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It Takes More Than Positive

Thinking To Be Successful

As An Entrepreneur

by Lisa C. King

This year has been a year like no other. Many describe this year as depressing and anger-inducing as your
business has slowed or even stopped. The words you say and the actions you take pivot your business into
success or nonexistence. There are profitable habits that get you closer to your goals, and actions that get
you nowhere. Learning that words and actions are at the core of your business journey early on, supports a
successful mindset to become and stay a profitable entrepreneur.

Word Choice Understanding Profitable Action Profitable action in your business is
something that is easily overtaken
The words we choose to attach to Just as words describe an by other circumstances that pop up.
a situation are the feelings we will experience, actions support the Planning your projected activities
carry with us. Think of how you feeling of the experience. We tell the night before is a way to set the
have expressed how this year has ourselves, “If I am busy all day at foundation for a productive day. In
driven you crazy. Do you feel a work, than I am doing what needs order to analyze where you are at
knot in your stomach and hold your to be done to be successful”. in your business, I suggest printing
breath? a week-at-a-glance calendar
Entrepreneurs, this is NOT TRUE! with 30-minute time slots (one
Some words have a familiar feeling is available on my website under
because you have experienced Please hear me loud and clear, “Small RESOURCES). Writing everything
them in the past. When you express business owners do more than just out rather than keeping it on your
your feelings with negative words, stay busy”. At least you should if phone, at least for a few weeks,
you attach that feeling to the you want your business to thrive trains your mind to view actions
experience. Now what if we used and keep yourself sane. You are the that benefit or take away from
the word “different” to describe owner, marketer, accountant, sales your goals. Include personal and
your experience? “It is a different rep, janitor and more. So, while work tasks to get a full view of how
year with experiences that I had you are waiting for the next client you can best organize your day:
only dreamed of, like stopping the playing games on the computer, exercise, client appointments, social
rush of the work week, spending scrolling through FB posts, doodling media posts, accounting, daily
time at home with family, and having on a sheet of paper, or rearranging intentions, and gratitude. Do not
time for personal endeavors like your office for the 50th time, you forget to include your wins from the
never before”. Does the sentence, are doing busywork. This busy-ness day because they stimulate more
“It has been a different year”, evoke sidetracks you from action that is successful actions needed to drive
a feeling of choice? profitable to your business. your business forward—wins like
getting a new client, filing receipts,
or making phone calls you usually
put off.

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