Breaking Through

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. -Robert Louis Stevenson

For the past couple of weeks I found myself in a “funk,” or a loss of motivation, with my productivity. After months of cultivating business ideas, researching and meeting with potential business partners, I found myself frustrated because my patience for visible results was running low. Since I work a full time job, it is very difficult to consistently put in an hour or more of work in building my business each day. An hour can pass so quickly and feel like very little was accomplished. Often times, after a long day at work, the only thing on my mind is relaxing. I battled with myself saying, “if I only had more time or if only I didn’t have to work my 9-5 I would be so much further.”
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After a weekend packed with family activities, my body was exhausted with a fever and chronic coughing. Not knowing how many sick days I had left at work, I rolled out of bed and went to the office. Though I eventually went home sick, I thought of how dissatisfied I was with feeling like I HAVE to go to work. Who should decide how many sick days I’m allowed to have? I started to get really irritated with work and then I ventured to think deeper. The pain that I was feeling being bonded to a job was an opportunity for motivation to work harder on my business. Pain, discomfort, dissatisfaction and frustration can make one unhappy and unfulfilled, however, they can be the very thing that can generate a sense of urgency for success.

What pain are you feeling today that you can use to the benefit for your success?

For many years I have made a habit of setting goals. What I’ve learned in those years is that I am a great goal-setter and a not so great goal-finisher. I would start off super motivated ready to take on the world and, shortly after, I would forget and lose sight of what I set out to do. I have matured over the years and gotten better at accomplishing my goals. One of the biggest reasons why I am more effective today is because I help others achieve theirs. Zig Ziglar once said, “You can have everything you want in life if you are willing to help others get what they want.”[ad#horizlinkunit]
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For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. -Isaiah 55:8

Building a business has been on the forefront of my mind for a number of years. With those years, I have grown in maturity and in knowledge, but I have also experienced the pain of not seeing a business come to fruition. I would set goals for my success, personal development and prayed about it everyday. I read great books and listened to motivational speakers, but the lack of visible progress got discouraging. So often in life and in business, we can get frustrated, stressed, and impatient when things don’t go the way we want or expect. So impatient that we decide to give up on the vision and dreams that were imagined at the beginning of the journey. Continue reading