How To Prepare Yourself Mentally Before An Entrepreneurial Venture

October 8, 2019

The steps you must take to prepare yourself for a new business venture in a physical manner are fairly obvious, yet laying the groundwork mentally to ensure you have a positive experience is often something that gets overlooked. Getting yourself into the right state of mind to thrive as an entrepreneur can be so easy with a little dedication, and the impact a positive outlook can have on the fruitfulness of your venture is quite dramatic. If you’re planning on expanding your empire and would like to uncover some handy ways of readying yourself mentally for the trials and tribulations that lie ahead, then read on for some of the best top tips that you can begin implementing today.

Establish Support Networks, Professionally & Socially 

Having the right support, both in a professional and social sense, can influence your success massively. Finding the right people to talk to in your time of need will change the way you are able to handle the problems you might face, and a helping hand can really transform your outlook on things too. All too often entrepreneurs fall into a cycle of loneliness and seclusion, spending each hour focused on improving their business plan, not accepting any aid from those who offer – nothing good will come from this behaviour and you will only end up negatively affecting your mental health. 

Translate Your Thoughts Onto Paper 

Instead of allowing all of your thoughts to whirl around your head, extract them from your mind and get them written down on paper. Having a book of some sort that can contain all of your ideas and feelings that might otherwise keep you up at night will not only help you to get more sleep, but also allow you to track and trace your progress and make notes of what's important to ensure you do not forget. There’s no use in letting your thoughts about purchasing float switches take over your normal everyday life, so extract it from your mind and keep it safe on paper in an equipment list to worry about whenever you’re ready in the office! 

Work On Your Self Confidence

Having confidence in yourself and your own abilities is very important when it comes to getting ahead of your competitors in business. Each morning you have to jump out of bed and remind yourself that “you got this!” and leave your house with pride knowing that you are doing your best no matter what. Confidence doesn’t always come naturally, but you simply have to ‘fake it until you make it’ and build yourself up over time! 

Getting yourself prepared mentally when pursuing an entrepreneurial venture doesn’t have to mean you spend all day meditating or listening to whale sounds – simply establish the right support networks, keep a note of your thoughts by translating them onto paper and have confidence in yourself and what you can potentially achieve when you really put your mind to it. Put your mind at ease and watch how simple your business plan with phase out when you become as positive as possible.

Mark Asquith

That British podcast guy, Mark is co-founder of Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host. A Harvard, TEDx, Podcast Movement and Podfest speaker (amongst many more!), he's a wildly approachable Brit and Star Wars/DC Comics geek.

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