As an entrepreneur, you may not think about the number of
different relationships that you are in. However, the
relationships that you are in will actually affect the
quality of your business, your life and your success. You
may have never wondered what your supportive girlfriend or
your brilliant mentor has done for your career before.
To get clarity you need to put your relationships into one
of three categories. Are they nice, nasty or necessary?
If they are nice you may want to expand them. If they are
nasty you must look for ways of limiting them or deleting
them. If they are necessary then these need to be limited.
The facts are that discouraging and disbelieving people
will de-energize and de-focus you while positive, uplifting
ones will move you to your goals quicker. Regardless, the
truth is that relationships do have a huge effect on you
and your life.
Relationships with Like Minded Entrepreneurs
When you have relationships with other entrepreneurs who
are motivated, ambitious and confident, you will benefit
greatly. You are exposed to this positive business
thinking and it affects you positively.
It's similar to kids in school. If a child is involved
with a group of children who are very smart and motivated
to make good grades, they will inspire him or her to do
well also. That child will want to make good grades, will
have the secrets for making good grades and will have a
positive support system in place in order to help make good
grades.
This is the same way you will be affected when you spend
time with entrepreneurs like the ones described above. So,
appreciate your friends and business associates who are
very smart and motivated! They are, after all, helping
your own career or business to grow.
Relationships with Those Who are Lacking in Motivation and
Confidence
When you have relationships with people who have low
motivation, self-confidence or ambition, they will affect
your life and your career negatively. Taking the same
comparison with children, if a child spends time with
children who don't want to behave, who are lazy and do not
do schoolwork or homework and who don't care about their
grades, that child will be affected. He or she will feel
pressure to be like the rest of the group and will
eventually begin to display characteristics like those of
the other kids. This child will most likely start to
receive bad grades and do poorly in school as well. This
is the same for an entrepreneur. Those who are around
entrepreneurs who are disorganized, unmotivated and who
have other negative traits will be dragged down along with
them.
Take care with what kind of relationships you form and the
people that you spend time with. The way they affect you
can end up boosting your career or costing you your career.
It is important to remember that you can always spend more
money, but you can't spend more time. Look at your
relationships and the time you are investing in them. When
you do you will better use your time to chart the course
for your success.
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Steve Scott is a business/life coach and a business
development consultant. He specializes in teaching
entrepreneurs and solo and sales professionals to create
their own unique success stategies-bringing them balance,
more freedom and greater abundance.
http://www.progresssetfree.com
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