The doctrine of "the road to a million"
This is not a loser who makes mistakes. You can only lose if the failure does not observes, or if you do not draw conclusions from them.
During those 365 days I lost many times. Today I write so that you do not have to repeat my mistakes. Let's start from the beginning ...
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July 2009 was a time when I was looking for the customer. I needed a change, movement, something I will focus on what happened and what will motivate me to the acute action. Suddenly occurred to me a simple idea - a goal: one million in 12 months. I thought, "Great! Why not try it? "
First I created a blog in September, I wrote the first entry, and took off.
I made the decision without większegfor reflection, analysis and detailed plan. I enjoyed. I was full of energy, passion, confidence and ultimate success. Everything seemed easy.
I had many ideas, many possibilities and a lot of energy to use. MLM, training, writing, "business" - something had to go. In imagination I counted only money and determine next steps.
On each occasion ideas and plans passed with reality.
Act, act, act!
Start the "road to a million" was associated with a major change in my life. Moving 450 km from home, a complete change of environment, independence, new people and new opportunities. It was supposed to be a new phase &# 8211; my new life.
Order of the primary was simple - less thinking and more action. Instead of continuing on a piece of planning, with a pen in hand, focus on the implementation of plans and ideas to life. Just as I have purposed, so it acted throughout this year. Ideas and plans were many.
Starting from the business that I wanted to have "always" (already in elementary school I knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur). This is a natural way for me. I knew that now it is an appropriate time for it to start and actually try to work harder on their own business.
The idea of quick decision, project design, and finally assembled the team. Immediately afterwards contactsGEMENT with investors and seed funds / VC. Competitions, meetings and conversations. All this took me effectively, sprawiało too, that I felt seriously. Like I really was a businessman.
In June, I talked with a colleague by skype. Normal conversation, relaxed, and during her questions about how my business. For some time I did not like it when people ask me this question, but did not give me food for thought. Only now it hit me. I work for a good half year, and yet still standing in place. We're still at the prototype stage ...
It was sobering. I'm no businessman. This is what I'm doing it just for fun in the business. With this game will never be serious money. If you really want to be an entrepreneur needexperience, knowledge and skills. In a word - I need powers!
Obvious? Now, yes, but when I started, everything seemed easier, simpler ...
In addition, there were also training. Although I take care of them harder, then all this time did not take the classes seriously. As a result, I moved only a couple of free workshops, the student body.
The organization itself has given me much more than studying - contacts, experience, practice and the feeling that I'm doing something important. At the university did not reappear for too long. After three months, in December, I was pretty sure that it would resign. I did not meet these studies. I have always wanted to learn the business, and I saw that uczelni full of theory and empty talk will not be easy.
I am not against studies. I just know that in my case they are not working. The paper does not interest me, and I know very well that to gain knowledge and skills are other more effective ways than studying.
At all times, even today, I hear questions about why I resigned from college. I can not find a fair answer. Instead, he will ask - and why they would study? For many studies are obvious, but not for me.
Have not yet heard an argument that would convince me to study. A most interesting is that all this time no one mentioned the most important argument -through studies that it'll get useful knowledge, skills and experience ...
Another topic I wanted to be addressed was efficiency. I wanted to teach people how to be effective, how to act quickly and well, how to achieve goals.
There were many opportunities - training, coaching, books, paper and electronic tools, and even a board game. Above all, it spent a lot of time and led to a fairly advanced state.
Ultimately, nothing serious of these actions did not work out. Why? Firstly, because I realized one thing - I can not teach people how to be effective as long as he will not have effects.
The second reason is GTD - Getting Things Done. Before you implementI have a system by David Allen, I created my own, and acted according to him. I was happy, but once I started using GTD, "I switched to" on him completely. It's amazing how GTD has changed my life, and allowed odstresowało control over all my actions!
During this time I dealt with the writing. Here was a big change. When I started I could not well make four sentences. Now easily write articles on the four pages.
The book "about life" - rather short, but it is - published on the blog.
The book "success" (not yet invented title) - half in the form of images / diagrams - as a sketch on the dgloss, waiting for the right moment. The time when I be successful, because only then it will make sense ...
The article on "New business" - when I sent it to the editor, it turned out that it is not bad, but I do not have experience, I present too much theory and too few examples.
From the outset I decided that the blog did not want to get paid. I created a total of 104 entries. I have written quite irregularly, often paying too little for individual texts, but if someone out there reading, it was not so bad.
In addition, there were also opportunities for cooperation, which at all times had high hopes.
The person dealing with strategic advice, I met yetthat in December and the whole time we were "in touch". There's always something bothered to seriously talk about cooperation. When I finally came to an appropriate time, it turned out that nothing can come of it - because this man prefers to work alone. He did not want or could not tell me this directly. And I was still confident that we can work together ...
Another collaboration, with the consultancy firm specializing in innovation is in progress. It remains to be whether we can cooperate, or have no desire for it, but are afraid to make it clear.
Another co-operation concerned the promotion of companies engaged in distribution of fireplaces. Here, the talks were well advanced, we met up, mwrithed even have a specific salary. After the meeting, I sent the agreed documents. Two days later I called. I heard that call back the next day already. "Contact with a partner and we will know." The phone is silent today. Cabaret. I do not want to keep ringing up to them.
There is also a collaboration, which actually takes place. It began with the announcement in goldenline. I wrote that looking for a mentor, an experienced and demanding person, who will guide me. It worked. I was contacted by a man exactly what I needed - an experienced, demanding professional.
I am a salesman, marketer, consultant, assistant - you can call me in different ways. Worth it works, learnę and progress. Customers have not yet enlisted, but if I manage to work. And I will, with certainty. Gradually, more and more I go into the subject of advice and training, while learning the business.
There were also several other large and small projects and activities. All this took my time effectively. I've been busy, involved, working. Left only one question ... where are the Effects?
Every month it was getting worse. Decreased self-confidence, belief in success and your abilities. The more it was the things that are grabbing, the less it was.
From time to time, I did the analysis, looking for mistakes that I made decisions. Each time was supposed to be lepiej. It was still the same.
Until finally the phone rang. That was in July. As soon as I called the parents with the news that I need money for rent ...
This phone was a strong kick from the outside. I needed that. It was just the moment in which they lost. "Think seriously!" - It sobered me. Then I actually figured it out. I did a deep self-examination. As deep as never before. I analyzed his every action, every important decision.
I wanted to answer the basic question: Why not have effects?
In this way, I established ten major causes.
Instead of focusing only on errors,I decided to draw any conclusions for the future. Ten Deadly Sins main renamed the ten commandments.
The Ten Commandments on how to be effective
1. Keep a balance between thinking and action (potential and performance)
2. Pull and deploy applications
3. Strive for the purpose, to fulfill the dream, and not to please others
4. Act decisively and persistently, while listening to other
5. Make only those activities that will approach you to your destination
6. Be humble. Appreciate it takes time for a job to do and the real possibilities
7. Find ways, instead of looking for excuses
8. Act together with the people. Instead of doingeverything himself - ask, listen, collaborate
9. Count on yourself. Do not wait for others, for a miracle, or the favorable circumstances
10. Start with something small. Do not focus immediately on too big for
He broke all the commandments. I did it often enough to not deserve the title million, or even a small part of it. No effect effectively destroy motivation.
Building motivation
During this year I checked carefully to what motivates you and what does the opposite.
Large, distant goal can definitely work motivation. We must still remember him, but focus primarily on current activities. The goal is to provide direction and give the sense of everydaywork, but in itself it should not take up too much time.
It should be persistent, to act in accordance with the agreed plan, but you can not overdo it. I am exaggerating. At all costs I wanted to make a number of established methods, the other without taking into account. I did not want to go to the "real" job even if cierpałem hunger. I was stubborn. I wanted to motivate in this way. I knew that if I do not have any money is simply something I have to earn. I move heaven and earth to do so.
I have not. On the one hand I was too little perseverance, on the other hand - I wanted to accomplish too much at the outset. He broke the fourth and tenth commandments.
I did not have youpermit the changeover and had to borrow money. This would also motivate me, get to work. It turned out that it is different and borrowed what proved insurmountable pieniędze instead motivate me even more. When you owe money for bread leftovers lost confidence, self-esteem. Gradually, I felt more and more disgust, and sometimes even disgusted ... I taught people how to achieve success, and he had to borrow money for bread ...
At all costs should be avoided. Do anything to find any work, provided it does not borrow, do not condescend, does not lose faith.
Another discovery is that when a person has no money and are not sure about their future, success does not motivate him. For mnis little moments when he achieved success and pursue its objectives - were the only moments when I could finally relax. Rozleniwiałem up. At all times I felt the tension and I was very much needed these brief moments of respite.
The situation is different when a man has a knife at my throat. Then there is a comfort, do not have to worry about how to survive first and you can think of the action. Then, instead of rozleniwiać successes motivate and drive even more.
Last lesson of motivation relates to the objective of determining the amount of money. It turned out that one million was not the best choice. I recommend this type of goal only if it involves a fixed method of its attainment. When thinking about the amount you can see exactly what actione is to be done. When the method is not fixed the target of money can only give rise to frustration.
If you do not know where you're going ...
Million zloty did not say anything about the direction of going. Money is not my goal in itself. He knows that anyone who knows me closer.
The main reason for my defeat (to which I have arrived just a few days) is in the motto that has been with us since the very beginning of your blog:
"If you do not know where you're going, going nowhere"
After a year of shooting to know in the end, where I am going. And this is my biggest success. I realized what I like to do, in what I am good, what are my strengths. This is a big plus. Besides him there are other successesesses:
- People whom I knew and with whom, I believe that we will develop an interesting business
- A student organization, where I got ambitious, young people and learned to work in a group
- Knowledge and cooperation, which made reference to a person very experienced, friendly and yet challenging. For me it is both a mentor and partner.
- Developed soft skills - creativity, communication, management activities are the main ones
- Experience in writing and conducting training
- Self-reliance, humility and a lot of lessons from life
How much of what accomplished (or not) is based on the objective and the "road to a million" that has never subsided. Als one thing I know for sure - it was worth it!
Life wisdom wiser, more focused, with humility and baggage of experience budge on his way.
Yet commit more than one mistake and lose yet again, but there's nothing wrong or unusual. And when I learn to fully appreciate and experience life, I'd be much richer than many a millionaire.
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