Be consistent
We all have days when we feel demotivated but the best way to pick yourself back up is to just power through it. This doesn’t mean burn yourself out by over working but instead get yourself back into the positive mindset and have confidence that you’re making progress by persisting with your work.
Initially, your ideas of how to achieve what you want in life may be rough. But over time, as you start to learn what works and what doesn’t, you’ll be able to refine your techniques. The key is making the first step, and then continuing to make progression each day towards your definition of success.
Network
The best way to do this is to get out from behind the screen and go talk to people. Go to business events with a positive attitude and you’ll soon find someone with things in common. It’s good to promote your business too, but don’t over do it as people will start to feel like you’re there to sell to them rather than build a relationship. Build relationships first, selling comes later.
Networking doesn’t just apply to businesses either. They can be great for creating motivation and ideas when on a course or studying for a qualification.
Formal education vs. experience
“Just do it then” is the single piece of advice which I love giving the most. Especially when I speak to a college or university student who thinks the only way of landing a successful job, becoming a writer or learning a foreign language with the hope of one day moving abroad to teach is to complete a degree.
I’m not completely anti-university; I’ve a lot of respect for doctors, surgeons and dentists, to name a few. What needs to be decided upon is whether or not you could achieve what you want in a much shorter amount of time by doing it yourself right away, rather than through formal education. Does the subject lend itself well to classroom teaching, in my opinion subjects such as web design and IT don’t while science and medicine definitely do. Don’t let the drudgery of turning up to classes and handing work in on time kill your passion.
