Developing the mindset is important to create a great business model. Gaining clarity in direction will put you on the right course of action.
I discovered that mindset is everything when it comes to being an entrepreneur.
Sure, you can have a great business model and a unique product to sell, but to overcome the difficult changes that come with building a business, you must have a strong mindset.
Start by being more aware and connected to what you want and believe. From here, your business will have a clear direction, you will be able to sell from an authentic place and you will connect more easily with your clients, team and community.
Building a mindset is the process of taking beliefs that don’t serve you and replacing them with others that do. Here are five techniques I’ve used to become more mindful and build a powerful mindset for when it matters most.
When you’re constantly moving forward to stop and connect, you’ll have no idea how you really feel about things or understand what triggers you. Between tasks or meetings, take a moment to consider how you feel and why you reacted a certain way. These slow moments of reflection will give you a clear idea of what you want and need and help you accelerate in the future.
Check your intuition and stop looking for answers elsewhere. We go on this autopilot assuming that outside sources have the information we need. We rely on Yelp to know which restaurant to use, we turn to our friends for movie reviews, or we look to our parents to figure out which house to buy. Stop trusting others and start trusting your instinct. The more you do it, the easier it will be to realize that you already know the answers and trust yourself with big business decisions.
Surround yourself with people who are doing things you want to do and believe things you want to believe in. When I was leaving the corporate world to become an entrepreneur, I posted Steve Jobs quotes in my bathroom and read daily affirmations from successful entrepreneurs. Slowly, I began to not only read their words, but also surround myself with these same people.
Even if you don’t have everything a successful entrepreneur has, you can start acting and thinking like one. You can be confident, you can be decisive, you can think creatively. All these things you can do right now. Commit to doing this and over time you will become what you think you want to be.
When you do something you feel confident doing every day, it is easier to take new and challenging actions in the future. It doesn’t matter if it’s getting on stage to speak, starting a business, spending time with your kids, or playing an instrument.
Do what makes you feel good. Live in your genius zone as much as possible to shift your mindset from one of lack to one of confidence and abundance.
We make things much more difficult than they need to be. Look at your life on a granular level and identify the little things that you know can change. Develop a schedule, ditch junk food, end relationships with negative people – take these small actions every day to shift your mindset and your life to where you want it to be.
Mindset changes don’t have to be these great things. It’s the small changes that add up over time to have the biggest impact. Develop a level of mindfulness to carry your entrepreneurial mindset forward through your entrepreneurial journey.
