All of us who are employed or entrepreneurs want to be successful in what we are doing and sometimes we are our worst enemy.
Contemplating where I want to go and what I want to do when I grow up I ran across an active on the Small Business Center w/ Fox Business â10 Ways You Hold Yourself Backâ by Steve Tobak. The column originally appeared on Inc.com that made me think.
Looking at his thoughts he put together what could hold me back I found several the items mentioned that he might be right on.
Living online was one of them and no, I donât live online. I donât have time to be online 24/7 even so it appears that way. I laugh at the FB or other game âvirtual moneyâ you can buy at every grocery store checkout lane.
Another one was looking for the golden goose or silver bullet. I personal call this putting all eggs in one basket to pigeon whole you and not looking outside of the box. It might be good for a while but it does not prepare you for changes in the business. The same goes for making yourself into a personal brand unless you are a self-help guru you are what you sell and you should focus on your clients and customers and not yourself.
Are you reaching far enough into the future and have set a big enough goal for you or your company and have you put your goal in writing with a step by step plan? Â Are you focusing on one step at the time, jump all in, and get it done? When you are not you are not reaching your goals and for sure not an entrepreneur.
A servant leader has is down. They will ask others how they can help them. They donât not run the 60 second elevator speech at them and ask them for business. The servant leader is looking and giving inspiration and positive reinforcement in others and is not in the market and hunt of Twitter followers.
Still the âold fashionâ F2F networking strategy is the way to build long term and lasting relationships. When you have tons of online connections the key is to connect with them on a personal level. When some of the random online connections are not willing to connect on a personal level they might have to go.
One of the biggest driving forces of a successful person is that they have a goal or want stuff. Maybe like a new house on a secluded island or a 1000 acre farm in Montana. This will keep them on task and focused.
Thank you for providing this article. It is just what I was trying to say in another Linkedin group. We should always approach networking as an opportunity to get to know one another and build relationships prior to trying to get a sell.