Your Business Will Never Be Bigger than Your Vision
It is always up to you.
Once in a while you’ll hear a successful business owner say, “My business is bigger than I ever dreamed it would be.” Look at that statement a little more closely.
Being successful is making a series of choices. The first choice was to go into business. At that point, you must dream of being able to make enough money to pay your bills, both for the business and personally.
If you fail at that point, it is because: 1) you don’t know what to do; or 2) you refuse to do what you know must be done.
Someone asked for advice in a chiropractic group. Several successful docs gave her suggestions. Her response was, “I can’t do that.” She refused to grow outside of her box and do what was necessary to succeed. She was a victim of both reasons. She didn’t know what to do. When told what to do, she refused to do it.
People who were successful in business did what they needed to do. They often changed. They not only changed the business, but they also changed personally. As they grew, their vision for the business grew with them.
You limit yourself by your vision and what you are willing to do.
If you want to grow, change your vision. You probably have some concepts (brain programming) that are keeping you small. Think about it. Small thinking people pass along their programming to their children, students, peers, and congregation. They don’t know better. They are passing on their “truth.”
Don’t be upset with them. Don’t be upset with yourself. Realize that it is not their fault or yours. You didn’t know any better. Now you know. Will you be bold enough to find someone to help you correct your negative programming? It takes more than knowledge. You have to be willing to make fundamental changes. That can be scary.
The metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly is an apt analogy. If the caterpillar could choose not to change, it would never become a butterfly.
Do you want to change? It is always up to you.