In
life there are very few of us who follow our passion, doing the things we love.
Many others go to work, to jobs they don’t love, working for hours each day for
someone else’s vision and dreams. If you are lucky, you have a great boss or
supervisor who encourages and inspires you and colleagues who are friendly and
accommodating, as you face daily challenges in the office.
And
if you are unlucky, it’s always going to be a disaster because you will have a
boss or supervisor who doesn’t give a shit about you. Every day you battle with
the fear of being laid off from work, you are unhappy at your job and you go
home after a day’s work feeling sad, tired and exhausted.
Life
is too short and too precious to spend even a second of our day not doing
something we love. So the question is why don’t people take a “leap of faith”
doing that which they love and feel comfortable with?
“It
took me twelve years of sprinting up the corporate ladder, living to work,
moving six times, relationships destroyed and compromising my values and
beliefs to finally wake up and realize, I had jeopardized everything I was
passionate about: traveling, getting married, having children and becoming an
entrepreneur. Now I don’t want to come across as a victim because I definitely
could’ve had better balance in my life. However, I was so fixated on getting to
the next level each time, despite feeling constant stress and anxiety, that I
lost all sense of what was important to me’, explains James Adamy, CEO of
Ju-mp.
Studying
the lives of major entrepreneurs and CEO, I have come up with these tips on how
to take a leap of faith into building your dream and creating your own future.
Check your Fear Factor
First,
you should check your attitude and your fear factor. Fear can be real or
imaginary. It primarily comes from a lack of understanding of the uncertainties
in the world of business start ups. Check your fear factor by putting up
strategic plans tangible enough to provide successful outcomes.
Most
often times the best way to check fear factor is by doing things that
challenges us because only then can we device means or measures of avoiding the
fear of not accomplishing our goals. Think of ways you can create a work-life
balance to embrace success.
Attitude is Everything
William
James of Harvard said; “the greatest discovery of my generation is that human
beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of the mind”.
Examine
your attitude because it is the foundation of success regardless of one’s
chosen career or field. Have you ever wondered why some individuals,
organizations or countries are more successful than others? They have the right
attitude. With the right attitude you can effectively act on and execute your
goals and creating a better future for yourself.
Develop
a Network
There’s
nothing like having good relationships with people – the right people. They
help to motivate you and encourage your dreams. Do everything possible to start
meeting people who can potentially become colleagues, friends, clients and/or
business partners.
Manage your Personal Finance
The
most important resource in any organization is finance. It is the most
important tool that sets the organization running. Make a list of the financial
state you are now. Allocate funds to the different contents of your start up.
Once you’ve done that, run a check of what will be left as your personal
finance.
There
are two contents to that; your personal financial state after allocating funds
to your start up and the resource of your start up. Have a support system that
will enable you achieve the desired success.
