| Now please don't misunderstand me, I support multiple | | | | you're in planning and implementing mode. If you can't |
| streams of income, in fact I encourage it. The problem | | | | commit to this, please pull out your resume and start |
| that I have is that many entrepreneurs are working | | | | looking for a job or stay at the job you're in. The first |
| from the need to succeed at anything instead of | | | | step is getting serious about your life and your |
| increasing their skill set to make their products or | | | | business. |
| services work better for their customers. | | | | 2. Define who your customer is and no the answer is |
| Have you ever heard the saying: Anything will work if | | | | not anyone with money. Be clear of your market and |
| you work it"? Well it's true; think about it, there is not a | | | | be clear of how you're going to get your message to |
| magic pill to get rich. When you read or listen to | | | | them. Who will your products and services cater to? |
| success stories it's not rocket science. The people that | | | | What does your ideal customer look like? Break this |
| you're reading about have a trait that all of us have, | | | | down and filter this list to perfection. If you spend time |
| however many of us fail to tap into the state of | | | | or money chasing after customers that your products |
| "determination". | | | | or services will not appeal to you're just wasting your |
| As Editor in Chief of a magazine that caters to | | | | time. |
| women entrepreneurs, I try to do my best to provide | | | | 3. Get focus and remove negative people and things |
| my readers with the most up-to-date information | | | | from your life. Self awareness is the best gift you can |
| about starting a business and making it thrive. Nothing | | | | award yourself. When you understand the lifestyle you |
| makes me more disturbed than seeing fake | | | | deserve you will no longer want to surround yourself |
| entrepreneurs. Yes, you can have a business and not | | | | with people or things that don't forge you forward. It's |
| be an entrepreneur. | | | | okay to get selfish and make this task about you. You |
| Becoming a business owner is more than having an | | | | only have one life to live; this is not a dress rehearsal. |
| idea. Here are some tips that will help you start a | | | | For me it was a matter of stepping out of my comfort |
| business that can become lucrative: | | | | zone and getting in a still yet lonely space. I had to trim |
| 1. Make a plan- Don't skip over reading this part. Having | | | | the fat out of my life meaning toxic male and female |
| a business plan is a great idea. However I'm talking of | | | | relationships had to go. If you have to spend the entire |
| something a little less intimidating and more exciting. | | | | weekend cleaning your car or your house, do it. If you |
| Most of the women I've spoken to think of writing a | | | | need to sit down and map out your week day by day, |
| business plan as a daunting task. Think of writing your | | | | do it. If you need to spend money with a personal |
| business plan as goal setting. We're all motivated by | | | | training or business coach to get your head in the |
| money so let's look at that first, get a piece of paper | | | | game, just do it. Trust me when I say it will be well |
| and just imagine the way you want your business to | | | | worth it. You will start to see the results of your life |
| appear, include how much money you want to make | | | | change for the good almost instantly! |
| every month, then break it down to a daily goal. Next | | | | Entrepreneurs have a bad stigma already especially if |
| think of 3 tasks that you can do every day for the | | | | you're from an older generation where you were |
| next 30 days including weekends that will get you to | | | | taught to get a good job with benefits. There are |
| that number. In the beginning you'll put in plenty of hours | | | | enough bad statics about the number of businesses |
| to get the results you're looking for. Later I can teach | | | | that fail, yet the number of success stories of women |
| you how to work less and get paid more but right now | | | | are rarely reported. |