It’s just a couple
of weeks since we welcomed in 2016 and a lot of people will be working really
hard at achieving their New Year’s Resolutions.
For others, their resolution was nothing more than a dream or good idea
that now finds itself neatly tucked into the deep recesses of their minds, until
the day it surfaces as an uncomfortable feeling to prick their conscience.
One of the
challenges with most resolutions is that they are nothing more than good ideas
and very little time is actually invested in thinking and planning them through
and, as you are no doubt aware, every great plan begins with the end in mind.
It is more likely
that the people who stick resolutely to their resolutions have probably taken
the time out to mentally place themselves in the future, at a time when they
have achieved what they set out to do. They will have asked themselves some
better questions:
-What will I feel
like when I am a non-smoker or I am fit and healthy or I have that better job?
-What will
achieving this enable me to do that I am not able to do at the moment?
-What will my
perfect day look like when I have achieved this?
The pictures that
these people dream up in their minds will provide the brain with a ‘towards pull’
or motivation and, at the same time, provide the body with the feel good
factor. When we are rewarded with a good feeling, we are more likely to do the
necessary actions that are needed to reproduce those feelings.
Resolutions or
goals can sometimes be tough. If they
weren’t, we wouldn’t need them; we would already have everything we want. It is
in these tough moments that beginning with end in mind really helps.
As an example, if your
resolution was to quit smoking, when you get that urge to have the cigarette
imagine the picture you have created of how much better life will be when you
are a non-smoker.
Whilst struggling
to do those press-ups, how much better do you picture you will feel when you
are fit and healthy.
Picking the phone
up to deal with that troublesome customer, how much better you will feel when
the cash is flowing through your business.
You may be asking
this is all well and good, but what has all this to do with what will your
business look like when it’s finished?
For some of you
may be thinking “my business will never be finished” there will always be more
to do, people to meet, markets to tap into, bigger and better opportunities etc.,
etc.
Firstly, let me explain
what I mean by finished…..
A finished
business is one that is able to be sold for a value that is a true reflection
of it’s worth and potential.
If you were to
sell a finished business, you would attract the right type of buyers, who are more
prepared to pay top market valuation for a great investment.
For some, you may
be thinking, ‘I have no intention of selling my business and all this sounds
too good to be true.’ I am not suggesting you should sell your business, what I
am asking you to consider is what would your business need to look like to be
sold for the top market valuation?
To do that, you
would have to start thinking from the end in mind perspective.
Ask yourself, “If
you were in the market to purchase a top market value business what exactly
would you be looking for?”
By stepping into
the shoes of a potential purchaser you might ask questions like:
-What do I want?
-What needs to be
in place for me to feel safe about this investment?
-What concerns
have I got?
By asking
questions like these you will now have is a clearer picture of what your
business needs to be, do and have for it to become an attractive enough
proposition for top investors to be interested in it.
You also have the
start of a picture for a compelling future business that is fulfilling its true
function; to serve your future ideal lifestyle.
Just imagine what it
would mean to you if your business was finished? What lifestyle would you be
able to have as a result?
The truth is a
finished business will give you freedom.
Starting today,
ask yourself “What will my business look like when it is finished?” The clearer
the picture, the clearer the path to freedom.
If you would like
learn more about this subject and the ‘how’ of growing a business that will
sell for the top market valuation, take a look here.
Thoughts:
“Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and
everybody has been at a point in life where nobody believed in them”…Eminem
“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the
life of your dreams”…Oprah Winfrey
“Nothing happens unless first we dream”…Carl Sandburg
“I think when you move past your fear and you go
after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free”…LL Cool J
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