Laying the First Brick.

I had ventured into a E-commerce business about one and half years back. The Potential of E-commerce Business - was and still is - massive. When i started it, i had heard the stories about some great entrepreneurs who ventured into this industry and made a fortune out of it. Having heard this stories i had only one Goal in mind - To Be one of them. I wanted to make it big. Do whatever it takes to make THE PALACE for me. Every time i thought about taking any action towards my Goal, i could only see one picture - That Palace. I had realized that my Goal had a picture and it was building that Palace. Every time i set up any meets or made any sales call - building that palace was the only thing that came to my mind. I did that for about 8 to 10 months just to realize i was not producing any results out of it.

Then one fine day my friend showed me a video of Tony Robbins interviewing John Reese who was the first person in the world to make a million dollar in one day with online sales. He achieved this while having hit by a hurricane. You can find that video here .

One of the things that John Reese says  - You always start with laying that first brick,

Focus on making that 1$ first.

This line really made a lot of sense to me. When i started the business all i ever thought was to build that palace. And that is where i directed all my Focus. And whenever someone would reject my offer, i would take it as an obstacle in building palace, which was not very useful. While Knowing where to reach and Having a clear goal in mind is very important and at the same time it will be also useful to to keep your focus on laying down that first Brick and another Brick after that. Most of us get confused by being focused on the goals while they forget the necessary actions that are required to hit that Goal. All we need to do is keep the Picture of the palace in mind while keep your focus on laying down that one brick at a time. You keep your focus on laying down those bricks and you keep doing that everyday - in no time you will have your palace ready automatically.

Here is the Exercise

Take down a piece of paper and divide it into 3 columns

Step 1: - Write down Goals which are very important to you NOW in the first column.
       For Example: -  Selling specific number of products, Scoring good marks is Exams, Reducing Weight.

Step 2: - In column 2, Write down what are the necessary steps that has to be taken to Reach that Goal
      For Example: - Building a database, Making a study schedule, Taking only specific amount of calories everyday.

Step 3: - In column 3, Write down what is the first step that you need to take in reaching your goal.
    For Example: - Making 10 Sales calls, Studying for 2 hours, Eating only list of food items.

Step 4: - While keeping your Goal in mind, Keep your Focus on Step 3.
           You can stop worrying about how many sales you will make or how much syllabus you will complete or how much of weight you will reduce. Just keep you focus on Implementing step 3 and you will reach your goal without you knowing it.
"Keep laying those bricks everyday one by one and you will have your palace ready" - Its by me. :)

Step 5: - Every night check column 2 and create list of actions that you want transfer to column 3. Focus on these actions till you reach your goal.

Have Fun Building the palace of your dreams

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