“The harder you work, the luckier you get” – Mike Pritchard 🏒
💎 Unhappy, unfulfilled or apathetic about your current career?
💎 Unsure if you have the energy or clarity to change direction?
💎 Certain you need to shift paths but don’t know where to start?
Here are 7 things I’ve learnt about starting a business and changing career that helped me get to where I am today:
🛼 Many people see starting a business in black and white terms – as either reckless financial uncertainty and lack of experience or wonderful freedom working your own hours and having complete control over your life. The truth is somewhere in between. Many people work ‘normal’ jobs while growing a business and if you aren’t willing to put the time into getting good at what you do or learn how to market effectively, you may find y’self managing the most wonderful chateau with no road signs for punters to find or an awful place that looks great from the outside only 😶🌫️
🛼 Growth mindset is the winning factor in success or failure. Yes, you should play to your strengths, interests and values to optimise success but embracing confusion, mistakes and fear as the essence of development and growth versus success or failure is key to resilience and success 🥇 There are no mistakes, only positive learnings. As Churchill says: ‘Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts’.
🛼 You can learn a lot about the field you want to set a business up in from working for others in the area you’re headed. I learnt a lot from working for a coaching leader in London and wouldn’t have learnt how to create structured coaching packages that optimise client success and stability otherwise. Don’t reinvent the wheel, research the market, build commercial awareness and then hone your own.
🛼 ‘You don’t have to get it perfect, you just have to get in going’ – Marie Forleo.
Let go of having the perfect website or product at the start. Minimum viable product is the baseline for businesses like mine – especially if you’re playing to natural strengths – and you can improve from there whether niching your service area, perfecting your copy or becoming skilled at your craft.
🛼 Action builds belief. If you wait to be ready you’ll never be ready. It’s tuning into your passions and taking small steps forward that boosts confidence, motivation and success. You’re bound to feel fear pushing outside your comfort zone but if you’re not feeling fear, you’re not growing. Embrace fear as a barometer for growth rather than a reason to stop ✋
🛼 It’s much easier to bridge gaps in skills and experience than you might think, especially when you’re clear on what you want to do and what your strengths and USPs are. High-results producing wins like volunteering, internships and taking short courses or investing in certifications can leapfrog you in new directions and rebrand your CV fast 💨
To learn more about getting clear or optimising your career, book in a discovery call with me 🙂
If I could do it, you can too ❣️