Momentum - Business to Business Online Magazine MOMENTUM March 2020 | Page 32

BUSINESS OF LEADERSHIP
BONNIE BENKULA, BSHCA, MBA
First Choice Business Brokers
The John Maxwell TEAM
LEADERS Take the
FIRST STEP FIRST
E
ver known anyone that was just getting
through the day? I mean someone seems
to have it all, but feels dazed and confused?
Time flies in this lifetime and your dreams
need to be stepped toward and not backed
down. Life is short. It’s time again to ask yourself, “Am I
really living the dream I had for my life?”
A client shared with me that he was feeling like a
“zombie” at the end of each day. He said after being
exhausted from work, he felt like he was walking into
his next “job” when he got home. He said he was
“fried” and “burnt out.” When asked what he was doing
to make a change, he said he was “just hoping that
tomorrow would be better.” We agreed hope is good,
but eventually decided that action is better.
When you are running on empty and “hoping” to
find a spark to lighten your life, it can be difficult to
just get through another day, much less envision the
goals and dreams you once had for your life. But never
fear, at some point in most individuals lives they live
in this chaos – but please keep it short. The challenge
can occur when one gets stuck in this cycle and can’t
get out. Being stuck in this cycle leads to unhappiness,
stress, depression, lack of hope and even health issues.
Herein lies the real danger.
Is there joy when you wake up in the morning – are
you doing what you thought you’d be doing? Are you
living to your full potential? We’ve all heard the
saying, “if you love what you’re doing, you’ll never
work a day in your life.” One might interpret this to
say, if you are passionate about your work, if you
would work for free doing what you do, if you have
a hard time getting yourself to slow down in your
job because you love it, you might be where you
were meant to be. So much easier said than done.
But if the thought in your head is, “there has to
be more to life than this” then it might be time to
make a change; invest in personal development,
hire a life coach or to even begin to take one step
a day to start reaching for your true purpose in life
and living your best life! Research shows the most
successful players in life need a coach from time to
time.
The client I mentioned above became
exceptional, the moment he made an exceptional
decision. He decided to put his physical and mental
health first. He decided to invest in himself. He
developed a renewed commitment his dreams for the
long term and he took small steps that led to massive
action. His decisions not only helped him, but helped
his family, his company and put balance into his life.
Is it time to get your lives balanced? It’s not enough
to know what to do, you have to do it!
First, be honest with yourself about your goals and
dreams.
Second, take any action; make that call, open that
business, claim your dream.
Third, be prepared to outwork others, to execute
daily and go from 70% effort to 100% living!
Get your hustle back and build up equity in your
life and those around you by doing what you love and
taking care of yourself.
When someone is passionate, and they want it
bad enough, they will it into existence. They will seek
continual learning and personal development. Don’t
lose your curiosity and quit wasting time. Find a
challenging learning environment, a positive circle of
achievers and take that first step forward. You never
know who might be there to help you.
Leaders take the first step first – that’s what we do.