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]]>Carol Sanford has risen to prominence as a consultant in the world of business development and is also well known for speaking to potential business owners in a number of different settings. She has authored a book, The Responsible Entrepreneur, where she discusses the importance of responsibility and accountability in the entrepreneurial field and her insights continue to be shared in the business community time after time.
“Entrepreneurism isn’t born within a rare few; it’s a fire waiting to be lit inside us.” – Carol Sanford (highlight to share)
There are a number of lessons that every entrepreneur can learn from Carol Sanford and the following list focuses on the five that I find to be the most crucial for you to learn more about how you can emulate Sanford’s tactics.
An entrepreneur does not fail or succeed based exclusively on his or her own merits, a lesson that Sanford teaches in all of her works. Success is achieved within a team context, while failures are typically achieved alone. The entrepreneur who tries to do it all by themselves or ignore the needs of those underneath is setting themselves up for continued disappointment.
One of the most common pitfalls that a budding entrepreneur falls victim to is the perception that they need to take on each of the most important tasks by themselves and minimize the amount of help they need from partners and staff members. However, a truly successful entrepreneur knows how to hold themselves accountable and delegate duties to those who are more talented than themselves. No one ever rises to the top alone, but there are certainly more than a few would-be entrepreneurs who have sunk to the bottom all by themselves.
Carol Sanford speaks about the importance of self-awareness and talks about what it takes for a person to leave their mark on the world. She communicates her thoughts and ideas about the traits needed for a person to reach their full potential. One of the ideas that she regularly touches on is that a successful person does not take any event that takes place in their life too personally. In order to achieve success, an entrepreneur must be able to look at the bigger picture.
Instead of allowing the outcome of certain situation to affect how they feel about themselves, Sanford talks about recognizing the impact of their actions and remaining focused on the task at hand. No one rises to the top without experiencing a few setbacks along the way and none of these issues should ever be taken personally. Your higher aim is what matters most.
When Sanford speaks to her audiences, whether in person or through her writings, she consistently focuses on the responsibilities that come with along with responsible entrepreneurial work. No one starts off their entrepreneurial journey knowing it all or being able to predict the future. Problems lie ahead and while there is no way to control them, you can control the manner in which you react to them.
Rather than being waylaid by every single challenge that comes along, Sanford shows her acolytes how to use them as learning experiences, as a method for enriching themselves intellectually. Thanks to her years of experience, she knows about how rewarding it can be to face a challenge head on and learn from it. There is going to be resistance along the way as you climb the ladder to your ultimate goal, so embrace these challenges and use them as a tool for self-improvement.
We often have moments in life where we feel a certain magnetic pull that encourages us to shoot for a certain goal or to pursue a particular endeavor. Carol Sanford encourages her audiences to stop ignoring those feelings and start pursuing the goals that will truly make them happy. When you pursue the goals that are most important to you, your capabilities will be stretched to the limit, which is the best way for a person to shake off their current comfort zone and grow into a successful entrepreneur.
Your capacity to grow is as limitless as your imagination. If you are someone who is constantly doubting themselves and refusing to see the bigger picture, then you are going to struggle to pursue your true calling. We all have that magnetic tug inside of us, that little voice in our heads that encourages us to stop working at jobs that we hate and to go after our dreams. Sanford ensures that her audiences do not continue to ignore that voice.
Another area of emphasis for Sanford is the importance of self-reflection. She urges her audiences and readers to take a moment to really reflect on what is important to them. What is your goal and even more importantly, what are you going to do in order to reach it? Goals are great, but without a definitive plan, a goal is merely a dream.
Until you can look deep within and decide on what your true goal entails and what you are willing to do in order to achieve it, you will remain in your current state. An entrepreneur is someone who is not afraid to challenge themselves and a person who thrives when they are pushed out of their preferred comfort zone. Thanks to Carol Sanford’s lessons, what once seemed like a dream can become a reality, when you are ready, willing and able to put in the work necessary.
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]]>A summary of things you should know about Habit Stacking according to Steve J Scott: Introduction In this episode Steve Scott shares his book, Habit Stacking, where you will discoverRead More
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]]>In this episode Steve Scott shares his book, Habit Stacking, where you will discover 97 quick habits that can instantly change your life.
In his book, Scott teaches you to discover how to manage a simple routine that you can repeat on a daily basis along with a few tools that will keep you motivated and consistent.
This book is perfect for entrepreneurs like you who want to make giant leaps forward in business, strengthen personal relationships, stay on top of finances, get organized, and improve health and fitness.
Most books talk about huge habits and not too much attention is paid toward the small habits that will improve your life.
The first part sets up a framework that is important the reader read. This book is very short so it shouldn’t take long to read.
I would say you can put a bunch of small habits into a single routine and you don’t really need a bunch of fancy processes to get them done.
The start of the book I introduce the idea that little hinges swing big doors and the idea here is small changes produce a significate lasting change to your life. You can add these small life changes to all the different aspects of your life such as productivity, relationships, finances, organization, spirituality, health and leisure and when added together they can do a lot for self-improvement.
The next section of the book is the introduction of the habit stacking and the mindset behind it. It is important to know that you can actually add dozens of small habits to your life with one single routine. Generally most people rely on multiple triggers to do all sorts of different habits and I teach you to do all these things for one specific trigger.
After that I go into the difference between small changes and mini habits. I set the framework between what a small change and mini habit is. Mini habits have a chance to grow and small changes are individual habits that have a start and finish that you really can’t improve on.
Next I go into the eight elements of habit stacking routine. I basically talk about how to take only five minutes or less and for a complete habit the total routine should be about 30 minutes or less.
A good substantial part of the book I go into the individual examples of habits that you can develop. There are 97 examples I include in the book that that includes the examples for productivity, relationship, finance, organization, spirituality, health and leisure. I give the framework for the habit stacking routine and talk about picking a time and location to focus on one routine at a time. I talk about the importance of putting everything into a logical checklist, having a good solid reason why you’re doing each one of these habits and using rewards to keep you going to follow this routine.
The next section talks about triggers and why they are important. A trigger is an outside event where you don’t have control and acts as a catalyst for following the habit stacking routine.
I then go into two examples of a habit stacking routine. I give an example of a productivity and morning routine. And I end with disruptions and challenges. We all have stuff that just happens in our lives and I explain how to overcome these distractions.
“Big doors swing on little hinges.” – W Clement Stone
I have been self-employed for the last 10 years in a variety of internet businesses specifically the last two years I have been into Kindle publishing. I got into habit development because I wanted to improve my own life and now I write books that come from my personal experience and things I have talked about with other people.
To be honest it came from a position of frustration. I wanted to figure out a way to put the little habits into a single routine and for a year I did this every single day first thing in the morning. One day I was trying to come up with a name for a book and I figured that this might be something that others find valuable.
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