If you’ve been in business for any amount of time, you know that this is not easy. There’s no immediate success without very hard work. You have to really want to have your own business, and want it badly.
You need to be totally committed to doing what’s necessary to make your business work. It also may mean you have to make some sacrifices, making certain that your business comes first and that you set boundaries for family, friends, and clients.
If you want to be an entrepreneur, if you want to make a good income and eventually have more time for family and fun, you will have to start by making some hard decisions about what you’ll need to do to succeed.
Having a business means no excuses, and no complaints. Either you have the drive and motivation or you don’t.
Make the decision now to take the steps to grow your business with the knowledge that you will need to immerse yourself into making this a top priority, and doing things that may now be ‘outside the box’ for you.
Talk to other successful VAs and change something to take your business where you may not have considering going. Try a new marketing plan; put together a system to reach past clients as well as prospective clients. Drag yourself away from something that’s taking too much of your time and not producing results, and make the decision to move forward.
Jeannine Clontz, provides professional business coaching to established and start-up virtual assistants (VA’s). Learn more about Time Management for Virtual Assistants by downloading her FREE report “A Fresh Look at Time Management for Virtual Assistants”, or request her FREE audio CD “What’s Holding Back my Business Success?”, and more by visiting: http://www.VAbizcoach.com; or contact her at: coach@VAbizcoach.com.
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July 13th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
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July 14th, 2010 at 5:55 am
Excellent post! Being a VA and working from home takes a special kind of person. I believe you have to have a strong drive to be successful. You have no one to answer to but yourself.
July 14th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Right on, Heather – it’s about that entrepreneurial mindset – if you have an employee mindset you will struggle to make your business grow. I have several more I’ll be sharing in the coming weeks – stay tuned!