Killer Opportunities to Grow Your Business »
By Troy on Jul 13, 2010 | In business coaching, coaching, Uncategorized | No Comments »
One of the key traits many million-dollar business owners share is the ability to make decisions quickly and to take appropriate, timely action. However, making decisions quickly doesn’t mean that the person is reckless. Instead, it means the million-dollar business owner is willing to invest in opportunities and take calculated risks. There are a lot of risks in developing a million-dollar business, and right now is one of the riskier times in recent U.S. history. Many of us have been burned over the past few years, and a lot of us have lost our previous investments—but that doesn’t mean that we need to stop playing the game just because we had some failures. As one of my previous mentors used to say, “The game is always on!” It’s true; the game of success does not stop. It doesn’t wait. It doesn’t slow down. It doesn’t care if you lost all your money in real estate, your house, and your job. The game of success goes on.
In the last Million-Dollar Business Strategies and Secrets event, I asked the audience to give me their reasons why we should all be striving to develop a million-dollar business. After the expected answers like peace of mind, lifestyle, comfort, and security, finally the best answer of all popped up: WHY NOT?
There’s no benefit to playing small. When I ask business owners why they are not pushing to grow their businesses, the answer I hear is usually some manifestation of a fear. For example, growing the business may mean hiring more staff, which means additional headaches associated with managing a team. This avoidance of an uncomfortable outcome—translated as fear—stops their growth and, consequently, drops the anchor on their ship sailing towards their dreams of peace of mind, a comfortable lifestyle, and security.
The reality is that there are so many ways to work around our fears about massive business growth, no matter what they are, but we have to first make the decision that we are committed to having what we want—everything we want—and then just keep our eyes, ears, and hearts open to discovering and allowing the killer opportunities to come our way.
As I said before, great business minds—those same people who tend to have all of the time, money, and freedom we wish we had—are the type of people who are willing to invest in opportunities and take calculated risks. In today’s economic condition, the absolute best place to invest is in our own knowledge. The game has changed in the past few years. There are new rules, and the way we used to play the game to become successful is not always the best path today. We must invest our time, energy, and finances into gaining the knowledge of how to more effectively play the game the way it is being played right now.
So keep your eyes peeled, your ears tuned, and your heart open for those killer opportunities to gain valuable knowledge and insight that could change your life forever. And take advantage of those killer opportunities. Drop whatever else you’re doing and go for it.