Opening a new business is a scary prospect because there can be a lot of uncertainty in the startup process.
You ask yourself how you can create more certainty?
You can start by writing a list of things you want to know and things that if you knew would make you feel more confident.
Ask for feedback from people you trust. Getting the truth from others can help to right size the fear.
As Echart Tolle wrote in his book The Power of Now – A Guide to SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT…
“Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence. Are you worried? Do you have many “what if” thoughts? You are identified with your mind, which is projecting itself into an imaginary future situation and creating fear. There is no way that you can cope with such a situation, because it doesn’t exist. It’s a mental phantom. You can stop this health- and life-corroding insanity simply by acknowledging the present moment. Become aware of your breathing. Feel the air flowing in and out of your body. Feel your inner energy field. All that you ever have to deal with, cope with, in real life – as opposed to imaginary mind projections – is this moment. Ask yourself what “problem’ you have right now, not next year, tomorrow, or five minutes from now. What is wrong with this moment? You can always cope with the Now, but you can never cope with the future -nor do you have to. The answer, the strength, the right action or the resource will be there when you need it, not before, not after.
Echart Tolle, The Power of Now – A Guide to SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT.
Wether you fear of not having enough, losing what you have or not making enough in the future, you can overcome this by implementing various systems in your business and in daily life also.
A well-developed business plan will help you understand how to use your resources – even if they may be limited.
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Make sure there is certainty in your personal life. Start with purpose, create everything around it, including your financial planning.
Risk can be quantified, uncertainty can not – but there’s always room to create more certainty in your business:
A. Deduction – relies on playing out an inevitable chain of cause and effect.
B. Induction – assumes the future resembles the past.
C. Delegate – give others small pieces of the work and monitor the process.
Predict the future by checking what other established businesses have done best and their results on the market – similar model of business as yours – and do it even better.
Focus on the skills and services that you do well and stay connected to your customers/clients.
Celebrate your successes, be prepared to take action in any given situation with full confidence and stay focused on your own success.
