Keeping Motivated For Success In Difficult Times!

Managing a business takes a lot of time and effort. The amount of work you put forth will affect profitability in significant ways. For this, motivation helps business owners clear the way towards attaining better productivity. 

Especially during difficult times, you need to make improvements in terms of efficiency. Let’s take a look at the two most important ways to help you keep your eye on the prize!

One Bite At A Time

When you create your list of goals, be very specific.  Don’t just come up with a list of general goals like “increase profitability” or “start a new product line.”  

While these are valid goals, you can’t achieve them without aiming for a more specific target. Furthermore, when you set your sights on the bigger picture, you lose focus, and it adds time to complete each milestone. 

I have found that you actually will achieve more when you “eat the elephant one bite at a time.”

As you consider your business’ primary goals, break down each goal into a series of specific tasks. Keep splitting the tasks into a set of steps until you come up with short-term, actionable tasks, you can easily accomplish and some of which you can even delegate. 

For example, if your main goal is “to increase profitability”, put down “improve marketing efforts” as a sub-goal. Under this sub-goal, you can focus on specific tasks such as “create engaging content” and “enhance social media engagement,” etc.  Keep narrowing down these lists until you have a well-organized and time-bound process for achieving your general goal. For sure, a few minutes spent spelling this out will help your business save time and focus more on the most critical tasks.

Reward Yourself

Positive reinforcement has always been an essential part of one’s workplace psychology because it works in the corporate world; it will do the same in your own home office!

By nature, people will work better when they know they are appreciated. Receiving a reward will help maintain your passion for your business. It doesn’t have to be a big reward, but something enjoyable that will give you that sense of achievement.

Passion can lead to opportunities. In order to keep your positive attitude alive, you need to give yourself something to look forward to.

As a business owner, you have a lot on your plate. It can get exhausting as time drags on, but you can stay on track by focusing on the rewards that lie ahead.

As you set your goals, you will have more incentive if you include the immediate rewards you will be getting. For instance, if you are targeting to close a certain number of deals in a month, you can reward yourself by taking the family to eat out at your favorite restaurant once you reach the sales threshold.

Make a healthy habit out of rewarding yourself after every significant milestone so you’ll always have something to look forward to.

Motivation is a vital component of a successful business. Make it a part of achieving the goals you have set out to accomplish!