Business was humming along in one of the longest economic expansions in U.S. history until Covid-19 brought it to a screeching halt. Many businesses were negatively impacted from the rapid shutdown of the country, even those we thought to be immune to effects of an economic crisis, such as the health-care industry struggled.
As a business owner, what can you do to ensure that you get off to a successful restart of your business as states reopen? I believe it starts with mindset, which is critical to success now more than ever. The amount of negative news and fear that has been instilled into the world can’t help but cause us some angst. We have all received an overwhelming amount of negative input, which can easily affect our beliefs. Unfortunately, our minds do not distinguish between constructive and destructive input.
Mindset is the foundation of all success, and we must ensure that we are programing our mindset for the future we desire. Whatever we allow into our minds occupies our thoughts and can cause stress and anxiety, preventing us from successfully restarting, growing, and sustaining our businesses. Fear can easily take over and keep us from the necessary steps to ensure our success moving forward.
Success can come to us if we intentionally adopt a positive mindset. We have the power within us to change what we believe is possible and that affects what becomes possible. I have met many individuals, including many business owners, who are allowing their past or the current conditions to determine their future. This is tantamount to driving your car looking in the rear-view mirror.
I recommend the following steps:
- Stand guard at the door of your mind.
- Avoid negative news outlets that stoke fear.
- Pay attention to any negative self-talk that you may have become accustomed to repeating without thinking.
- Counter negative self-talk with a positive mantra that you repeat twice a day.
- Write down some positive supporting statements and repeat them daily.
- Focus on the positive, not the negative, and feed and strengthen your mind every single day.
- Ask yourself, what you are going to do on a regular basis, to improve your mindset.
- Spend time with positive people and avoid negative doomsayers.
We can allow the recent business disruptions to affect our future, or we can take charge of our future success by coming up with a plan to move forward and create the future we want. Success will come to those who are determined to be successful and adopt a positive and purposeful mindset.
If you want to increase top-line revenue and bottom-line profit. Give me a call 503-312-3145 or email me at garyfurr@garyfurrconsulting.com
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Learn more on this topic, you can find the book, COVID Business Strategies for Small and Medium Enterprises, a collection of advice from a group of six business advisors and consultants across three continents and four countries who specialize in working with small and medium enterprises, available on Amazon.
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