Take that list and check it twice!
“Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.” Jerry Gillies
On Tuesday, you made a list. If you missed Tuesday’s post, you can check out the first step in my new Business Investment series here. Today, we’re going to have a deeper look at that list.
Intellectual Investments – These are pretty much inarguable. It’s your inner net worth. What you bring to the table. The things on this part of your list are the reason you can have a business that does what it does. But, here’s my question: are you lacking? Is there a way you can improve the strength of your intellectual investments? A business coach, mentor or trusted ally who can help guide you and maximize the contribution of you to your business. Every ship needs a captain AND a navigator. Do you have both?
Emotional Investments - Does your business fill you up or bleed you dry? The feelings in this section might seem all-too-familiar or pretty alien, now that you’ve had a day off from looking at that list you made. Take a highlighter and highlight anything you want MORE OF in the list. Honestly, we’re not going to even give any of our bandwidth to the things we don’t care for (if that’s OK with you!).
Financial Investments - Ahhhh, money. Money, money, money! It keeps us going every day and we love seeing it come in, but do you really know how you’re spending it? And is what you’re spending it on paying you dividends? Sure, we all need office supplies and paid-in-full cell phone bills, but are you considering the investments that you currently perceive as expenses? Take that highlighter and highlight everything you’d like to spend LESS money on. We’ll get back to this shortly.
Now, that wasn’t so hard, was it? An easy task for a Thursday. Now, you’ve got the weekend to think, but in Tuesday’s installment, we’re going to delve deeper into the Intellectual Investment you have in your business and I promise you’ll have some incredible takeaways from that installment. So for now, have a wonderful weekend and get ready to further examine what you’re investing in your business from EVERY angle!
