Building Success Habits

Launch Your Next Big Business Idea To See Its Value

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you. You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” -- James Allen

The launch is the greatest test of any idea. The implementation shows an idea’s real value - or lack of value. You can minimize your risk of complete failure by launching your idea to a smaller test market. Beta test your idea. Before any big launch, you want to test your idea with a small audience before launching it into the world. This allows you to get feedback and make adjustments before spending a lot of time and money on advertising.

Gather feedback and data from your beta launch of your new idea. Then upgrade, expand or adjust where necessary.

This is where you go from thinking to action. It is time to bring your idea into the world as a product or service. It can be a scary step and requires growth but if you want to be successful you need to take your developed idea and launch.

When and How to Share Your Next Big Business Idea

1. “Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.” --William Arthur Ward
2. It is important to clarify and evaluate your thoughts before sharing them with others. Once you have gone through the process of early stage creative thinking you can now share your ideas in order to take them to the next level. 
3. Even though you want to clarify and evaluate your ideas before sharing, they do not need to be perfect or complete. There is a lot of power in bringing several minds together. When they all enter into the thinking process together it creates a Mastermind.
4. There are five steps to take to share your thinking with others: 

• Bring your idea to the table - it doesn’t have to be a great thought, just a good one.
• Share your desire for others to improve your idea - you need to want better ideas more than you want credit.
• Ask everyone to participate - people should know their input matters
• Ask questions - nothing stimulates improved thinking more than questions
• Let the best idea win - when the best idea wins… you win! 

Episode 10 The Importance of Evaluating Your Next Big Business Idea

‘Whatever things are true ...noble...just...pure...lovely...are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy; think on these things.” -- Paul the Apostle

All ideas are not good ideas! A critical step to business success is evaluated thinking. It is not enough just to think the thought and write it down. We also have to evaluate the ideas and sort them into three idea buckets: Great, Mediocre, and Bad. Then you will know where to focus your energy next. Let the bad ideas go. They are not yours to act on. Set the mediocre ideas aside. They are not ready to grow. Evaluate the great ideas and think of ways to make them better.

Sleep on it! Then reread your ideas and ask yourself the following questions: Does the thought still speak to me? Will this thought speak to others? How, where and when can I use this thought? Who can I help by delivering or implementing the thought?

Episode 9 The Power of Writing to Clarify Your Next Big Business Idea

“Learning to write is learning to think. You don’t know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.” -- U.S. Senator S. I. Haykawa Writing makes you think things through and forces you to articulate your thoughts. Being able to see our thoughts visually also brings more clarity to our thinking.

Most business owners have a natural bias for action. They undervalue the importance of setting aside time for thinking. But without thinking time, business owners just end up becoming glorified technicians. It was a great idea that launched your business in the first place. It needs a continuous stream of new ideas to continue growing.

Allow yourself time to think. Write what comes to mind without analyzing it. Just capture your thoughts on paper. Keep your thoughts in a safe place. Use a special file or notebook that is easy to find whenever you need it.

Episode 19 Be Comfortable Taking the First Step Without Knowing the Others |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“Everything will work out in the end. You don’t need to know how. You just have to trust that it will.” - Anonymous

If you want to accomplish many things, you have to try many things!

Trying things even when you are not sure of success helps us: Increase our odds of being successful

Gain more practice with creative ideas Become more comfortable with our misses

Success is a messy process. The sooner we get comfortable being uncomfortable and not knowing all the answers the faster we can grow.

This does not mean taking unnecessary risks. It means taking one step at a time and adjusting when necessary before taking the next step.

Ask yourself this question: When it comes to problems, challenges and obstacles, do you believe there is always a solution?

Episode 20 Success is Learning to Be Comfortable Letting Go of Yesterday |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We all can do things we don’t even dream we can do.” Dale Carnegie

When we work hard at something we usually have a hard time letting it go. We become emotionally attached to it. Often, if we took time to evaluate it, we would see that there is a better way or it has outlived its usefulness.

Consider this: It is easier to let go of something if you’re going to get something better

People usually cut their losses too late.

Excellence is possible only with creative dissatisfaction… if we are satisfied we don’t try to get better You can’t fall in love with the structure or you stop being creative.

Ask yourself these questions: When was the last time you let go of something that no longer serves you? Do you find it difficult or easy to let go of old successes and solutions? Why? How could you leverage a stronger faith in the future in order to let go of the past?

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Episode 15

Be the Business Go-To Connection by Making Yourself More Valuable |IBGR | Donna Kunde & Londina Cruz

“If you will help others get what they want, they will help you get everything you need in life.” - Zig Ziglar

1. When you make yourself more valuable you also put yourself top-of-mind to your business connections. You will be the first one they think of in conversations where connections are being made.
2. The fastest way to make yourself more valuable is to get really curious. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
3. Make yourself more valuable by making yourself better so you have more to give. When you grow yourself, you raise your capacity to make yourself available for the connections in your life.

The Business Owner’s Guide to Resilience

How to Use Resilience to Grow You and Your Business ​

The President of Lead from Within says, “It’s human nature to resist change -- particularly when it comes in the form of adversity or challenges. But change is inevitable, and developing the trait of resilience helps us not only survive change, but also to learn, grow and thrive on it.

Resilience is the capacity to cope with stress and adversity. It comes from believing in yourself and at the same time believing in something bigger than yourself.

Resilience is not a trait that you are born with. It is something intentionally developed over time. The good news is that resilience involves behaviors, thoughts and actions that can be learned and developed by anyone.

Emotionally strong and resilient people do not expect immediate results. They understand that genuine success takes time. They also face struggles, obstacles and adversity with energy and fortitude. We can change our direction overnight but we rarely arrive at our destination overnight. Keep your eye on the big picture and don’t quit!

The Business Owner’s Guide to Resilience

Optimize Business Relationships Using Resiliency

“The weaker person usually controls the relationship.” -- Elmer Towns

Emotionally strong business owners don’t allow others to control their relationships. Being effective does not mean making everyone happy. People Pleasing does not lead to resilience.

Resilient business owners have the ability to adjust to difficult relationships while the less resilient can’t or won’t. Dysfunctional people want others to function on their level. Average people want others to be average. High achievers want others to achieve.

Resilient business owners honor their relationships while at the same time guarding against letting others control them, especially in difficult relationships.

The Business Owner’s Guide to Resilience

Add Resilience to Deal With Entrepreneurial Difficulties

Former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens writes in his book Resilience: “Many of life’s annoyances just have to be ignored. That doesn’t mean that we suppress, ignore or deny every pain. Serious pain has to be confronted. But one mark of resilience is learning to tell which pain deserves our attention. Paying attention to every pain, all the time, doesn’t lead to resilience. It usually just leads to whining.”

Emotionally strong business owners don’t waste time feeling sorry for themselves.

You can’t be successful and complain at the same time. Focusing on troubles and moving towards success really happen together.

Learn to discern what the problem is and then reframe or prioritize the situation.

Does it really need your energy and attention … right now? Or can you let it go or put some emotional space between it.