I keep procrastinating and thinking that "I can do it" but every day keeps passing by, I pay little to no mind over accelerating the business. It's started to feel like I set a too damn unrealistic goal for myself…
I can't plan for my business… Is it because the business idea is unrealistic for me?
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Posted by IcyLimit9372
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Yes. Give up now.
If you don’t start some type of business within 72 hours just concentrate on a job because if you don’t start something within 72 hours it will for ever be a dream.
i did one of them sleep meditations and found out why I’m stalling my business idea. One would be physical wellness, which has higher priority for me than going after those moneys
A lot of ppl like *the idea* of being an entrepreneur.
But the key thing is, to be an entrepreneur, there’s no one there to tell you what to do.
You have to get up and do it. All. Yourself.
Have meetings with yourself.
Prepare, as if you’re meeting with a supervisor.
Prepare agenda points. Then have a specific time planned, where you sit down, and go over each point, and work on each one. Or make a clear plan and strategy for each one, including a time frame. Preferably the same time next week. And you keep doing that weekly meeting, to go over what you accomplished, and what needs to get done now.
Keep yourself accountable.
If you can’t… then this isn’t the right time for you to own a business. And you’ll be better off working a job, and perhaps think about and plan your business on the side, ready to pick it up again, when you are ready.
Sometimes you just lose drive when it’s not clear what to do next.
Can you explain why you procrastinate ? Is that a natural tendancy or does starting a business seem complicated ?
I find that a lot of us usually fear doing the first step by asking ourselves questions like: is my business idea good enough ? Where do I start? How do I do?
Essentially what helps me best is to test an idea with some friends or even better with professionals. Once done and you feel like it is a good idea, you should prepare a list of to-dos. Nothing too complicated just a list of small tasks you need to achieve the get there.
The smallest the task, the less fear you have and you will be able to progress a lot in that way !
That’s super common. It’s usually not that your ideas are unrealistic; it’s that you’re overwhelmed or unsure where to start.
Not every business has to work out. That’s just how it is, not everyone’s meant to be a founder, and not every idea is meant to win. If you already feel disconnected or unsure, that’s usually the sign. Nothing takes off without belief and real commitment. If you’re already questioning whether it’s too unrealistic, you probably have your answer.
Without that inner drive, it won’t happen.
When I started as an entrepreneur, I didn’t have a mentor, which affected me a lot. Then I got one, and he told me that 90 percent of the knowledge about entrepreneurship and business is marketing hype, designed to trick you into believing that it is easy and fast. This made me aware that 90 percent of people don’t know what they are doing.
Through guidance, I learned that entrepreneurship is not primarily about making money and becoming rich or gaining freedom.
It’s more about creating something that will help people. Then, as a result of helping them, money will start flowing in.
I learned that creativity is not something you can plan, but something that flows. It took me 5 years to establish my business and create consistency.
I am building another one now, and it has taken me three years to refine it.
All I am trying to say is, don’t limit yourself to meeting social expectations or unrealistic expectations that don’t match what entrepreneurship is all about. Take your time. If you feel like rushing, then entrepreneurship is not your primary focus. Perhaps it is something else.
What is your business about?
I’ve been there before and I learned that procrastination is not at all laziness, rather, it’s overwhelm in disguise. You may be trying to bite the whole apple instead of one piece at a time. The best way to eat an elephant is in small chunks, day-by-day, haha.
Try this out, Pomodoro style…pick one 25 min block and devote it to one micro-task that your overconfident that you can do…mission statement, sketch your first offer, have a meeting with yourself like u/Baudica said (great idea, definitely adding to toolbelt, thank you!) anything small…then take a deep breath, and walk away.
Most people assume discipline is about working harder, but it’s honestly about starting smaller. Avalanches start off as snowballs, you feel me. The momentum from one honest session can do more for your idea than a month of pressure from it. What’s one small thing you got done today? Once you set your mind to it, it’s already done! It’s a great way to approach it knowing it’s done! Good Luck!!!
Sounds less like your idea is unrealistic and more like it’s overwhelming. Break it into tiny next steps, validate one piece quickly, and time-block work on it. Momentum comes from small, consistent wins, not trying to plan the whole empire at once
Sorry for the long life story 🙂
This thread really resonates with me because I was in the same shoes as you, I really loved the idea of being a business man since I was 13-14 I really liked programming (frond-end, back-end etc.) (mainly everything about computers) from a really young age, so I tried creating multiple “Business Ventures” if I can name them like that 🙂 I started with website development for local businesses in 2015-2016 this kind of business had a verry good potential here in my country, after i started a design venture, app development venture (I think you got the idea i tried a lot of things 🙂 ) but of course every single one of this so called businesses failed (but I learned a lot of things during this period) because I was young didn’t understand business, after these failed attempts i was felling down didn’t want to even think about trying again to be a entrepreneur again, so for 4-5 years I lived my life got into college, i got hired on my first grown up job as a BI analyst, had a good salary etc.. but the entrepreneur within me ignited again because I realized I didn’t like to work for someone or wait for a pay raise whenever they feel like giving one, so I stole knowledge from them and started my own BI analytics company, using the knowledge from my previous failed business ventures now I know how to run it how to get connections and where to find clients.
So in short what I can tell you is to not discourage yourself, if this plan doesn’t work you will have another plan that maybe it will work the main formula for me and it works is to be persistent and stick to you dreams you need just to **not give up**
My business coach taught me…. “You don’t achieve goals. You comply with personal standards that make your goals inevitable.”
Stop thinking about the big goal. Build the daily habit.
**Example:** Don’t think “I need to make $100K revenue.” Think “I make 10 sales calls every day, and ask for 5 referrals per week. No exceptions.”
The goal feels impossible because you’re trying to eat the whole elephant.
Cut it into daily bites. Execute those. Your goal becomes inevitable.
What’s your daily standard going to be?
Curious, would you say you’re more of a person structured around discipline and process or do you tend to work in sprints and off energy?