No matter what your business is, the question: how to take my business to the next level is probably responsible robbing you of more than one sleepless night.
Perhaps you have so many ideas that you have a difficult time choosing the best one, or maybe you feel like you have tried them all without any results to show for.
And right now, you are in place, where you feel lost because you don’t know how to solve the problem.
From my experience, what’s happening here is that in order to really go to the next level, something needs to change within you.
Something needs to change in the way you see things.
The first step is to recognize that you need to get out of your comfort zone.
And let’s be clear, nobody likes to be taken out of their comfort zone.
There is nothing like the discussions you have with yourself.
You probably know what I’m talking about and you can recognize the following question:
Shall I do it or not?
This is nothing more than an argument that occurs between your desire to succeed, and the fear of failure.
The voice of your desire to succeed should sound like this:
I have this great idea, which I’m sure that many people would be greatly interested in. In fact, people would be crazy if they didn’t realize how great this offer is.
The voice of fear sounds like this:
Are you crazy? Why is someone going to be interested in what you have to say? You’re nobody. People don’t know you and nobody is going to trust you.
The truth is we need tools to be able to hear both voices without going crazy.
Decision making is a problem that affects 98% of managers, according to Forbes.
Which voice will you listen to?
Have you ever thought about why there are times where deciding what to do is easy and, other moments where it just isn’t?
For instance, it may be that you’ve been considering that you want to have your own business; for some people, it is obvious that that is what they want, they don’t think about it too much and they just do it.
For others, it is a difficult choice to make, perhaps they’re in a stable job and leaving work requires taking a risk.
Maybe they are full of doubts and don’t know if it’s something they can do. And as a result, they don’t.
This type of situation is repeated every day in our lives.
I want you to take a few minutes and think about the following:
What are those situations in which you feel paralyzed or stuck and you naturally can’t take the next step?
Some examples of these situations may be:
1. Start your own business
2. Offer a new service
3. Make an investment to improve your services
4. Hire or fire staff
5. Invest in Marketing to promote your business
No matter which one you identify with, the challenge is what to do so you don’t feel stuck or paralyzed when making decisions.
I want to share what has helped me get clarity in those moments of indecision were all I heard was “Shall I do it or not?”.
How to take your business to the next level (in 3 simple steps)
The first step is to identify that you’re listening to three voices.
1. The first voice is the voice of the people around you
They can be your classmates or relatives. It’s important to understand that the person who’s going to take the decision is you.
Others may have the best intentions in the world. However, they’re not in your position and, although the intentions are good, in most cases they are not the best recommendations.
The other two times you are inside your mind.
2. The second voice is the voice that has crazy ideas
The voice that tells you that you should leave work, that you should invest, that you need to hire someone to help you, that you need to fire someone because they are not doing their job.
That is the voice of your intuition, and that is the voice that guides you and shows the way.
And friends, this is the voice we should hear.
Sometimes one way to hear that voice is to put your hand on your heart and just listen.
But before continuing, I want to share an infographic that illustrates: How to take my business to the next level (in 3 simple steps).
3. The third voice is the voice of fear
This is the voice that tells you that you are crazy, that you will lose everything if you dare to carry out your ideas.
It’s the voice that argues with your intuition.
The voice that does everything to keep you safe, no matter if that involves not moving forward.
To be able to hear this voice and negotiate with it is one of the most valuable skills you should develop in your business.
Otherwise, if you don’t learn to negotiate with the voice of fear, you’ll never grow, you’ll never move forward.
And you’ll have that feeling of being stuck, that makes you feel helpless and that you are not living or taking advantage of the potential you have.
Conclusion
The problem you face when answering the question: how to take my business to the next level is that it’s really difficult to go through this process alone, doubting everything you think and letting yourself be dominated by fear.
