If you’re anything like me… sometimes you know exactly what you should be doing but you don’t do it – right?
Well now, more than ever, so many business owners and leaders are finding it tough to follow through, to sustain their motivation. And understandably so.
Do you know what I mean?
Maybe you need to develop a new product or service to meet customer needs? Possibly it’s time for you to review your target market because things have changed so much recently? Probably it’s time to make the tough decision you’ve been avoiding? Or perhaps it’s something in your personal life like getting fit or spending more time with loved ones?
Whatever it is, you know that if you could find the motivation to follow through, it will make a huge difference and impact to your life. But despite best intentions, it’s just not working… you feel like you’ve lost your mojo.
Well in the past few months I’ve been there too but I finally found a solution that’s helped me. And not only is it something that I have known for decades… it’s easy to do.
What is it? It’s simply this – “make it public.”
What I mean is to publicly declare your intentions and plans…put it out there, let people know what you want to achieve and ask them to support and hold you to account.
I did just that and it’s transformed my business.
I told a few like-minded people who I trust and respect about what I wanted to do and that I needed some support.
Once I put it out there… the response was amazing. I got a lot of of encouragement and some tough love too 😊. As a result I’ve followed through.
In just a few short weeks, I’ve created an online course to help other SMEs to pivot, I also developed a leadership coaching programme that provides relevant support in these difficult times and lastly, I’m writing again. 👏🏾
When you make it public and have people supporting, encouraging and challenging you – guess what – you follow through! And when you follow through you get great results.
So let me ask you…
- What do you want to achieve?
- What challenge are you facing that you want to overcome?
- What do you want to put out there – to make public?
- Who do you trust that can hold you to account in a positive and respectful way?
No matter who we are and what we do, everyone needs a bit of support and encouragement now and then. It can make all the difference.
So, what are you going to do – it worked for me and it can work for you too.
Here’s to your success 👍🏽