In Part 1 of this article, I discussed the first step to working through discouragement or disappointment in your home based online business: Accept pessimistic feelings as a normal reaction to any new endeavor and remember that the vast majority of new business owners will experience the exact same emotions. The second step is to defeat the negative effects of discouragement. Notice that I didn’t say defeat the feelings; I said defeat the negative effects of the feelings. Big difference.
So, how do I go about punching through disappointment? I attack it with logic and determination to transform a negative emotion into a positive experience. Here’s how: Review the objective. Often I’ve arrived at a different conclusion about the results of an endeavor by revisiting what I was trying to accomplish. Sometimes in the heat of battle I’ve lost sight of what I originally intended.
Reviewing the current results in light of what actions I’ve taken usually exposes the weakness in my actions. What has felt like massive action was sometimes less than stellar effort, and the results were commensurate with the effort–both of which were not that impressive.
Brian A Moore is a successful home based business coach and mentor who assists serious entrepreneurs in building a profitable online business with multiple incomes streams. Brian brings to the industry 25 years of experience gained in the high-tech corporate world where he developed a reputation for building and maintaining successful teams. He currently offers a huge array of internet marketing Best Known Methods in a series of free videos. . .
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Without exception new marketers on my team–which ranges from Canada to Australia and countries in between–experience what they usually identify as “discouragement” in their home based online business. It is a matter of course with most people. But these feelings don’t need to impede the development of your internet marketing business.
I always suggest two steps to deal with negative and potentially destructive feelings: accept them, and then defeat them. It really is as straightforward as that, although I’m sure that many, many people will doubt that it’s so easy. Here’s Step 1 of my approach: The first step is to accept pessimistic feelings as a normal reaction to any new endeavor and to remember that the vast majority of new business owners will experience the exact same emotions. Sadly, people often give in to these emotions and allow them to control their forward progress.
Modifying your mindset empowers you to make changes. One thing I help my team members do is to redefine the emotions. Many times I will receive an email such as the following: “Brian, I’m discouraged by the results I’m receiving in [fill in the blank online marketing methods]. ” My response is always along these lines: “John, I think I understand what you’re experiencing.
Brian A Moore is a successful home based business coach and mentor who assists serious entrepreneurs in building a profitable online business with multiple incomes streams. Brian brings to the industry 25 years of experience gained in the high-tech corporate world where he developed a reputation for building and maintaining successful teams. He currently offers a huge array of internet marketing Best Known Methods in a series of free videos. . .
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