Does
it take talent? A Business Degree? The Perfect Business
Plan? Or, Relentless Hard Work?
I’ve
been thinking a lot about this subject lately –
especially since I spend so much of my workday coaching
highly successful entrepreneurs. I get a front row seat
into what makes people successful and what holds them
back. It has been enlightening!
You
know what I’ve noticed? I’ve discovered a
great similarity between building a successful business
and being in love. Yes, you read that
right. I said, being in love. So, in this article I’m
going to take you on a journey of LOVE. I want to explore
the many parallels there are in building a business and
being in love.
We’re
going to take a close look at what causes one to be in
love, what love really is – and what it’s
not – and how to grow and maintain it. I believe
at the end of this article, after taking this journey
of love, you’ll have a blueprint for building and
maintaining the business and the life of your dreams.
Let’s
begin with a fundamental truth:
The
one core ingredient needed to build and maintain a successful
business is that you are IN LOVE with your business and
the dream you have for it.
How
do you know its love?
I
recognize five steps to being in love. The first step
is CHEMISTRY!
You
can’t explain chemistry. You can’t manifest
it. You can’t force it. It just is. You’re
drawn to that person. Chemistry is like a Supernatural
force that magnetizes you and pulls you in.
Chemistry
is the initial ingredient to being in love and it is the
first step in building your business. Answer the following
questions to identify the chemistry in your business…
1.
Are you drawn to your career by an unexplainable, powerful,
magnetic force?
2.
Did your career just kind of “find you”?
3.
Does your business fulfill you in ways nothing else
can?
4.
Do you believe you are fulfilling your purpose through
your career?
5.
Do you find fulfillment in this career that extends
beyond the monetary?
If
you answered these questions in the affirmative, you’re
on the right track. Chemistry will attract you to your
soul mate and your soul career. Chemistry is the first
step to being in love. Chemistry can be the most powerful
force on the planet! It is the magnetic power that draws
you to a certain person, a particular career, and specific
dreams.
Don’t
be afraid of that chemistry. However, you need to know
the difference between love and lust. Lust is a craving
or a need. It’s a “one night stand.”
Lust never goes beyond the chemistry. It dies out. But
love moves to the next step.
While
both love and lust begin with chemistry, you’ll
know it is love when three things are present. There are
three evidences of love. These three evidences of love
are steps 2, 3, and 4 in the “being in love”
cycle. Step #1 is Chemistry. The next
step is consistent preoccupation.
Step
#2: Consistent Preoccupation
Remember
when you first fell in love? Think back to when you first
met your spouse or your life partner. Remember how you
found yourself thinking of that person all the time! You’d
wake up in the morning and think of them. You’d
go to school or work and think of them. You’d find
yourself thinking about their safety even before you’d
think about your own. Your thoughts went something like
this:
“I
wonder what she’s doing today. I wonder how she
got to work this morning. I wonder if her car started
okay. I’m ‘gonna call her and see how she
is.”
These
thoughts of preoccupation might surely have been the first
“self-less” thoughts of your life! You couldn’t
help yourself. Your mind just thought about that person
constantly.
This
is the second stage of being in love and building a successful
business. You don’t even have to try to think about
the business. You just do – all the time! You’re
in love with the concept. You’re consumed with the
idea. It’s a consistent preoccupation! It creates
PASSION!
Now,
you may be saying to yourself, “Lisa, it sounds
like you’re telling me to be out of balance.”
Yes,
I am – for a season. I believe you need to be out
of balance at times to find balance. This stage of complete
and incredible PASSION is temporary but vital to the process
of falling in love.
It
takes this kind of intense and consistent preoccupation
to build the bridge for the next step in the cycle of
being in love.
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Lisa
Jimenez has helped thousands of distributors
dramatically increase their recruiting efforts. Her best-selling
book, “Conquer Fear!” will awaken your spirit
as you discover how to eliminate hidden fear and turn
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