On Goals & Achievements
Look Before You Leap (Into The World of Entrepreneurship)
Can you remember a time when you worked for someone else and thought to yourself, “I cannot wait to work for myself, then I won’t have to deal with my nagging boss, annoying clients or [fill in the blank]“?
And then you launched into the world of entrepreneurship and running your own business and now you [...]
Can you remember a time when you worked for someone else and thought to yourself, “I cannot wait to work for myself, then I won’t have to deal with my nagging boss, annoying clients or [fill in the blank]“?
And then you launched into the world of entrepreneurship and running your own business and now you think, “I wish I had a boss telling me exactly what to do each day and how do I get more clients?”.
The grass is always greener, eh?!
As an entrepreneur you need to either have or cultivate the following qualities:
- Self-discipline
- Good time management skills
- Creativity in problem-solving
- An eye for detail
- Determination
- Staying power
- Forward planning
When you run your own business there is no-one telling you what to do nor how to do it; there’s no-one nagging you to work on your client pipeline nor telling to you get off Facebook and go do some work. There is no-one streamlining your processes nor checking the quality of your output.
You’re on your own…are you cut out for that?
(Because not everyone is – and that’s ok, it might just be easier to find this out before you take the plunge).
Jealousy & Why It’s Not All That Bad
Most people will tell you that jealousy is an ugly emotion. They prefer to say that they’re “envious” rather than jealous because it sounds nicer (I know, because that’s what I do too!).
But honestly, sometimes when you sit down and look at what others have going on in their world and then you look at [...]
Most people will tell you that jealousy is an ugly emotion. They prefer to say that they’re “envious” rather than jealous because it sounds nicer (I know, because that’s what I do too!).
But honestly, sometimes when you sit down and look at what others have going on in their world and then you look at yours, it is hard not to be jealous.
I know that probably sounds rich coming from a girl who gallivants around the world living wherever she pleases, but I’m plenty jealous too….
- Of people who have thousands more blog subscribers than I do.
- Of people who own a penthouse in the V&A Marina Waterfront in Cape Town.
- Of people who can travel on a plane and look fabulous at the end of 10 hour flight.
- Of people who own an apartment at the Royal Phuket Marina in Thailand
- Of women who are taller than me (although I don’t really mind being 5ft 1.5in but given a choice…)
The thing is, for me, being jealous only serves to drive me on to achieve what I want to achieve so that I don’t have to be jealous anymore (except perhaps the height thing – and maybe the looking good after a long flight, I really don’t care that much but it would be nice) rather than depress the hell out of me because I’m not there yet.
Being jealous doesn’t have to be a negative, ugly emotion – it just depends on which way you look at it and how you choose to respond.
Do You Have The Confidence To Live Your Own Life?
I look around me on my blogs, in my online networks, in my inbox and amongst my friends and family and notice that…
People often don’t live their own lives – they live the lives their parents mapped out for them, or the lives they think they *should* be living or the lives that their friends [...]
I look around me on my blogs, in my online networks, in my inbox and amongst my friends and family and notice that…
- People often don’t live their own lives – they live the lives their parents mapped out for them, or the lives they think they *should* be living or the lives that their friends or relatives live.
- It does take confidence to live your own life – because there are so many people in our lives who deliberately or not, attempt to shape how you live your life based upon their needs and desires and not yours.
It may sound rich coming from someone who gads about the globe permanently, seemingly doing just what she wants and going just where she pleases – but we’re not immune to the forces of others (and we went through our fair shares of struggles before we did this)…
…Well meaning family who question our decisions; people who suggest we should go there or stay in this place because they love it and think we should try it too; and even our own internal loyalties and emotions.
The breakthrough thing for me was realising that many of the questions, suggestions, gentle nudges and obvious shoves stem from that person’s own need to validate their life; to validate their decisions and to make themselves feel better. And we all do it; it’s human nature!
Staying on a path and living your own life requires you to have the courage of your convictions and the confidence to follow through. Do you have it?
