Sunday, April 17, 2005
A whole different mindset
There's a whole different mindset to running your own business. Even with no "boss" to call the shots, I still find myself drifting into looking to others to determine my direction.
Only it's not someone assigning me projects; it's opportunities that others present me with. I've come across some great products lately and some great free tools I'd love to let people know about. I'd love to set up information on my site about them, but my son's track meet today and the need to finish some billable work for someone else makes that difficult.
I'll drop in a few of them here from time to time while I line them up for their place on the site.
One that got my attention last night was Cory Rudl's latest project. He held a huge Customer Appreciation Event last summer with some of the biggest names in Internet marketing presenting their best strategies.
I didn't get to it, but have heard nothing but praise for the weekend from those who went. From what I hear, it wasn't just the paying crowd who learned a lot there. Even the big boys who are already making millions a year picked up new strategies from hearing each others' presentations.
Cory put together an awesome package of nine DVDs or videos from it. It stands to be a great source of information on ways that the top Internet sellers use that really work for them!
So you hear it first here, before I even get a chance to do anything about it on my site.
But back to where I started. Opportunities can become a de facto boss if you let them. It's been a struggle my chief client and I have had all along. There are so many things that we could do and never enough time to do them all.
Try to keep up with them all and you'll soon find yourself feeling like you're back at working for someone else, struggling to keep up with what's expected of you. But the irony is that that someone who's controlling your life doesn't exist. It's a box you put yourself into because you want to jump on every opportunity that presents itself.
At least that's what I'm dealing with right now: the inclination to keep biting off more than I can chew. Keeping focused is crucial. What do you want to do with your business? Stick with the plan and don't let opportunities bully you into doing something else.
Jeff
There's a whole different mindset to running your own business. Even with no "boss" to call the shots, I still find myself drifting into looking to others to determine my direction.
Only it's not someone assigning me projects; it's opportunities that others present me with. I've come across some great products lately and some great free tools I'd love to let people know about. I'd love to set up information on my site about them, but my son's track meet today and the need to finish some billable work for someone else makes that difficult.
I'll drop in a few of them here from time to time while I line them up for their place on the site.
One that got my attention last night was Cory Rudl's latest project. He held a huge Customer Appreciation Event last summer with some of the biggest names in Internet marketing presenting their best strategies.
I didn't get to it, but have heard nothing but praise for the weekend from those who went. From what I hear, it wasn't just the paying crowd who learned a lot there. Even the big boys who are already making millions a year picked up new strategies from hearing each others' presentations.
Cory put together an awesome package of nine DVDs or videos from it. It stands to be a great source of information on ways that the top Internet sellers use that really work for them!
So you hear it first here, before I even get a chance to do anything about it on my site.
But back to where I started. Opportunities can become a de facto boss if you let them. It's been a struggle my chief client and I have had all along. There are so many things that we could do and never enough time to do them all.
Try to keep up with them all and you'll soon find yourself feeling like you're back at working for someone else, struggling to keep up with what's expected of you. But the irony is that that someone who's controlling your life doesn't exist. It's a box you put yourself into because you want to jump on every opportunity that presents itself.
At least that's what I'm dealing with right now: the inclination to keep biting off more than I can chew. Keeping focused is crucial. What do you want to do with your business? Stick with the plan and don't let opportunities bully you into doing something else.
Jeff
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