Allowing Yourself to Think BIG

by Kori Rodley Irons | More from this Blogger

23 Aug 2007 12:47 PM

Just because we have small businesses or small home-based businesses does not mean that they have to stay small, or that it has to mean that our businesses are struggling and tiny. Sometimes, it is just a matter of letting our minds and goals expand, and letting ourselves thing BIG when it comes to planning how to grow our home businesses.

So, what does it mean to think BIG? Well, I can share that in my own home business, I tend to limit myself based on what I "think" I can do all by myself. I tend to think in terms of how many hours in a day and how much I can practically get done and still have time for my other obligations (like looking after my family). But, this can be extremely limiting. By letting myself think that I have to parcel out my time and evaluate my income "by the hour" and am not allowing for my business to grow beyond what I can practically conceive. This isn't to say I need to throw all practicality to the wind, but it wouldn't hurt for me to expand what I'd like to see for income from my home business, and then let the universe help me figure out how to make it happen.

We can limit ourselves in so many ways-we may think that we are unqualified or unprepared to enter a certain market, we may get so used to "making do" that we cannot stretch out of that box to imagine the possibilities, or we may let other obligations keep us from putting all the energy we want into growing our businesses. The first step in expansion is to allow ourselves to envision a world where our business is BIGGER and to think about what BIGGER means to us. Does it mean more income? More prospects and customers? Does it mean more freedom or more prestige? Dig down and figure out what growth would look and feel like to YOU (not what you think someone else is expecting or according to industry standards). Allow your mind to expand and once you give yourself permission to get out of the deprivation thinking and think BIG, your business reality will follow.

Also: Understanding the Why of Your Business

You Are the Money--Taking Charge of Your Business Income

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