Making decisions and making choices as a business owner are really important.
Napoleon Hill, who wrote Think and Grow Rich, interviewed 500 of the wealthiest people of his time to see what traits they had in common.
He found 15 traits that the 50 wealthiest people have. What is so interesting is that none of these people was born with these traits! They were all traits they had learned.
Sometimes in the earlier stages as an entrepreneur, you can see other business owners and find that they are well on their way to new levels of success that they have created for their business. Sometimes it’s easy to think that it comes easily to them. But the reality is that all of those who are successful as business owners, who have created significant relationships, have done it consciously. They have taken the steps one-by-one to get where they are. They have taught themselves how to create the level of success they want.
For me, in regard to Money Likes Speed, the opposite was modeled for me when I was growing up. I love my mother to death, but there was a lot of indecision in growing up with my mom. She would make a decision and then go back on it and make another decision.
This was a big “aha” moment for me. In my business it’s so important to make decisions. My mom did the opposite: She would make a decision and then hem and haw about it. She would lose sleep over it.
Business owners need to make decisions, and they need to commit. When they do, they create a whole new level of space and another level of energy because the universe likes action.
The more we make decisions and the more we commit, the more we open up possibilities of what can happen next.
Today I know when I am working with a business owner who makes a half million or more in revenue it is because he or she makes decisions and they commits. Successful business owners understand that this is a really important habit.
People in your world can show up on an entirely different level for you because you are someone who makes a decision and you commit.
When you are committed, everyone else can commit to you at his or her next level.
When I have a student commit to work with me and he or she is 100 percent committed to the process of working with me, I feel more valued. I feel more appreciated. I know I can give that much more.
In turn, when other people come in to coach and consult me on how I can grow and commit to the next steps of growing my business, I try to give the same 100 percent commitment. Because of the commitment I give to them I get the best possible results I can from all of the value that they have to bring.
Another story of “Money Likes Speed” comes from Russell Simmons. When I interviewed him for 20 minutes I had another aha moment regarding one of the habits of really successful people. Russell had three words that he lives by that led him to owning a $1 billion empire.
Those three words are….
Persistence overcomes resistance.
It was a life-altering moment for me the way Russell Simmons showed up for that interview. His whole energy, his perception of his world, the way that he saw his vision of his life and the level of commitment that he held changed me. I realized that if I just keep taking action and I keep putting myself forward to my vision of what I want for my business and my life, I am surely going to get there.
I began to notice immediately after that interview the way people responded to me started to change. This was because of the way that I committed and the way that I showed up.
There are definitely moments where there are total walls of fear where I ask myself what it is that I’m doing. A new thing for me is adding members to the team, and it is not very comfortable. The fearful thoughts get in. I think, what if they don’t work out? What if this or that happens? But I know that taking action and moving forward in this way are essential to accomplish the goals that I am creating for the business in the next three years.
Taking action and committing to the action frees up a lot of time and space.
I used to say that sometimes the hardest thing is just getting out of the house. I used to do a lot more seminars in other locations and I found that my mental chatter got in the way. With that chatter, at times it would be hard just to get out of the house. But once I took action to get out of the house, get into the car and get to the seminar, an entirely new perspective opened up.
Believe in: ACTION, FEEDBACK and CORRECTION.
Take action, get feedback and then correct.
When we take action, new levels of opportunity open up in our business.
In these shifting times, I find that really significant entrepreneurs will find themselves not just getting by but growing their revenue. There is also a trend emerging with shifting your business online, practicing with the new marketing tools and adding new revenue.
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August 7th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Wonderful article!
Persistence overcomes resistance. This is very true, and is easily proven. This is something that is practiced on many levels, and it is such an important factor that we business owners sometimes forget.
Create a vision, and then committ to it. Believe it will happen, and it is amazing how many opportunities open themselves to you; opportunities that lead to more opportunities through action.
Great article
August 9th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
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