Business Success Roadtrip v1
Hour 5 – It Is Possible To Play It Too Safe…
As part of my major road trip to Savannah, GA Wordcamp and visiting with various friends and favorite places I documented my mindset and observations and how they relate to successful business development.
The visual/video of these came out poorly (what do you expect, its dark at night!) but I challenge you to just listen to what I’m saying. Be sure to check out the rest of the BSR series.
Many people want success so bad… and in many ways need it so bad… that the idea of failure petrifies them. Now safety is important when it comes to things like the law but often times people slow their business down so far… in the name of playing it safe… that they have no momentum to get up the next hill. It’s only those that are willing to get out on the road, take calculated risks, and risk something not working… that are able to fail forward because they have momentum that keeps them going forward even when they misstep. If you are too afraid to publish that video because its not perfect, too paranoid over what others might think if you tell them about your business, making excuses that you cant launch that product because its not the hottest thing that’s ever been released in history… you’re giving into fear. You’re letting your own resistance put your foot on the brake and bring your business to a halt.
You can find out more about my Business Success Roadtrip series as well as links to others in the series and eventually information on how to download the whole set as mp3s for your own listening over on the announcement page for the Business Success Roadtrip volume 1!
Like it? Love it? Are running hard? Or hardly running? What is your biggest fear about what you are currently working on and how are you dealing with that fear? Are you pedal to the floor or riding the brakes? What excuses have been obstacles for you in the past that you’ve had to learn to overcome so you could kick up the gas? If your business is further along how did you get a handle on the concept that failing isn’t always a bad thing as long as momentum or learning is being generated? Any suggested reading? If you’ve done a post on the topics feel free to share your link as well! I look forward to reading your stories!
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Here’s to your unlimited success!
Kimberly
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Kimberly~
Your advice is wise. I have done exactly what you’re telling us not to do, in the past. I say in the past because my husband and I had done as you say, gotten our lives situated in a comfortable place then avoided taking risks and missed some great opportunities. Now starting a new adventure, I’m not at the secure enough point to start taking risks. I’ll follow your advice! It won’t be long until I am ready!
Thank you!
~Linda
ps. I’m having a problem with my comluv and I can’t find your post to correct it! Yikes!
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Yup, I’ve been guilty of playing it so safe that I don’t move at all!
Finally, FINALLY I realized all the great opportunities that I was missing by being so afraid of the ‘what if’s’ and since realizing that, life has become a game, a wild ride into my dreams.
Thanks for the encouragement to take a few risks.
As Helen Keller said “Life is a grand adventure, or nothing at all.”
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Kimberly,
Am learning that failing isn’t always a bad thing. From each failure I’ll learn and never repeat the same mistake twice.
A book that I highly recommend is “Transitions” by William Bridges. Read it with a good friend and you’ll gain a lot of insight into your life. A life-long friend and I just read it together. We powered through some thick brick walls.
Your road trip is a powerful teacher. Keep it coming …
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Many people want success in the business ohh not many but most of the …so they done the business in many ways… but sometimes the idea of failure makes them said. for doing business we have to plan and i like those points about risk which is described above, thanks for that….