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Do you remember your first love? You were dizzying to spend time together, talking for hours, and we’re excited about the future. More importantly, it is more important. When I first started my business, I was in love with it. I connected with work and I could spend hours developing new ideas. Talk forever with other business owners about the stories of gold sharing. I focused on the future and enthusiastic possibilities.
Let’s face it: My business and yours can be intoxicating as the first (or element of the second) or the third love. But like any serious relationship, it is naive to think that honeymoons can last forever. Enthusiasm may decrease and hard work associated with the operation of everyday traffic is often worn even on the most engaged company owner.
Are you out of love out of love? Is romance and excitement away? Was it replaced by fatigue and even a little apathy? There are several characters that could signal your “relationship” with your business that has changed.
Instead of enjoying the work, you are irritated or poisoned by customers or employed. You have postponing important tasks to move forward business. You are less concerned about the quality of the product or service and greater interest in its delivery.
Does it sound familiar? It is not unusual to have emotional ascension and falls in business. In fact, it is not realistic to believe that from year to year you will have the same intensity and drive for your business. If you have fallen out of love for your company, it takes more than flowers, candies and romantic dinner to repair the situation. The good news is that with a little gentle loving care and thoughtful planning, you can get the dizzying feeling back. Here are five things you can do to feel love again.
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Return in time
One of the best ways to revive passion is to remember why you started business in the first place. For many of us, it was a desire to do something we love and have more control over our lives. When we are busy, it is easy to forget all the good things to own the company.
What do you still love for work? I love interaction with customers. I love the challenge to solve a tough problem and see the results. I love a feeling of more control over my life. Yes, there are things from my control, but much less than if I worked for someone else. Pull out some of your initial documents or photos of you and your business operations. Take some time to get nostalgic. Remember how you felt, how you opened the door, and probably looked much different than today.
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Doll your hands
Do you feel that everything you do is paperwork, people management and dealing with crises? If you want to find a spark, get out and do some work. In a recent article, I wrote about the importance of mixing strategy with practical involvement. Suddenly you wore a lot of hats and you are at any time from sweeping the floor to the construction of the product. Maybe it’s time to sit on the planning session for an exciting initiative. We have a visit to your customer with your dirty employees. Jump back and feel the pulse of business. Pollute your hands. Entering a business has tangible advantages that included greater visibility with customers, improving employees’ morale and first -hand vision you have built. There is also simple pride of the view of what you built.
Break the routine and escape
When you start analor, there’s not much routine. It’s all hands on board and things are constantly changing. It can be scary, but also an exhibition. Like your mature business, you will start to fall into a routine. It’s like having the same dinner date every weekend at the same restaurant. It’s boring. Try to break the pattern.
If you tend to work directly through lunch, go to meet a friend and serve for an extremely long lunch. If you are the first and last to leave the office, take Friday afternoon or come late on Monday morning. You may feel like a child that gets a snow day. It’s a bit of “time” to help you get the feeling of content and make the “heart of your growing founder”.
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Change the scenery
Another way to arrest your business spirit again is to reconfigure or create a new workspace. Is your fumps office? Old looking? Think about what happens when you put a fresh coat on the walls. It’s better. I feel new. That smiles you. Small changes such as hanging new images or moving things may have a big difference. Two years ago I moved my office from a building in the city center for a more comfortable rental. We circulate new ergonomic tables, added color dividers between parts, built kitchen kitchen and added a small comfortable seating area. I love the space and love that comes to work. There are many studies that conflict the impact of the physical environment on the mood, but you do not need a study to feel the difference.
Celebrate
When you celebrate Valentine’s Day, you will do something special. You buy flowers, prepare a great dinner or send your love one note or text that tells them all the things you love about them. If you want to go back the warm, Musy about your business, celebrate with your people and celebrate them. It doesn’t have to be anything big. It can be a happy hour or Gooir for the film – L’Angless, put employed in treatment.
If you have ambivalent feelings about your business or have disappeared with your work. Don’t worry. Admit it and try some tips provided. And if you are full of love to what you do, as I am, celebrate!
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