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How to Be Patient in Business for Long Term Success

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There’s perhaps no greater skill in business than patience. Some people have it while some people don’t. However, it can easily decide your success. Why is this? For the simple fact that everything that’s worthwhile takes years to cultivate. Name one person that’s an overnight success. There’s no such thing. It doesn’t matter if it was Steve Jobs or Warren Buffett, every successful entrepreneur hustled behind the scenes for years until they blew up.

In fact, the average business takes three years to become profitable. Are you willing to wait that long? Don’t worry if you’re a little on the impatient side, though. Today, I’ll be teaching how you to become more patient to solidify the success of your future if you keep reading.

Write down your goals and review them regularly

Doing business without any goals is like shooting in the dark. You won’t have any direction or aim. That’s why it’s crucial to write down goals you wish to achieve, such as:

  1. Reaching a certain amount of revenue
  2. Having a number of employees
  3. Expanding to certain locations

How does this help with patience? Well, having goals mapped out gives you a birds eye view of your business path. Giving them reasonable timelines to be achieved will help you see how long the whole picture will take to come together, making you less anxious about the short term.

Set milestones for every week, month, quarter, and year

Not only do you need overarching goals for each, but you also need milestones. These are small wins along the way to reaching the top of the mountain which keep you motivated and patient. 

People often set no milestones or key performance indicators and what happens? They become impatient because they see no improvement. If you start setting goals and KPIs to track for every week, month, quarter, or desired timeline, the progression you experience will feel extremely rewarding.

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee

Stay in the present moment

Getting stuck in your head and worrying about the future can be the bane of your existence. You want the accolades and success to happen now, but you’re not there yet. We call that cognitive dissonance: knowing where you want to be, where you are, and being stuck in limbo

You can snap out of this by simply practicing meditation. And it’s not just a bunch of spiritual mumbo-jumbo, either. Scientific studies have shown that people who meditate have more emotional balance, focus, and grey matter in the brain.

You want to do this for the rest of your life, don’t you? Do you love entrepreneurship? Do you want to earn a living working for yourself forever? Then you need to start acting like it. If you want to do this for the next 20+ years, what’s the rush? You have your entire life to become successful in business, not one or two years. Always keep this in mind when working because it’s easy to get caught up in wanting to see instant results.

If you’re feeling some kind of impatience or angst, it simply means that you’re not enjoying the journey but rather focusing on the results. This brings me to my next point.

Enjoy the journey and progressing

One of the most satisfying things as an entrepreneur is looking back and seeing all of the progress you’ve made. Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in the daily grind that you forget you’ve come a very long way. 

Take the time every day to reflect on how much your business, income, and you as a whole have improved over the years. This positive habit will make you feel great and motivated to keep working to see more results.

Don’t worry about other people

Self esteem is the relationship you have with yourself. It’s all too easy to watch what other people are doing and feel like you’re not doing good enough. Snap out of it. You only have to compete against yourself. 

Spending time worrying about what others have and do is simply time you’re wasting not taking action. Learning to focus purely on your own progress and activities is a surefire way to develop patience because of this.

“Focus on you, until the focus is on you.”

Focus on what you need, not what you want

Tony Robbins once said that you should visualize your dream life and ask yourself “How much would I need to afford this?”. That number should be your main goal in terms of income. 

Furthermore, what do you really need to be happy? Do you want financial freedom? Good health and relationships while working for yourself? Be honest. You might not want the private jet and Lamborghini deep down. Aiming to obtain what you need puts you in the position to be happy and comfortable before shooting for the stars, as well.

Final thoughts on becoming more patient

Patience is a very underrated skill when it comes to being a successful entrepreneur. Having it is like a superpower. You don’t get caught up in the daily grind, but rather enjoy it while remaining confident you know you’ll be successful later. 

Writing down goals and milestones is a great way to begin working on your patience. Review them regularly and enjoy the progress you make.

Understanding that entrepreneurship is a life long journey can also put things into perspective. Build with the end in mind but practice staying as present as possible throughout the day. It’s also wise to tune out social media and worrying about what others are doing. You only need to compete against yourself and work on your goal lifestyle. Doing all of these things will transform your patience along with happiness and success as a result.

How do you cultivate patience? Share your wisdom with us below!

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How to Break the Cycles of Mediocrity and Manifest Your Greatness

There is no greatness without becoming and there is no becoming with authenticity

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In just a few weeks, we will be wrapping up 2023. Can you believe it? This year has been absolutely incredible for me.

I have seen amazing doors opened, new relationships formed and I am seeing dreams realized in my life. While this seems like the hallmarks of a great year, this has also been the most challenging year of my life. With all of the change happening in my life, I have been forced out of my comfort zone and challenged to grow in every area of my life.

I can truly say that I have made the most of my moments this year and I have used everything as a catalyst for maximizing my greatest potential.

As a revolutionary leader, I have the pleasure of consulting and advising leaders around the world to fulfill purpose, realize their greatest potential and make an impact.

I want to share some insights with you that will help you to break cycles of mediocrity and manifest your greatness

Everything legal must come through the matrix

I am sure that some of you are wondering why I am using the term matrix. However, what you have to understand is that I am trying to make a highly complex spiritual principle practical to understand.

Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, every life has an origin and I believe that origin is divine and begins with eternity. You are birthed from eternity and into time to fulfill a unique purpose and assignment in your lifetime and generation.

The matrix is simply the portal or vehicle that brings something out of the invisible realm and into tangible form. The problem with much of the teaching today is that it excludes the matrix. We are told to believe that success is instantaneous and overnight.

Nobody talks about how a dream progresses through stages beginning with visualization and ultimately culminating in manifestation. Without a matrix or portal then everything that you attempt to birth and build will be illegal.

The matrix not only makes you legal but it gives you the authority and power to function as the greatest expression of who you were created to be. 

Every matrix has an incubation process

While many people admire and respect me today, I remember a time when nobody knew who I was or the significance of my message. How did I get to where I am today? I got here through an incubation process.

In other words, everything that has been destined for your life is incubating and awaiting a set time of manifestation. The problem is that most people live their entire lives idle and never initiate the incubation process.

What do I meany by that? Most people are living reckless and very few people are living intentionally. I am amazed at the number of people I have conversations with that have no vision, goals or strategies for their lives. They show great promise and they have undeniable potential.

However, without development they will die with their dreams still in them.

Everything that has been destined for your life must be incubated and converted to become realities born to time. 

“Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin to build.” – Robert Collier

You must give expression to that which is not yet born to time

When you think about a matrix or a prophetic incubation process, you have to understand that potential is often unrealized and untapped. In other words, your potential is in raw form and your potential cannot serve you as long as it is untapped.

The thing that makes me valuable is that I have the ability to convert potential into power. I have done it in my own life and I have empowered leaders around the world to do the same. How do you convert potential into power?

First, it is important to note that you have to perceive potential. If you cannot perceive your potential then you can never cultivate your potential. In addition, you must take the time to cultivate your potential. We often get excited about our capabilities; however, we never expand our capacity in order to realize our greatest potential.

In other words, the strength of your potential is only discovered through your willingness to stretch. The more we are challenged the more we are empowered to expand our capacity for greatness. Most of all, you must begin to express your potential. The expression of potential is different for every person.

For example, the expression of my potential is best demonstrated through the thoughts, ideas, products, services, books, etc.

For another person the expression of potential may look like a screenplay, artwork, sports, scientific discoveries, medical breakthroughs, etc.

Regardless of the form of expression, I know that you will live empty and unfulfilled until you make the decision to express your potential. The expression of your potential gives voice to your dreams, life to your vision, significance to your moments and activates your true power.

You must manifest your greatness

As a revolutionary thinker and leader, my work has impacted people around the world. I am grateful that my life is a source of empowerment to so many people. However, before anyone could ever benefit from my life, I had to make a non-negotiable decision to become who I was born to be.

I wish I could tell you that this journey is easy and that you will get there overnight. However, in a world that celebrates us for doing we are often criticized for being. As a result, I wasted a lot of time trying to be who other people wanted me to be instead of being who I was born to be.

There is no greatness without becoming and there is no becoming with authenticity. It is through our bravery to be vulnerable that we ultimately manifest our greatness. We do not bless the world by being a duplicate. We bless the world when we honor our difference. When you honor your difference you honor your potential.

Ultimately, your difference is how you manifest your greatness.

When you present anything but your authentic self to the world, you are playing small and you are robbing the world of your significance. Manifesting your greatness requires you to master your gifts.

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