Did you start your business to make money? I’m sure your answer is yes!
If you’re trying to build a business, but you’re treating it like a hobby… You’re in for a ROCKY road, my friend.
But in a minute, I’m going to shine a light on the questions you need to be asking yourself – and how YOU can shift from being a “hobbyist” to a self-employed business owner!
Sadly, those who treat their business like a “hobby” will NEVER reach the success they “say they want”.
And in all honesty, most people just don’t have it ?
But stick with me!
Business or Hobby (Which are you?)
Most business owners – local based or online can easily “open their doors for business” without a solid plan in place…
Then 6 months down the line they say things like
“It’s the economy”
“Nobody will pay me for my services”
“I can’t find anyone who will hire me”
“I tried networking – I went all the time – it didn’t work”
“I can’t afford to pay for that”
“I don’t have time to do that”
Business or Hobby (Which are you building?)
You’ll say “yes” when you “feel like it”
You’ll approach your days without a schedule.
You won’t invest in shortcuts.
You’ll take all the time in the world to “figure you out”.
You don’t commit day in and day out despite the results.
You procrastinate all day.
You waste hours of your day on the “Facebook”.
You don’t have a marketing plan in place – instead you just sort of “wing it”
Successful business owners:
- Have set scheduled “work hours and workdays” even in the beginning when you’re ramping up and may not have any clients. You STILL need to have established work hours. Even if you’re building a business around your kids! When I started my business, I had 3 under 9. But I STILL maintained regular “business hours”.
- Make decisions from a place in the future. Most times we tend to make decisions for “where we are” not “where we want to be”. One of the greatest gifts you can yourself and your business is to learn to make decisions from your “future self” ?
- Commit to the LONG game. When you commit to the long game – you KEEP taking action, you keep showing up and keep taking action EVEN when things don’t “look like their working”. You instead believe in the compound effect of your efforts.
I truly believe it’s because they approach the day to day operations and marketing of their business as a HOBBY and NOT as a business.
When asked –
MOST people will say – YES!! I want to make $100K a year – but in reality, they really don’t.
They want the RESULTS ( the $100K) but without all the effort, sacrifice, trial and error that is required to EVER get even close to making $100K.
Running a business is not something you can have a casual or lax attitude about. It’s not something you work on in your spare time when inspiration hits. You need to be completely committed to your business and focused on driving its success.
Have you been approaching it as a TRUE biz or a HOBBY?
If you want BETTER results in your business or your life…
All things require going WITHIN first – and from THERE – you can shift XO
Here are some questions to ask yourself to determine if you are working a business or a hobby:
- Do you have firm business hours or are you working sporadic hours as your family or full-time job allows?
- Do you make the most of your business hours or work time, working as efficiently as possible, or do you get distracted with social media or other behind-the-scenes tasks?
- Do you have a marketing plan, even for one year, which includes expected profits?
- Do you make opportunities happen or do you wait for them to come to you?
- Do you withdraw every penny from your account after clients pay or do you give yourself a pay structure and reinvest some of your profits into software, training, or other business expenses?
But what many people don’t realize is how hiring the right business coach or mentor can help you see the gaps in your business, the leaks, and the necessary actions to set up your company to grow and generate profits.
But what I learned – is that I didn’t know what I didn’t know … and the “RIGHT coach” was able to quickly help me avoid the gaps and the mistakes while focusing on what worked to quickly increase my sales and profits…
Instead of closing your eyes and hoping for the best, a business coach will guide you through the next steps of your plan with tried and true business advice and strategies.
Committing, focusing, doing the hard things…
It’s the difference between a business and a hobby…
It’s the difference between $10K and $100K …
Here’s to YOUR $100K!
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