How to Succeed in Business, Despite Your Emotions
Have you ever started a business that felt great to your ego but just didn’t make sense?
This week, I was offered just such a business partnership. It would have been wonderful for my ego. It was a fantastic brand with which to collaborate and a high-profile venue, with worldwide recognition. All my family and friends were impressed. Yet, it made absolutely no business sense.
How often do we make business decisions based purely on our emotions rather than on logic, insight, and real business savvy? This was my prime example. Had I become involved in this enterprise, I would have done so for all the wrong reasons—all the emotional reasons. Though logic told me this wouldn’t be the best course of action, I could easily have let my emotions win the battle; but, thankfully, common sense won.
Working with Mission and Purpose
I find it is very helpful if we have a ‘guiding light’ that will enable us to make the best choices around our time, our energy, our money and our love (our most valuable resources). When all these resources are operating in harmony, we can literally flow through life….as one client calls it: “It’s like having green-light days!”
Brainstorm anyone????
Brainstorming is a common way of jump-starting the creative process to generate ideas for businesses. It is easy and it doesn’t take much time. It is a great way for small business owners to generate ideas to improve their businesses. It is also a great way for prospective small business owners to come up with business ideas.