Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Scared and Afraid

What is holding you back from starting your own business?  There are tons of free resources online.  You can start writing today and setup contextual ad programs.  You can start creating an information product today.  

Are you afraid to fail?  Are you afraid of looking stupid and falling on your face?  This is something that has to be overcome.  A business is just another way of earning money.  

What is it going to take for you to jump the mental hurdle to start your own company?  There are so many people that have skills that are just getting wasted.  They have talent, but they are waiting on someone else to give them a job.  This is not smart thinking.

Business owners have to look at the market and bring something to it.  They have to see where the problems are and come up with solutions.  What problems do you see?  Is there a way that can turn a problem into money?

You might see a need and decide to create a product to fill it.  What about creating a digital product?   Think about all the people that have electronic readers.  They are going to want more content to read.  Do you have a story to tell?  This could be a business.  Write a story for the amazon kindle.  Post it in the amazon kindle store.  Think about all the people that buy books.  
What else can you do?  Can you take the first step and get over your fears of failing?  If you don't like to write, you might be able to get into programming or web development.  

What about making website and blogs and selling them?  You can learn new tools and put them into practice.  You can display your design talents.  You could use one of those services to offer your skills to start.  

What if you decided not to wait any longer?  You could start building niche websites.  You don't have to wait for someone else to get you going.  

Get over your fear and be ready to take a step toward your goals.  Write down what you want to do and start moving towards it.  You might write a free blog and start earning with it.  You could then move on to your own web hosting.  You could then start levering your web hosting into wordpress blogs.  You don't have to stop.  

Take the first step and start getting things done.  The first step will lead to other options that you didn't see before.  What are some of the problems that you dealt with along the way?  Could you create something to help the next person taking that journey?  

Nothing starts off great the first time.  There are going to be some failures along the way.  You have to make up your mind that you are moving forward.  Keep taking steps.  New trains of thought will lead to even more ways of thinking.

Write down your business name and what you want your business to do.  Create your own map.  List everything that you want to do.  Put it on paper and then start working on them.  Think about how you can get the things done.  Mark them off and keep moving forward.

Add items to your list as you go.  Don't be afraid.  You might fail along the way.  It is okay to fail, but just don't stop.  Correct yourself and move forward.  Learn from your mistakes.  

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