How To Stay Motivated When Starting A New Business

Staying motivated is one of the most difficult aspects of being an entrepreneur! I’ll talk about a few ways that can help you stay motivated when starting a new business. If you’re reading this it means you are either A) thinking about starting a business, B) just starting a business, or C) giving up on the business that you started a while ago. If you find yourself in the latter group, you already know what this article is about.

            One of the most difficult and frustrating things about starting a new business is the amount of time between starting your business and seeing your first profits. Depending on the type of business that you plan to start or have already started, this can take much longer than you originally anticipated. So, if you need money fast, start out with one of the instant money-makers like Uber or DoorDash. The first way to set yourself up for success is to manage your expectations properly from the start. Read our comprehensive guide to setting expectations for your new business for more on this!

How To Stay Motivated

Get Active on Social Media

            However, if you are willing to put in some time, then starting a business may be right for you. So how do you stay motivated when starting a new business before you actually start seeing results? I am talking about the period where there is a lot of work going into the business, but no money coming back out. I have a few thoughts on that. The first is starting a social media page, whether it be on Facebook, Instagram, X, or whatever the platform is. This is a fantastic way to stay engaged in your business. When deciding what you will be posting for the day, it keeps your mind in a creative mode and generates new ideas. It’s also nice to get direct feedback from your target audience!

Make One Small Improvement Each Day

            The next way you can stay motivated is just to shift your mindset just a little bit. My goal is always to move my business forward each day. Even if it is just having a brief brainstorming period for creative ideas or reading some articles related to my business. The point is you need to have some things in your daily routine that keep you engaged in your business. There will be times when you feel like giving up or you’ll never get anywhere. However, if you improve your business even a tiny bit every single day, there’s no way you will fail. By the time you start making money from your new hustle, you will be a changed, better version of yourself. You will begin to love the journey just as much as you will love to start making money.

Visualize Your Success

            The last, and my personal favorite, way to stay motivated throughout the entire journey is visualization. You get to picture what your life will look like after your business is successful. You get to picture your new car, house, freedom, and experience all of it as if it were real. Whether you believe in manifestation or not, visualizing your success is a tried-and-true method of getting to where you want to be. Visualization is used by professional athletes and business-people alike to reach their highest goals. Imagining how your business will change your life might just be the extra bit of motivation you need to keep you headed in the right direction. If you want to take your visualization to the next level, you can even use an online tool like this vision board maker or create one at home!

            To wrap this up, expectation management from the beginning is crucial to long-term success. However, even if you know it’s going to take a lot of time and effort before you start being able to reap the benefits of your labor, you will still need to have some tools in your toolbelt to help you get through the difficult days. These motivational practices have helped me, and many others stay on track and hopefully they will help you too. Don’t forget, if it was easy, everyone would be an entrepreneur!