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Sometimes we seem to be doing everything right and are working 12 hour days to make ends meet. Our business or profession doesn’t seem to pay us the wages or income we deserve. Looking around we get frustrated at the easy with whom other people seem to have success and we get a sinking feeling in our stomach. The frustration motivation and pushes us to give up. Countering these feelings of worthlessness and incompetence is important if you are ever to make it to the top. Jogging through a neighborhood that was two social scales above me I noticed the well manicured lawns and BMW’s parked in the driveway. The neighborhood was quite, landscaped and had huge houses in immaculate condition. Simply living in this neighborhood gave a certain sense of prestige and success. I remember thinking that the world is so unfair. These people probably didn’t work as hard as me and probably were less educated than myself. I felt humiliated, worthless and incompetent. I wanted to give up and accept my lot in life. Jogging up to the driveway I remember all of the people who were not successes earlier in life but then became wealthy later on. Through reading I learned that these earlier years of learning and experience were absolutely essential to becoming successful later on. No one is born with the “golden diaper” that makes them successful without trying. I then decided I was going to stay motivated and focus on will make me successful. Lesson 1: Success doesn’t come from bouncing around each industry trying to make money. Stick with an industry you have passion in and make it work. The more you know the more likely you will succeed. It takes years to accumulate that knowledge. Lesson 2: Some people are born into money and this makes things much easier for them. If they need capital to start a business they already have it in the bank. One of the wealthiest people in the world (i.e. Bill Gates) started from scratch and has beat out all the old money. Working from the bottom is harder but not impossible. Lesson 3: In the past I spent a lot of time working on things that looked good in my business but didn’t make me money. Now that I have learned what makes me money I focus exclusively on that process and only purchase the extra if it has a tangible benefit. Who needs a $5,000 counter top for your small grocery store? Lesson 4: Keeping yourself positive and taking pride in your little successes is important. Most people don’t engage in business and don’t know how to make money outside of their jobs. You are one of the lucky ones that push for your own success and advancement. Lesson 5: If you feel overwhelmed then break down the goal and work into smaller steps. You may know where you want to go but don’t have any idea about how to get there. When you break these daunting goals down to smaller steps you will have an easier time figuring out how to move forward. For example I want to increase my writing income by 20% and I have learned that I need to have more articles. Through the process of trying to accumulate more articles I have opened the opportunity for people to write for me. Murad Ali, a two-time published author, writes articles and offers advertisement space for businesses. Visit http://www.thenewbusinessworld.blogspot.com
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