Mental Madness!
What do you most fear about starting your online business?
Being an entrepreneur requires an enormous amount of taxing mental energy, and the high, lows, excitement, doldrums, and anxiety can hit you all at once.
There are times when life seems totally fleeting and the fear of failure feels like it’s burning a hole through the back of your head.
It’s pure mental madness!
After all, choosing entrepreneurship means you are choosing risk and acknowledging the chance for failure is a definite strong possibility.
Here are some of the negative thoughts that may speed through your mind:
- I am uncertain I can generate an online income
- I don’t know what my new clients will expect of me
- I am not sure I can meet the initial expenses for operating costs
- I am not sure my new clients will listen to my advice
- I am not sure I can operate alone and carry the weight of my decisions
- I don’t know if I can meet demanding deadlines
- I am not sure I can handle the daily stress of running my own business
- I am uncertain I can keep my emotions in check
- I am not sure this idea will take off
Never kid yourself into believing entrepreneurship is a walk in the park. The pressure can be overwhelming, and until you can learn how to manage and contain the resulting anxiety, you will just need to prepare for an avalanche of gut-wrenching feelings that will immerse you in the early stages.
But you can’t ignore it, nauseated sickness withstanding.
Seriously, you had better have some potent antacids.
Better yet, try some deep-breathing exercises. Breathe out for 8 seconds, and then try to breathe in for 16 seconds. Do this as many times as needed.
Did this help? Take notes!
So keeping this in mind, what are you most afraid of when it comes to starting your online business?
Please feel free to share your thoughts, and keep breathing!
Cheers,
Kaju
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Doubts overcomes me now and then. Thoughts like the ones you mentioned above then flys around in my head. Motivation-videos and books by successful people helps me to go on and to build up my confindence. Encouragements, reassurements and success-stories from fellow WA-members helps me to refill my engines with energy. Great posts from people like you Kaju are precious and helps me to go on following the path to success!
:-)
Thank you so much Pernilla, we all at times feel burdened with doubts, and have have our down days.
What is MOST important is that we continue to surround ourselves with positive smart successful people who are encouraging and have our best interest sat heart. And we continue to read motivational books and watch the videos that will build our confidence, They give us strength!
And what is most precious, is THAT is what you continue to achieve Pernilla, you are creating your own path of success!
Thank you Kaju for taking your precious time to give an thourough reply on my comment. I always value such gestures highly.
After I had given the comment of your post, I shut down the computer and read some chapters in a book by Og Mandino.
"Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he/she who who has never failed, is he/she who have never tried."
Quote by Og Mandino
This sentence was just like heavens sent to me!
Well, I won´t give up, even if I would fail, I´m going to fight against my doubts!
:-)
Thanks Kaju,good stuff.Here is a little food for thought wrapped in old time saying.
An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there is a battle
between two wolves inside us all.
One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority,
lies and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope,
humility, kindness, empathy & truth."
The boy thought about it, and asked, "Grandfather, which wolf wins?"
The old man quietly replied, ""The one you feed.""
I would say this little ditty would cover a whole bunch of the small
stuff batted about every day here ??
Great lesson Koko, thank you! Feed the "wolf" that you want to thrive is what I got out of it.
Breathing in for 16 seconds? I can't really do that...maybe that is just me but attempting it was stressful, made my face hot and red and stressed me. :)
I agree with your points though.
One that you touched on but did not list:
Am I wasting my time? Life is short so what if I am wasting several years of my life on something that will just be a total failure in the end?
What else could I be doing with this time? I could have learned a new language, gotten another degree etc. etc.
Those are my biggest fears. Wasting time I could be spending on something else.
Jessica, I'm sorry I almost made you pass out, didn't mean to do that! I should have stressed "16 seconds over several breaths" !
You can add and add and add o that list....Make it personally tailored to you, that's the best thing!
Hi Jessica, have you set down your goals and laid out plan to achieve same?If so then not wasting time and sure did not write failure into your goals?
Success is like a ladder. No one ever climbs the ladder with their
hands in pockets. Road to success is always under construction .
Check your goals and plan to meet them and get going,you have laid out your daily tasks to meet your goals in easy do-able steps all left to do is take *Action*.NO IT IS NOT A WASTE OF TIME!!
"Those at the top of the Mountain did not fall up there!
You at this moment are "Standing right in the middle of Your acre of Diamonds" start digging and mining your share!
I understand. I was just responding to Kaju about the doubts we commonly have. I have figured out what works and what I need to do. I am not too worried about it now.
Yes, they are a problem bunch Pablo, but I have found it best to take the Woody Allen approach, and when they want to "nay say" just cover your ears and yell "Beep!!"
Indeed Carol, that's very true - and what can help are daily breathing exercises amongst other things.
Thanks so much again Carol:) I have a new YouTube channel where I'm producing great content.
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I don't really think of fears. The meditation can block them out. Everyday you wake up from a healthy rest refreshes that mental view!
The only thing that has really scared me is the thought of doing video blogs of any kind as I hate the sound of my own voice lol. More so in case people don't understand what I am saying.
The rest of all the learning and things I have thoroughly enjoyed. xxx
Oh the dreadful sound of one's own voice C, I know exactly what you mean! I cannot take it either.
I would think with what you do Kaju, you would like the sound of your own voice lol, or is it the sound of my voice that you cannot take lol. xxxx
Vera, you would be surprised how many singers love to hear their voice when they sing, but hate to hear their voice when they speak!
This is true, lol... my daughter sings... unbelievably even, lol... not in a negative way... but her voice is so beautiful !!!! However, she thinks her speaking voice is that of a guy, hahahaha... no where near sounding like a guy. She's so funny. But yes, she enjoys her singing, but dislikes her speaking voice.
Thanks Paula for backing me up, I never would have been let "off the hook" for that one!
No prob! It is weird though isn't it? I mean, that someone would enjoy their voice one way, but not tolerate it normally. It's rather kind of funny.
Thanks so much again Paula:) I have a new YouTube channel where I'm producing great content.
Check out our great Tokyo story as well as my Efren Reyes match win video play by play:)
Send me your YT link and I will Subscribe. You can Subscribe to my channel here:)
http://bit.ly/2T21P2N
If you don't yet, I will happily return the favor when yours is up.:)
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I fear failure more than anything!!
I put about 18+ hours into WA at least 5-6 times per week, and maybe more. I hate the nauseating, sick feeling that I get when I am trying to accomplish a small task and it continues to fail..That alone throws me in the ditch of failure.
My mind set: If I can't overcome my computer, how will I achieve online success? This keeps up at nights...
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I've been there Tammi, I know. And I still go there occasionally.
Step away from that small task, it might not be your strength. Ask yourself, is this task vital to my business? Can I outsource that task to someone else? If someone small continues to fail over and over again, you need to attack the problem a different way.
Focus on the things you like and are good at, and delegate other things you need to get done but are frustrated with, if that's possible.
I can usually do that, but this concerns my site and getting traffic. I have worked on it for over 2 days now. I have put into the hands of Kyle and site support. It is still frustrating!!
Thanks for your ear Kaju!!
T
Hi TammiP,
whoa Lady,sounds like trying to bite off far too much too fast.First are your goals well wrote down and well defined as to what you are trying to achieve?If so your plan that you have written down should be in well defined easy steps to start with.You can not run to the top with out covering middle steps and build as you go.
Success will not come immediately.takes time,you will read Kyle,s story.Took him years to get where he is.
Bottom line you must have an organized Goal and Plan to get there and should be fairly easy daily steps,and yes some will fail to produce the desired results wanted.Do not keep repeating same failed step over and over.If not working adjust sooner than later.You will find that Headlines and KeyWords are best friends for you.Search them out use very liberally.
Picture yourself as Vividly Winning and that alone will contribute
unlimited to your success.
Some Goodies to help organize!
"Purpose+Passion+Persistence=Prosparity"
Now that you have the rough stuff out of the way,slow down Lady and Go Get Em!!!
I finally got it all to work out. i had to do a lot of manual stuff, but I got it done!!
I'm a little bit proud of myself!!
T
Way to go,you will do just fine.
Thank you kind sir!!!!
T
Awesome Tammi, we knew you could do it!!
Right on, on the money!
Thanks Kaju!!!
Say it LOUD and PROUD Tammi, you should be, you did the work and you earned it!
I DID IT..AND IT WASN'T EASY, BUT I DID IT!!!!!
T
THANK YOU!!
Wooo hoooooo!!!!
Read my latest blog please, just published here.
Much love
T