No one doubts that you must invest in your education to be well prepared to start a business. But few tell you that you must prepare yourself emotionally too. If you ignore this part, your emotions can dominate you and lead you to make bad decisions, even the abortion of your project. Learn 5 key actions you can take to control your emotions during the implementation and development of your business.
Who said that a business is a clearly rational life project?
When starting a business, you talk about plans, market studies, numbers, future projections and objectives to achieve. But very little is said about the emotions that will arise in the process.
If you decide to ignore the importance that they have and focus only on the analysis of the future business that you will do with your head, your emotions can catch you off guard and they will shake the ground sure that you thought you had under your feet.
Your emotions can have such a great influence on your decisions that they can even lead you to boycott your project. In fact, I assure you that every failed business is the product of a surrender decision that was preceded by strong emotions.
So it is very important that you are aware of the emotional part of your business and that you prepare yourself adequately to deal with the feelings that will inevitably arise as you build it.
With what emotions are you going to have to fight when starting your business?
Aside from the most obvious emotion, which is fear of failure, you are going to be faced with rage, frustration, humiliation, overwhelm, feelings of rejection and disappointment.
It doesn't sound very pretty, but it's a fact:
You definitely have to have the stomach to do business successfully!
The good thing is that you can learn to control your emotions and thus survive those difficult moments that are characteristic of each business, especially in its beginnings.
What can you do to control your emotions and prevent your business from being boycotted?
1. Recognize its importance:
The first step is to become aware of the problem. Your emotions are not your enemies. God gave them to you so you can feel joy and peace. Jesus felt joy, gladness, sadness and pain, but he never let himself be dominated by his emotions.
Your emotions are a good servant, but a bad master. Don't let yourself be controlled by them. When starting your business, you must be willing to invest time and effort in preparing yourself emotionally in the same way that you will be prepared to learn everything else.
2. Develop your faith:
Unlike what many people think, a business is a deeply spiritual matter. It will be much easier to cope with the difficult times you will live in your business if you have spiritual strength.
I am not talking about a religion in itself, but a personal relationship with a God who wants to be the main partner in everything you do, including your business.
3. Control your thoughts:
Your emotions are a product of your mental processes. If you think bad things and constantly meditate on everything that can go wrong, your emotions will be negative too.
Read your Bible and fill your head with good thoughts that you can turn to in times of doubt.
4. Control what you speak:
"From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks". (Luke 6:45) If your thoughts are negative, you will speak negatively. Aside from creating a negative environment around you, you will proclaim your own failure, since "life and death are in the power of the tongue." (Proverbs 18:21)
Discipline yourself and seal your mouth. Make a habit of saying only good things, even in the darkest moments. Or just don't say anything.
5. Surround yourself with successful people:
Our environment and the vast majority of people bombard us daily with negative news and comments. It is important that you look for people who share your vision, build you up and infect you with their enthusiasm and winning attitude.
