Entrepreneurs and Discipline

I wrote a recent post on Entrepreneurial A.D.D.  As a follow-up, my graduate assistant, Joe Ormont, found a very good post at Court's blog that offers some tips on getting focused:

• Do it doucement (slowly, very slowly) (not sure whether this is a Bond movie line actually). We often fail when we try too hard. Take it one step at the time and incorporate necessary tasks week by week.
• Don't measure yourself against others in competition. Use them as a guideline if all. You will only set yourself up for early failure when you try to compare what they have and you haven't achieved.
• If you run a business besides working a day job, invest more emotional energy into your business. After all, it is your future and deserves your full attention.
• Don't be put off by setbacks, keep persisting!
• Do something for your business every single day, regardless how tired you are.
• Use personal visualization techniques to day dream. They are very powerful.
• Don't spend your time with negative people and business dream wreckers. They are poison, especially in the early (failure) stages of your business.
• Be proud of your achievements, however small they seem.
• Learn from your setbacks and mistakes and do it better next time round.
• Don't try to complicate things - keep it easy.
• Have fun.

Some good thoughts to reflect on at the end of the week.