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The Hardest Part of Building Your Business

Guest post by: C.J Lauria

Article Overview: Fear of the unseen or unknown is paralyzing and happens to small businesses every day. Many sincere folks make the sacrifice to get educated…even borrow huge sums of money to do it. Yet, doing it all on our own is fear-inspiring. Entire armies have been faced with crushing defeats because of the fear of the unknown.

The Hardest Part of Building Your Business

Recently, on a dive trip in Central America, I experienced a lesson that reinforced an age-old truth. Due to heavy rains the prior week, the warm waters of the Pacific had become very murky. Visibility was 3 to 5 feet. I was descending to the ocean floor when that old nemesis, fear, gripped me. Why was this happening? I had logged over 70 dives and had gotten more than the necessary training to equip me for this. Now I am faced with the fear that I could not see ahead or behind me and all that I had been trained to do was momentarily forgotten.

Fear of the unseen or unknown is paralyzing and happens to small businesses every day. Many sincere folks make the sacrifice to get educated…even borrow huge sums of money to do it. Yet, doing it all on our own is fear-inspiring. Entire armies have been faced with crushing defeats because of the fear of the unknown.

So, what did I do to overcome this obstacle and how does it apply to you, the entrepreneur? To begin with, I was reminded of the need for a Mentor (like a Dive Master). Doing it all on our own is the toughest way to build a business. The huge Blue Chip companies that accomplish great things are merely a cooperative arrangement through which synergy is attained by collectively providing a needed service to their fellowman.

Secondly, I was reminded that even the most experienced people can succumb to negative thinking and positive reinforcement is good for everybody. The old adage: “No man is an island” is no less true today.

So, what is the hardest part of building your business? That’s right. It’s getting started. If you have gotten adequate training and have carefully weighed the pros and cons of your business mission, there should be nothing to hold you back from taking action. Trust your training. Trust your Mentor. Realize your dreams.

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