Entrepreneurship isn’t a destination, it’s a journey; a journey of risks, of uncertainties, of resilience, of evolutionary growth. Along this journey of ups and downs, what stories we tell ourselves drives the way we think 🤔.
As a first-time entrepreneur myself, the rises and falls have lent me a roller coaster ride with a one-way ticket, of sunny, cloudy and rainy days.
Be whatever colour on the spectrum kind of day; the choice of how we see it, perceive it and show up is entirely mine:
I can choose not to get out of bed with the fear of negative outcomes, but the story won’t change (by itself).
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I can rewrite the story I am telling myself for positive outcomes.
Here are some ways that have helped me on the toughest of days, to throw the covers off, and spring out of bed to face the fears and uncertainties that challenge me:
✅ Reminder of WHY: Reminding myself of my purpose, which immediately knocks me off with the realisation that my life is not mine, but for others, whom I cannot serve from bed.
✅ Reframe of WHAT: Challenging myself on the truth of my fears, the limitations of my beliefs, and assessment of the current me vs. the aspired me.
✅ Rewire of HOW: Shifting my focus from the fears and need to win the challenge, to the joy and content it would bring me if it were just a game, with no winners or losers. ❰This is a stark reminder of – Why I love my job and what I do.❱
Our mind does NOT have a mind of its own. If we organise our thinking, we can create better results for ourselves and those around us – we are the stories we tell ourselves.
How do you face your fears and keep moving forward on your entrepreneurial journey?
Special credit here to my husband Bret Barnard – the longest-standing peer on my entrepreneurship journey who supports me with a timely callout when he sees me under a dark cloud, approaching him for a conversation to discuss a risky or uncertain event:
❝Before you say anything, tell me you love your job. Mean it!❞
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