How do successful couples in business stay engaged, motivated and driven while running a business long-term? How do they find the motivation required to keep challenging themselves and propelling their business forward? Well, let's separate the myths from facts.
When you're working a job what motivates you is payday, but it doesn't mean you are engaged or driven to keep a good work ethic or even care about what you are doing.
When you have a job chances are you don't have a pool of resources to keep you motivated and driven, instead you have a routine and a comfort zone that you don't want messed with.
Working a job will get boring over time.
There is not much challenge in mastering a few tasks but there is a lot of challenge when learning to be a small business owner.
There is even more challenge when you're in business with your spouse.
So maybe you are thinking about making the leap and starting a home based business or running a business with your spouse.
Great, that is a smart idea.
You may wonder how successful couples in business stay engaged and driven together.
Well, that is because when you have a job, you don't have much support.
You have bosses and managers who tell you what they want done and instead, you are their support.
Having a job requires you to be and have a supporting role.
Running a business as a couple requires you to put support systems in place and that helps you stay engaged and driven.
Having support feels better than not having support.
You are more likely to stay engaged and driven at a place where you are supported and where you can jumpstart your ideas instead of jumpstarting someone else's ideas and supporting their projects.
Couples in business have made their goals, their plans and their dreams a priority in life.
You are more likely to stay engaged and driven when you are building the life of your dreams with your spouse and your family becomes the priority in life.
Sure, I get it, that's why you go to work every day, because your family is a priority in your life, but not your plans, goals and dreams.
When you both have all four of these things aligned, I.
e.
family, goals, dreams and plans, you remain focused and nothing can stop you or your spouse from winning.
Most couples who have a home based business stay engaged because they have a lot riding on the line.
They feel the fear and do it anyway.
They have some sleepless nights and look at each other with worried looks and determination.
They are willing to do whatever it takes together to win and achieve their dreams.
These couples are willing to seize the dream of pursuing their happiness but it doesn't mean they aren't scared.
Maybe you would have wanted to read this article and find some easy solutions to staying engaged and driven as you start your home based business together, but the truth is that learning to be a powerful couple in business together is work.
There are no easy solutions to staying motivated.
Either you both want to win in life or you don't.
If you both have chosen to make your family, goals, dreams, and plans a priority in life, you will most likely feel fear and have an undaunted amount of focus and drive.
You will want to stay engaged and will be easily motivated by the smallest achievement and goal, until you both have achieved success together.
When you're working a job what motivates you is payday, but it doesn't mean you are engaged or driven to keep a good work ethic or even care about what you are doing.
When you have a job chances are you don't have a pool of resources to keep you motivated and driven, instead you have a routine and a comfort zone that you don't want messed with.
Working a job will get boring over time.
There is not much challenge in mastering a few tasks but there is a lot of challenge when learning to be a small business owner.
There is even more challenge when you're in business with your spouse.
So maybe you are thinking about making the leap and starting a home based business or running a business with your spouse.
Great, that is a smart idea.
You may wonder how successful couples in business stay engaged and driven together.
Well, that is because when you have a job, you don't have much support.
You have bosses and managers who tell you what they want done and instead, you are their support.
Having a job requires you to be and have a supporting role.
Running a business as a couple requires you to put support systems in place and that helps you stay engaged and driven.
Having support feels better than not having support.
You are more likely to stay engaged and driven at a place where you are supported and where you can jumpstart your ideas instead of jumpstarting someone else's ideas and supporting their projects.
Couples in business have made their goals, their plans and their dreams a priority in life.
You are more likely to stay engaged and driven when you are building the life of your dreams with your spouse and your family becomes the priority in life.
Sure, I get it, that's why you go to work every day, because your family is a priority in your life, but not your plans, goals and dreams.
When you both have all four of these things aligned, I.
e.
family, goals, dreams and plans, you remain focused and nothing can stop you or your spouse from winning.
Most couples who have a home based business stay engaged because they have a lot riding on the line.
They feel the fear and do it anyway.
They have some sleepless nights and look at each other with worried looks and determination.
They are willing to do whatever it takes together to win and achieve their dreams.
These couples are willing to seize the dream of pursuing their happiness but it doesn't mean they aren't scared.
Maybe you would have wanted to read this article and find some easy solutions to staying engaged and driven as you start your home based business together, but the truth is that learning to be a powerful couple in business together is work.
There are no easy solutions to staying motivated.
Either you both want to win in life or you don't.
If you both have chosen to make your family, goals, dreams, and plans a priority in life, you will most likely feel fear and have an undaunted amount of focus and drive.
You will want to stay engaged and will be easily motivated by the smallest achievement and goal, until you both have achieved success together.
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