when things look gloomy at times.
You have to continue to nurture, protect, and love your business — always keeping it ahead of your personal emotions, difficulties, and daily drama. You have to isolate your business from certain emotions that can force you into making the wrong decisions…that can lead to you giving up on something.
Keep your business two steps ahead of yourself, stay committed to seeing your objectives through, and your business will reward you with the dividends of prosperity, fame, wealth, or anything else that you are seeking in life.
Don’t give up on your business and it’ll never give up on you. You guys should be best friends. Partners for life.
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