What’s Holding You Back – Surround Yourself With Supporters

Starting and growing a successful business isn’t easy. You need to surround yourself with like-minded people. And that means people who encourage and support you in starting and maintaining a business.

As hard as this is to say, you may have to minimize connections with family and friends who are not supportive of you in a positive way. It is detrimental to the health of your business to be in the company of anyone who will encourage you to, ‘get a real job’, or insinuates that your job is less important or not making a contribution to the family finances. This can really chew away at your resolve and determination to own your own business. You have to maintain a positive attitude and only like-minded friends, family, and peers will keep you on your game.

That’s why making time to continue growing and learning whether by reading, participating in seminars and groups like the Elite VA Insiders are so important to continual business success.

Make the commitment to surround yourself with positive supportive people as you start and grow your business. Join one or more industry associations and get involved by volunteering or participating regularly in forums. Join several well respected social networking groups and set aside a minimal amount of time each day or week that you’ll participate in these forums. This will increase your network of ‘positive’ support and help you strengthen your resolve to grow a profitable business.

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 21st, 2010 at 10:20 am
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Vickie Turley Says:
July 21st, 2010 at 10:58 am
Jeannine:

I totally agree that to be successful, you cannot become a “hermit” as we sometimes tend to do when we become VAs. Surrounding yourself with like-minded, positive, supportive people is key to not only growing your business, but keeping yourself on track of your goals. With so much “stuff” out there, it is hard to keep your goals in mind and get distracted by what I call the “shiny baubles.”

Another support that I feel is key is a coach and/or mentor. They not only can give you a fresh perspective on a problem you may be too close to, but they also are honest with you when you need honesty. They help you keep your goals in sight and not jump at every opportunity that comes around. There are amazing seminars, trainings, and books out there, but if they do not help you toward your end goals, they could be a waste of your time. Your coach or mentor can help you determine whether they are “shiny baubles” or something that will help you step toward your goal.

Great blog!

Vickie Turley
Jeannine Clontz Says:
July 21st, 2010 at 11:04 am
Vickie – Thank you for your kind words. They mean a lot coming from a coach/mentor peer! I totally agree about the ability of your mentor/coach to keep you accountable and on track with your business. Sometimes I think we undervalue ourselves in this area – it’s a very important part of what we can do to support our coaching/mentor clients.

I sometimes refer to myself as the accountability police….at least we can keep a sense of humor about it, eh?
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