The US is going through a very challenging time right now. Many businesses are failing or restructuring and leaving a huge pool of highly qualified job applicants. If you are one of the unemployed or underemployed, I would like to speak directly to you. I know how you feel:
• Scared that you will burn through your savings
• Tired of fighting for a job
• Worried about supporting your family
• Desperate for something to change but little hope it will
I understand that your stress is getting so overwhelming that it is hard to breath sometimes. It is possible to get out of whatever mess you are in. I would like to share with you the 7 steps to becoming an entrepreneur and living the life of your dreams.
1. Passion
Challenge yourself to look internally and figure out what you truly want. Allow yourself to consider any possibility without limits. What would you do if you could not fail? Passion is the fuel for igniting your engine. Let your thoughts flow completely uninhibited to paint a perfect picture of freedom, joy, and happiness. What brings this to you?
2. Belief
Most people never allow themselves to open-up and feel the emotions that I am asking you to experience in step one. It is for self protection. You do not want to think about what you cannot have because it hurts. I am here to tell you that you can have that perfect picture. It starts with belief. Surround yourself with positive influences. Research others that have come from a background of struggle and made it rich. Find a successful person that you can relate to learn their story. Once you see someone else reach their goals from a similar background it helps you to believe in the possibility for yourself.
3. Convince Yourself
Belief takes time to manifest. Your lifetime of experiences is the foundation for your beliefs. You must fill yourself with as much positive as possible. Stop watching the new. It's depressing. Find inspiring content on-line. Read about success, talk to successful people, and know that you can be one of those people. See yourself living the life you desire. Visualize it, feel it, hear it, smell it. You have to inject life to your passion in your mind first before it can start to materialize.
4. Set Goals
Written goals are the only way to set a goal. You must write your goals out for your mind to accept it as official. When you write it out, be specific. What do you want? When do you want it? How will you achieve it (what steps will you take). I write my goals on a 3x5 note card and carry them with me. This is a powerful technique that keeps you focused. You must also share your goals with someone else that is going to be supportive and this help you feel accountable.
5. Develop Thinking Habits
Our self-limited thinking will continually try to stop us from moving out of our comfort zone. You must develop these new positive ways of thinking. If you see a nice car on the street and think "I can never have that car," that is your own self-limiting belief. Don't let that thought stand. Immediately turn it around to, "that is a great car, I am going to get one of those." Thinking in the positive is a habit you must consciously work on.
6. Be Accountable
You are responsible for where you are today. Accept that right now. Your thoughts and actions are what got you here, and your thought and actions are what will get you out and lead you to where you want to go. Don't make up any excuses. Accept it. Move forward. The sooner you do, the quicker you can transform your reality.
7. Take Action
The most important step of all is this one. You must act. This is where so many fail. They get frozen in the fear and they never act. Start with baby steps. Gather information, set an appointment, write a business plan. What you need to do is dependent on your goals, but regardless, act and continue to act. If you experience fear, its natural. We all feel fear when doing something new. Start now!
In the following weeks I will expand on each of these keys to beating the current economy and becoming a conscious entrepreneur. We are all capable of greatness and it starts from within.
About this Author
Lili Cruchelow started her business, TLC Medical, from scratch with out any prior business experience. She now teaches aspiring entrepreneurs how to start their first passion based business in less than 90 days. For your free report on the 7 Steps to Starting Your First Business, please visit [http://unemployment2entrepreneur.com].
Lili is the author of Climbing the Rock, Unemployment to Entrepreneur in 90 Days. This book is the nuts and bolts of the most important steps to starting a business. The book will show you how Lili took a tough job situation and turned it around to start and build her multimillion dollar business. Find the book at http://climbingtherockbook.com.
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