Small Business Revitalization Blog

Energy flows where attention goes! If you are immersing yourself in the economic news then you are setting yourself up for more of the same (misery)! What would it take for you to think differently? What would it take to move out of your economic 'comfort zone'? What could you do instead? + Could you spend 30 minutes each day visualizing the success of your business? + Could you spend 30 minutes today finding new products or services your customers will love? + Could you spend 30 minutes every day coaching your team to better performance? + Could you spend 30 minutes today talking about what’s great right now? + Could you spend 30 minutes creating a new marketing campaign? Need to renew your positive perspective on your life or business? Call the Resuscitation Experts!

What are you really wanting from your business? + Enough income to sustain your family? + Fame and fortune? + Freedom? + Fulfillment of your life’s passion? + Not sure? Need to discover a new direction? Call the Resuscitation Experts!

As a small business owner, it can get lonely at the top! + Who is in your support network? + Do you have access to a diverse mix of support online and in the real world? + How do you help others? + Why is it so hard for you to ask for help? + What could you gain from tapping into some amazing networks? Want to identify how to access the resources you need most? Call the Resuscitation Experts!

A dark horse is an unknown or unexpectedly successful entrant.  Could you be the dark horse in your industry or market? + What do your clients most need to know about your industry? + What is your ground-breaking point of view? + How are you ‘opposite’ to your competitors? + What are your ‘counter-points’ to common industry knowledge? + Where are the gaps and niches most suited to your expertise? Need an outsider's insights on developing a mysterious 'dark horse' business strategy? Call the Resuscitation Experts!

Could you be better aligned? + Are your business and personal goals in perfect alignment? + Do you know how to realign your actions to end the year on a high? + What one thing would make the biggest difference in your business if realigned with your goals? + Have you aligned the interests of your business with the interests of your clients? + Are there opportunities for alignment with complementary or competitive businesses which you haven’t considered? Need a realignment? Call the Resuscitation Experts!

You already know the number, but do you know how to increase that power exponentially? + Would you employ Einstein, Richard Branson and Bill Gates if you could? + Who else owns an imagination you’d like to tap into? + How often do you tap into the imagination of others (formally or informally)? + Who said you know the most about your business? + What stops you from benefiting from the imagination of others? Need to tap into some new ideas? Call the Resuscitation Experts!

Three-quarters of the year has whizzed by! Are your new year’s resolutions long forgotten? What did you achieve in those 6570 hours? What do you plan to achieve with the 2000 or so hours left in 2008? What are you waiting for? Do you need a support team to get back on track? What would it take to achieve with ease? Will you take the 55 Day "REVIVE Your Dream" Challenge with us? Starts 1 October 2008 - Call the Resuscitation Experts for more information!

How do you access ‘the zone’? Through exercise? Through nature? Through computer games? Through meditation? Through a nice long hot shower? Want to access your power zone with ease? Call the Resuscitation Experts!

Life is way too short to waste, seriously! Are you anticipating a magnificent day? If not, maybe you could think again… What would it take for you to try something outrageous today? How do you reward behavior and ideas that lighten up your business? Do you remember what exhilaration feels like? (No, I didn’t mean exhaustion!!) What brings you joy and when was the last time you did it? When was the last time you were labeled a thrill-seeker? Want to find new ways to make your day magnificent? Call the Resuscitation Experts!

Here are my top 3 coaching questions you can ask yourself to discover if your greatest barrier to success is actually the fear of failure... When was the last time you had a business project or idea fail? If it was less than a month ago, it's possible that the fear of failure has you paralysed! No failures probably means you aren't having that many successes either!!  Trial and error worked pretty well for Einstein (and a few other geniuses that come to mind...)  Every failure is taking you one step closer to success. What important action 'should' you have taken by now that you are procrastinating on? Are you procrastinating because you're concerned about failing? Think of it this way - you already have a 'no' so go ahead and do it anyway! What if you were to succeed? What would your upside be?

Does your idea feel 'too big'? If you are feeling stuck, not sure where to start, or completely overwhelmed, then maybe your idea is so big that you are weighed down by the spectre of failure. Breaking your idea into manageable steps that feel achieveable is a great cure!

Lastly, if you reframe any failure as a learning experience then there is no way you can see it as a failure. There is a silver lining in every cloud - the trick is to make sure you don't repeat the same mistakes over and over! Ask yourself: What have I learned here? Whilst there's learning there's life - in your business and in yourself!!

Would you like to share your experiences or perspectives on success or failure? Tell us about your experiences in the comments section below. If you need to share more than just a comment (ie you're looking for help!), call the Revitalisation Experts!