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STAY MOTIVATED WHEN LAUNCHING

A NEW BUSINESS

7 WAYS to

by Graham D Brown @ Up.School

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Oh, the fun of starting your own business…

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Everyday a new challenge to overcome

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But soon the motivation wears thin and the reality sets in…

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And it ain’t easy staying motivated when you’re burning through $$$

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So, how do you make every day a good day when starting out?

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…MOTIVATION is the BASE of your success

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1. Stay Active

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Your Energy levels are key to motivation

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Beware the 12 hour stints at your desk just because that’s what you’re used to

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We are designed to move, get up and move around every 30 minutes

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Don’t feel compelled to work “normal hours”, find and double down on your productive hours

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Work when you’re motivated Rest when you’re not…

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Real breakthroughs come when you’re not looking for them…

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2. Set Goals

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Revisit and review your goals daily

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In business, you’ll spend 95% of your time off-course

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…reacting to other people’s agendas: emails, requests, memos etc etc

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Goals keep you focused, bring you back on course

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Goals will help you push on through the hard times

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..and there will be plenty of those

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3. Detox the Junk

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You’re well aware of how much junk food you put in your belly every day

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How much junk media do you put in your head every day?

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Detox junk media: Turn off the TV, Stop reading newspapers

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…junk media is designed to make you feel fearful, passive and inadequate

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Turn off the noise…

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4. Make Time for the Good Stuff

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Motivation is a muscle you need to exercise every day

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Ring-fence time in your day for self-improvement or it will get lost to the world of busy

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Invest in yourself: read books, listen to podcasts

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If you want to live a better life, tell a better story

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Focus on daily improvement

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Big results can be achieved with small but consistent action

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If you improve just 2% a day, you’ll double in 36 days!

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Success is a marathon not a sprint

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5. Surround yourself with good people

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Stop selling to the unsold…

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Those who live for the approval of others will die by their rejection

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Avoid people who don’t “get it”

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…Avoid people who say, “that will never work in the real world”

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…Most “normal” people are waiting for you to make a mistake

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Find people who are as passionate about your projects as you are

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…people who think long term, talk about ideas and dreams like you

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Surround yourself with people who focus on solutions not problems

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If you need to edit your identity, you’re hanging round with the wrong people

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…Find people who’ll challenge you and inspire you to go further

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6. Pace Yourself

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it’s not always a rainbow ride

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Accept even for you, the super-powered entrepreneur, some days

just ain’t gonna happen

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And many successful people have those days…

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Successful people are successful because they can turn out results even

when they’re not feeling it

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Beware of long term goals that can be demotivating because they seem so far away

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Stay motivated by breaking your goals down into near term achievable targets

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Momentum is key to motivation and success, focus on building it every day

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7. And Don’t Forget to Celebrate your Goals

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Share your goals with others

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Big goals, small goals… they all count

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Life moves pretty fast

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…if you don’t stop to look around once in a while

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