Is Fear Leading Your Business?

In these crazy unpredictable economical times, are you letting fear lead your business? If you are stuck and seem to just be shaking your head and do not know where to go in your business. You may be allowing fear to lead your business. In order for your business to move forward, you need to take action and stay positive. It can be hard, however, you have to realize you won’t move forward if you are sitting and not doing anything.

One thing many people will say is, “I don’t have enough money to do anything for my business”. Well, sorry, in this digital and web based age, there are many things you can do for your business that do not require a lot of money. You can set up a website through Wordpress or Typepad for no money. Now, in order to customize it and get proper search engine optimization done, that will take some money, but you can do it a little at a time. And at least you are taking action.

Don’t allow the fact of not having alot of money stop you from moving your business forward. You can take the time to write content or articles on your areas of expertise to your target market. You can submit these articles to submission sites such as ezine articles.com or go articles.com.

Research your target market and then go out and meet them. Ask those in your target market or industry experts if you can offer guest posts on their blogs. Also, you can create an online newsletter or ezine for little money as well. For instance, iContact has a free trail to get you started.

Another thing that people seem to have difficulty with and allows to keep them from moving forward in their business is the fear of competition. Have you ever found yourself thinking, “Well, all of what needs to be said about my field is already out there”. Or perhaps, you have thought, “I don’t want to team up with anyone else on a project because they are in the same industry and they will steal my ideas”.

Another way to think about the subject of competition; there are more than enough possible customers to go around for everyone. Don’t keep focusing on your competition and what they are doing. You can be mindful of their actions but don’t fear them.

Another fear that could be leading your business is success. I know that seems to be a backwards statement. However, it happens more times than you might think. Just when you start seeing some people become customers and others wish to connect with you, your inner voice or ego, may say, “But what if this works, can I do this?” Now you already know the answer to this…YES! You can do this. Don’t allow success to deter you. Success is a good thing. Now is the time to need to think about some possible outsourcing or creating systems within your business due to the success of the business. Celebrate your success and don’t allow fear to defeat your success.

I have met others who are “scared” to approach other people even though they really wish to connect with them. Well, the “secret” is…most likely, the person you wish to connect with, wants to connect with you too. You know the saying, You don’t know, if you don’t try. It is the same here. If you don’t try to connect, you won’t ever know the outcome. But not trying, you are leaving yourself with this result–nothing.

If you spend your time allowing fear to lead your business, you will stay stagnant in the place where you are right now. The time you are putting energy into these fears, utilize that time to take action steps to get to move your business in a positive motion.

You are allowing fear to control your business….is that what you want for your business? If not, take the control back and lead your business onto the path you want to grow and build.

Here are two things to leave you with. You will attract into your life what you tend to project. When things are slow or not going the way you want, have you ever noticed that by worrying about it, it doesn’t make it any better. So you might as well, work towards action and continue to lift up optimistic point of views.

It takes courage to be different. These times are not great—you know this. But don’t allow this fear and other fears to keep you frozen and not moving towards your goals. Work on creating systems, work on creating connections with others, add value to your discussions, and believe in your business to break through these barriers of fear keeping you back from your highest potential.

Teresa Morrow is on the Florida Board of Advisors with The WECAI Network ™ (http://www.wecai.org) and one of the Editors at Large at WE Magazine for Women ™ (http://www.wemagazineforwomen). Teresa has combined her passions; writing, reading and connecting with others. She began Key Business Partners, an online promotional company for authors, coaches, and speakers. She cares about her clients and is available for 20 minute free consultation. You can contact her via email at keybusinesspartners@verizon.net or visit her website at http://www.keybusinesspartners.com .