Do what you love
Do what you love
probably
probably
This could probably be melded in with goals, as it seems like it
would be inherent that you would know why you are creating an online
business or presence. However, I feel that this can stand on its own,
and therefore have decided to list it out here.
This question you have to ask yourself and answer honestly. You have to know why you want to create a business online. If your answer is "well, I want to be a millionaire by tomorrow" then this probably is not for you. Although possible to let you achieve financial independence and freedom, despite what internet marketing "gurus" will tell you, that will not happen overnight, within a week, and sometimes not even within a year or two. That's just the reality of it folks. It takes time to build a business, either brick and mortar or online. It takes time to build the reputation. It takes time and patience.
This question you have to ask yourself and answer honestly. You have to know why you want to create a business online. If your answer is "well, I want to be a millionaire by tomorrow" then this probably is not for you. Although possible to let you achieve financial independence and freedom, despite what internet marketing "gurus" will tell you, that will not happen overnight, within a week, and sometimes not even within a year or two. That's just the reality of it folks. It takes time to build a business, either brick and mortar or online. It takes time to build the reputation. It takes time and patience.
Setting goals is something that
Setting goals is something that
Setting goals is something that I have touched on in previous
articles, but the importance, I believe, warrants additional mention. It
is something that usually does not take much time and has no costs
associated with it, but can yield tremendous results in a critical area:
Confidence.
To gain the most from goal setting, do not be over zealous. Keep your goals reachable and preferably something that you can surpass. Where goals can help confidence greatly when achieved or surpassed, the opposite is true if you set goals too unattainable and fail to reach them.
Lower, but more achievable goals, build confidence by making one feel achievement. You can sit back and see the results - and see that you have achieved what you set out to do (or surpassed.)
On the flip side, if a goal is unreachable, regardless of how it looks on paper or how "close" you may come, you feel a bit of rejection. You feel like you just could not make it. And, especially if coupled with another missed goal, it makes you more susceptible to feeling like you failed and therefore giving up on the idea altogether.
Think of it, in a sense, like Wall Street. What happens if a company releases it's financials, and they are lower than their projections? Or, if they come out with a downgraded (or lower) projection? [Usually] their stock goes down. However, if they surpass their projections, or release an updated, higher, projection, [usually] their stock goes up.
To gain the most from goal setting, do not be over zealous. Keep your goals reachable and preferably something that you can surpass. Where goals can help confidence greatly when achieved or surpassed, the opposite is true if you set goals too unattainable and fail to reach them.
Lower, but more achievable goals, build confidence by making one feel achievement. You can sit back and see the results - and see that you have achieved what you set out to do (or surpassed.)
On the flip side, if a goal is unreachable, regardless of how it looks on paper or how "close" you may come, you feel a bit of rejection. You feel like you just could not make it. And, especially if coupled with another missed goal, it makes you more susceptible to feeling like you failed and therefore giving up on the idea altogether.
Think of it, in a sense, like Wall Street. What happens if a company releases it's financials, and they are lower than their projections? Or, if they come out with a downgraded (or lower) projection? [Usually] their stock goes down. However, if they surpass their projections, or release an updated, higher, projection, [usually] their stock goes up.
