Tonight I am thinking about where my business is truly headed. I would be lying if I said that I never become dismayed by the economic situation or the nagging voice in the back on my head that says, "What the hell are you doing launching a business idea right now?" And though I try to ignore the nay-sayers for their over-abundance of fear and say that I just feel sorry for anyone inhibited to live their true dream, I too nay-say myself at times.
But tonight I am hopeful. Just when I think I want to scrap this whole idea of running a business a little spark of hopefulness sets in and I remember the driving forces of this country and how thriving economic situations are driven out of Entrepreneurs. I am proud to be one of many fearless, driven and crazy people who has decided this is what I want to do and I am doing it.
But I wasn't always that hopeful. There was a time in my life I lacked the confidence and ability that others had. I craved their open road of ideas and thoughts and wondered how they were able to have such an abundance of forward-thinking freedom. I wanted to crawl inside their minds and see what it was that I didn't have. Over time I have found from others through confidence, education and observation that I too had forward thinking ideas, they were just hidden. I just needed to find them. I needed to listen to myself and not the voices around me that pushed the freedom of thought down further.
Launching a business idea takes self-encouragement. It takes patience and a hell of a lot of discipline. It is about relationships, trust and movement. It is about setting goals, defining ideas and always moving forward. And as difficult as it may be, you have put your nay-say blinders on and head for the goal.
If you are also in a place where you feel like you are ready to give up, just remember that our world is built on ideas. If it isn't you it will be someone else. Dig down deep, let the ideas come to the surface and get ready to take off. In the next few months I will go over how to get started, what you will need and the encouragement to get there. I am hopeful for both of us. I hope you are too.
Talk about business from the chic-in-charge at White Space Agency.
