Are You a Strong Starter or a Slow Burner?

Which are you?

There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answer.

Both can reach the finish line.

Slow starters can finish strong.

Strong starters can finish slow.

The tip is: keep moving and stay lit.

I notice this with new business owners once the excitement of start-up is over: See, in the beginning, it’s all about first times: pretty website, blog, social media, meetings, telling people. Once the initial euphoria fades – and the actual work begins – then they have to find their way to keep all those initial sparks alive.

If you feel your spark wavering:

• remind yourself consistently why you started, the real reason.
• reinforce your capability to get the job done.
• don’t judge yourself harshly, you don’t need that nonsense, have some compassion for yourself and ask other questions of yourself to stay lit.
• focus on your strengths and don’t linger too long your weaknesses.
• remind yourself of the journey so far.
• get real: did you set your expectations for a superhuman, do you judge yourself too harshly?
• review your goals: what can you add for self-motivation and take out because it does nothing for you?
• speak up and ask for help or other perspectives; sometimes we are too close to our stuff we are missing the whole picture

Dawn