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What is holding you back from being your most productive and most profitable?  Could it really be as simple as not finding your ideal business?  Yes, it really is that simple.

You say if you knew what to do you would already be doing it?  Would you?  Entrepreneurial success stems from being in the ideal business for you at the right time.  Step one is to select the ideal business for you.  Until you truly find your niche, you will never be your most productive and most profitable.  Entrepreneurial success takes focused time and attention to detail.  Spend your precious time and effort focusing on the ideal business for you.

Step one – Determine what you feel strongly about doing.  A florist shop may be a delightful experience for some and pure agony to others.  If you are a “sit on the couch and drink a six pack” person then going into a business selling health products would be a major disconnect.  If you are an exerciseaholic and a devoted to all organic foods then selling health products would fit nicely into your lifestyle.  You could “walk the talk” relating to health.

You have not discovered your passion yet?  Devote time to specific exercises designed to assist you in discovering your passion.  One such exercise is to write fast and furious for at least ten minutes.  Set a kitchen timer, the alarm on your watch or cell phone, or even the microwave timer.  Write everything you would ever possibly want to do.  Do not spend any time analyzing.  Do not be concerned about whether or not it might be possible for you.  Simply let your mind and hand flow freely with ideas.  When was the last time you allowed yourself to dream and freely record all of your dreams and desires?  For most people, it has been months, years or even decades.

Once the timer rings, take a deep breath and a sip of something.  Look carefully at what you have written.  There will be a common theme or even one idea which literally leaps off the page.  It may be something which has been lingering in the back of your mind.  You may have been unconscious of its significance to your entrepreneurial success.  The key to your future business, your entrepreneurial success, is contained within the words you recorded in those ten minutes.

Step two – Turn your dreams into action.  Now that you know in which direction to concentrate your entrepreneurial success activity, you can start your success plan.

The next steps in your entrepreneurial success plan refine the overall idea into specific sections.  There are a few different techniques for compartmentalizing the overall idea into manageable segments.  Which method is best for you depends on how your mind functions.  Some people think in time frames, others think in pictures and others in areas of their life.  Personal, Financial, Professional, Spiritual and Recreational are the more common categories. What is most important to you?  What is most urgent for you?

If you are making money but working so many hours that you do not see your family, then personal may be a top priority.  If you are like most Americans, income may be a serious concern; in that case, financial will be on the top of your priority list.  If you are in a job you hate, then professional may be at the top of the list.  Specific exercises exist to assist you in knowing which method is best for you and helping you determine which category receives top priority.

Once the prominent passion becomes clear, the category of top priority is determined, and the focus is narrowed to a specific workable idea, your entrepreneurial success plan starts taking shape.

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Dreams must be backed by action.  Until you back them with action, your dreams are nothing more than idle wishes and daydreams.  If you truly desire to implement a blueprint for success, your dreams must be transformed into goal directed action.

What is holding you back from achieving your dreams?  Are you living the life you truly thought you could be or would be living?  Remember when you were a child and all things were possible?  What happened to that magic and wonder?  You say life got in the way?  Work and responsibility took over and dreams were stuffed back on the shelf never to see the light of day again.  How could this happen?

In a small child’s imagination, all things are possible.  Anyone who has ever been a teenager or raised a teenager knows the “fearless factor” of youth.  We rationalize our decrease in imagination and willingness to reach above and beyond our comfort zone as maturity.  Let’s be honest.  Is it really maturity or is it more a matter of staying in our comfort zone?  Is it simply easier to stay with the status quo rather than reach out and be daring?  We get stuck in the familiar even if we do not like that set of circumstances.

The first step in any blueprint for success is willingness to leave your comfort zone.  Step two in the blueprint for success is to take positive action toward the achievement of the dream. Where would America be right now if Christopher Columbus had not gone exploring?  What if the Pilgrims had stayed in England?  What if you stayed in a job you hated just because it was easier to stay and complain than reach for your dreams?

Having a blueprint for success provides a pathway; however, you must take the action.   Columbus could dream about the voyage to America but without taking action to acquire the ships, crew and supplies, he was land locked.

A teenager can dream of attending college; however, in order for it to become reality there are a few practical steps.  Even college entrance has a specific blueprint for success.

1.  Good grades and good test scores which meet college entrance requirements.

2.  A plan to finance the endeavor: scholarship, job, parents, or a rich uncle.

3.  Apply to the desired colleges and receive acceptance.

Starting your own business also requires a blueprint for success.

1.  Determine what area creates a passion for you.  A florist shop may be wonderful for the area; however, if you are allergic to flowers or have a black thumb, it would not be recommended for you.  Find your passion and create your business accordingly.

2.  Determine what type of business – franchise, brick and mortar, or home based.

3.  Determine the initial investment you have available or can acquire.

4.  Determine your income needs and desires.  Will that business produce the income in sufficient time and quantity to sustain you both short term and long term?

Every endeavor of any significance requires a blueprint for success.  Amazing that most people spend more time planning their vacations than they do planning their financial future.

Starting a business without a blueprint for success is financial suicide.  The blueprint carefully details each and every intersection on the road to success.  Unless you have specific mile markers, how do you know you are making progress?  How close are you on your time target as well as your financial and business growth targets?  Your blueprint for success is the difference between being busy and being productive.

Without a blueprint for success, you could very easily be wandering around or even worse, going in circles.  A rocking chair can be in constant motion but it does not go forward.  A puppy dog can run in circles until he collapses in exhaustion, but he did not make any forward progress.

A blueprint for success is a methodical plan detailing specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timely benchmarks on your road to success.  An ideal blueprint for success is personalized for you.  Some call it a goal setting worksheet.  Textbooks give excellent general guidelines but not specific personalized plans.  Designing a personalized blueprint insures your success.

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