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Is Your "Fire" For Business Going Out?
~~ Terri Levine

Has the novelty of your new business worn off? Does it feel like "work" now? A daily grind? Are you bored? Perhaps the excitement of the early challenges has worn off? Has it become uninteresting?

Let's face it, without stimulation, most things become boring and jaded rather quickly. But it is up to you to create challenges for yourself – create new goals! Brainstorm new ideas and put them into action. You don't have to just sit with what you've already achieved and wonder, "Is this all there is?"

First make sure you know what it is that excites and challenges you. Make a list. It could be testing yourself against untried and untested procedures, solving problems, or developing new ways of doing things, etc.

Once you know what challenges and excites you, next find ways to incorporate more of that into your daily business. Include it in your goals. Determine what you need to do to implement this new strategy – what steps you need to take now and in the future. You need to reassess how you think about your work and what you are doing – perhaps you need a change of focus too. Whatever you do must have meaning for you.

If you are in a line of business where this is more easily said than done, you can start with small things, like finding ways to complete your daily tasks quicker or more accurately. You can gain immense satisfaction from achieving even simple things – it is this satisfaction that gives meaning and purpose to everything you do, challenging or otherwise.

Hmm... this sounds a little like Work Yourself Happy... perhaps you should read the book! (www.terrilevine.com/books.htm#happy)

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Author info:
Terri Levine, The Guru of Coaching SM, Ph.D., MCC, is the best selling author of several books including the international bestseller Work Yourself Happy, Coaching for an Extraordinary Life, Create Your Ideal Body, the international bestseller Stop Managing, Start Coaching! and her newly released book The Successful Coach co-authored with Larina Kase and Joe Vitale was just released by Wiley. She is the founder the international coach training program: The Coaching Institute, www.CoachInstitute.com. She can be contacted through the web at www.CoachInstitute.com/contactus.html or by phone 877-401-6165.