Take Action! Build Your Business

Guys! So, while I was getting focused for 2016, which as you know is not easy, I realized that I had to develop a mantra.  As many of you know, I had to first really understand what the heck a mantra is and what it means to have one!  Mantra comes from a Sanskrit word meaning a “sacred message or text, charm, spell, counsel. So when I saw "charm" and "spell", I said, "Heck No", no mantra for me.  But the more I thought about what I needed to do to get things on track, how do I get this train moving?  What are the missing links or ingredients to reaching the level of success right now?  In the end, I needed to do three things, Get Help, Get Organized, Get Moving.
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Get Help

I had to get some help honey.  The first thing I did was have a consultation with a marketing and public relations person. Honey I had to get help with getting my message together so that people other than me and the folks who know me can understand it.  We are still working on clearly defining the messaging; but what that consultation did was to help me to understand how other people saw "my brand".  
The next step was to vet and join a mastermind group.  I wanted to join a mastermind so that I could help myself by helping others.  The major focus for the mastermind is to keep us all accountable to ourselves and our businesses by setting measurable, attainable short range goals, to move our businesses from the plateaus or to that next level.   

Get Organized

My business was all over the place, consulting, coaching, writing, legal, representation, on and  on, and on and on. Oh my God!!!!!!!!!!!! I started to get overwhelmed each and every time I thought about what I needed to do.  Bottom line, I was not organized and I did not realize how chaotic this was because I understood it.  I had to pull it together and focus. Many people have asked me, how did you do it?  How did you get organized?  The key to getting organized is starting with stating very specific goals and objectives.  Then doing them.

Get Moving

For me, it started with the mantra "Take Action" and moving backwards from there.  For every general goal, I asked myself, what does this mean? How can I get this done? By when can this be accomplished?  Action, taking action steps to reach the small interval goals.  My goals are very specific and achievable. Now my business is easier to manage. One of the action steps that I've taken is to get out and network with like minded professionals.  That was not an easy task for someone who is not very comfortable in spontaneous interaction, generally a home body, and very low key.  But, I had to bite the bullet and TAKE ACTION, if I wanted my business to grow.  Now for the tough questions: Do you want your business to grow?  What are you willing to do to make that happen?  What are you willing to sacrifice to make that happen?  What are you willing to change to make that happen?  If you cannot answer these questions or if you are not willing to do, sacrifice, or change, shut the doors.  I'm not willing to shut the doors so I had to make these changes.

Final thoughts

You can make it.  What's your mantra?  Your challenge for this week is to develop your mantra.  Mine is Take Action.  Leave your mantra in the comments section, tell us why you chose that mantra and how it fits into your overall goals for 2016.  Until next  time, be blessed, but more importantly, be a blessing. If you are in the Atlanta, GA metro area on March 12, 2016, join us for Opulence TV's private netwroking event "Stimulate Your Business"  space is limited so RSVP today here.