One of the obstacles many of my clients feel is a barrier when they are just starting their business is time. Not having the time, not taking the time, not knowing the value of their time.
The truth is, it takes as much time as you want to build a business. There is no formula you need to follow, however you do need to find the guidelines that work for you.
Fellow entrepreneur, Sandy Dempsy, for example, was feeling frazzled, overworked, exhausted and creatively drained from her day job. Yet her creative voice was begging for attention and she wanted to get a jump start on her business.
Sandy gave herself the gift of time by using her vacation as an entrepreneurial sabbatical. She used the time before then to plan out her days and goals and anticipating obstacles that may have derailed her so she could strategize ways around them.
During her time off, Sandy said, “I wrote every day, meditated every day, got my new website up and practiced living a new way.” By the way, she also launched that website, www.thedreamingcafe.com, 30 days sooner than she anticipated it would take.
Consider this, in my experience 1 hour in focused entrepreneurial time is equal to about 8 hours in what I call “cubicle” time. Imagine what a difference one hour a day can make!
Now that she’s back to work full time, I know it’ll only get easier for Sandy because she has established the framework and the practice. All she has to do is keep writing something every day and taking one small step at at time.
Learning from Sandy’s experience, know that time is there for you. All it needs is for you to tell it what it will become for you.
Thanks, Alice. Your posts ring so true. You are an inspiration.