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Are You Sitting in a Parked Car?

Guest post by: Lynn Scheurell

Article Overview: What is keeping you from moving forward with your business and your dreams? Odds are, you are letting fear keep you in "park"!

Are You Sitting in a Parked Car?

Recently I’ve been asked the same question in different ways:

* How can I launch my business when I’m not sure what it is?

* How can I do what you do in business when you do so much?

* How can I get past the ‘overwhelm’ of doing all that needs to be done to get my business going?

What I hear in this question, regardless of the format, is unconscious limitation. And it's unnecessary, once you know how easy it really is...

To put that another way, launching and running a business is a lot like driving a car.

If you’re sitting in a parked car, watching the cars whiz by on the freeway can be intimidating.

It seems like they’re going really fast and you’re not. But you also know what it feels like to be on the freeway – and it doesn’t seem that fast when you’re the one driving.

The key is (literally!) to turn on the ignition to start the car – that’s what gives you the opportunity to get into the flow of traffic.

Then your goal is to get out of the parking lot, onto the street, over to the entrance ramp and then accelerate onto the highway. It's a natural progression, right?

Once you’re on the highway, you may need to pass other cars so you look for the passing lane ‘holes’ – if you miss one, another one will come.

Then the highway merges into a freeway or an interstate so you have more options for driving at your optimal pace and speed to wherever you choose as your destination.

It’s a big metaphor for business.

While you’re navigating your way to the freeway through these driving stages, you’re not likely to be hung up on what make, year and model of the other cars, or judging what clothes other drivers are wearing, or even how fast they’re going.

You’re not worrying about what you’ll encounter ten miles down the road because you can’t know in advance – you have to trust your resilience and skill to handle the detour, road construction or results of someone’s unfortunate accident.

Again, the same thing applies when it comes to your business.

The point is that you have to start your car and get rolling in order to get where you want to go. You’ll find the best way to get there as you drive. You’ll handle what comes up as you encounter it.

And, ironically, it doesn’t even matter what model of car you’re driving – if it has four wheels, an engine and some gas, it will move you.

In business, it’s the same thing... you don’t need to be in the top of the line sports car with the super-duper paint finish before you begin driving – just start somewhere and then build momentum. You’ll figure it out as you go. You’ll take advantage of the opportunities that are passing by in every moment – there’s no need for panic.

Don’t judge your success by someone else’s car. Remember that you get to choose how you want to create the results you want – the route others take or the model of car they drive may not work for you (and vice-versa).

The key is knowing that if you’re sitting in a parked car (aka, not doing something to actually start your business), you’re going nowhere fast.

If there are more experienced drivers on the road, is that enough to hold you back from driving where you want to go?

Of course not. You’d get in your car and go, right?

So, don’t let yourself be deterred from taking action just because you think you need more credentials or more accessories to make your car whiz-bang gorgeous or even a total map of the entire journey that the car will make over the course of its lifetime... (when said like that, it's ludicrous to think that, right?) ;-)

So, just start your business engine, start driving, trust yourself to figure it out as you go... and enjoy the ride to success.

To Your Success In Every Way ~

Lynn

P.S.: If you’re not sure what kind of car you’re driving, where you’re going or what you’re supposed to be doing...

AND

you want personal support from me to sort that out, send me an email to let me know your specific questions.

Depending on what questions are asked and by how many people, I’ll figure out the best way to get you answers asap. ;-)

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Article Tags: Business, Dreams, Entrepreneurship, Motivation, SelfImprovement



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