Working on Yourself IS Working on Your Business
Copyright (c) 2006 Alicia M Forest and Client Abundance
Being an entrepreneur isn’t easy. Putting yourself out
there in such a way opens you up to criticism, makes you
confront your fears and forces you to recognize your
limitations. But it also shows you how to harness your
unique skills and gifts, teaches you delegation and
discipline, and even patience and persistance.
As a fulltime mom and fulltime business owner, I sometimes
feel overwhelmed with all there is to do each day and
frustrated by a lack of time. In those moments, I try to
remind myself that what I’m learning from being a mother
and from my young daughter applies to my business as well.
I truly believe that my success in business is a direct
result of my own personal growth. And nothing has helped me
grow more quickly than being a mom!
To further the point, since I invested in my first personal
development info-product (Tony Robbin’s Personal Power in
1989) to my recent attendance at the Power of Collaboration
SuperConference in NYC, whenever I make the effort to work
on myself, my business takes a leap forward.
This wasn’t apparent at first, but over the course of this
year, where I’ve made the concentrated effort to focus on
my personal growth consistently, my business has flourished
as a result.
It’s kind of amazing, actually, to start connecting the
dots as to why I would struggle with certain things in my
personal life and then face those same issues in my
business. Once I started addressing those things that were
holding me up personally, the blocks came down in my
business as well. AND the money and clients started flowing
in, more easily and more consistently.
(And conversely, there are things that I was very good at
handling in my business that I wasn’t so great at handling
in my personal life. Once it was concretely pointed out to
me that I had the skills already, that I just needed to
apply them to my personal life to get similar results,
those personal challenges started to disappear.)
So now when I get overwhelmed and frustrated, I remind
myself that everything I’m learning and doing, even if it’s
repetitive (what toddler doesn’t love repetition?), is
teaching me something that can be applied to both my
business and my life, even if it’s simply to be more
patient or to relax and enjoy the present moment more!
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Alicia M Forest, MBA, Multiple Streams Queen & Coachâ„¢ and
creator of “21 Easy & Essential Steps to Online Success
Systemâ„¢, teaches coaches, consultants, online
entrepreneurs, and self-employed professionals how to
attract more clients, create profit-making products and
services, make more sales, and ultimately live the life
they desire and deserve. For FREE tips on how to create
abundance in your business, visit
http://www.clientabundance.com/
