"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall."
The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed. The entrepreneur who is on the verge of dismal failure grinds it out and builds a successful business. Setbacks happen to everyone. The challenge of bouncing back from a setback has much to do with how long you wait between the experience and the time you truly put your disappointment behind you.
The good news is that resilience can be learned. Here are 5 ways to build it :
1. Make Connections. Networking doesn't just make good business sense, it makes psychological sense. The support goes both ways-helping others, can benefit the helper as well. By forming a network of professional and personal resources, you can tap into a vast pool of advice or end up with many friends who will lend a sympathetic ear when times get tough. Even for home based business, linking your website with others can be a form of networking.
2. Accept Change. People evolve and businesses do too. While change can be painful, accepting that your business will change to meet new circumstances-whether it is an updated business plan or a new niche of customers served. In today's business and economic climate, you must have the ability to be flexible.
3. Take Action. Act on adverse situations as much as you can. Take decisive action, rather than detaching yourself completely from problems and stresses and wishing they would just go away. Problem solving is an active and ongoing process that can increase resilience considerably. Like what a good friend who runs his own camera website, always say to me : "Every Drop Makes An Ocean" and he is right...if we address any huge problem a step at a time...the problem(ocean) will slowly be reduced to a "lake" . It's all about taking the first step and moving with the momentum...one problem at a time.
4. Look for opportunities. Mainly for self-discovery..Small business owners (home based business owners included) can focus so heavily on changes in the market that they forget that they are also evolving as entrepreneurs with each challenge they meet. People often learn something about themselves and may find that they have grown as a result of their struggles.
5. Positive Views. Avoid seeing crises as unsolvable problems. Whether your business had to downsize or change markets to accommodate the economy, your focus should be on the big picture.
Fear of failure and fear of the unknown are always defeated by faith. Have faith in yourself and in the process of change, it will reveal your own inner core of steel. You reap what you sow. But always remember that reaping only comes after sowing and it takes time.
All the best on your trip to a successful business and making INFINITE MONEY along the way!
Mariachi bands with fold dances and a raffle for a free vacation for a lucky couple welcomed the first cruise ship to dock at Cozumel after more than a month of no visits due to the swine flu scare. Tourist destinations in Mexico including popular resorts off the coast of Yucatan Peninsula, Cozumel and other cities are now starting to get life again as the flu crisis is over.
Albert Marrufo, director of the island's tourism department excitingly says ?Imagine how we feel, we are all anxious to welcome them back? as the ship in Cozumel brings 2400 passengers and adds ?We live 100 percent either directly or indirectly from tourism.?
There were a great number of cruise ships and even air lines that canceled their stops or travel to Mexico as it was the center of the world wide influenza A (H1N1) crisis. Beach resorts, port stalls and stores and many people living on tourism activities has lost jobs and money on the way.
Mexican officials has estimated that if things doesn't turn around for them, since the epidemic hit the economy early in April, an amount of $4 billion maybe lost from tourism. 85% of the industries income comes from Mexican tourists. Officials are now calling on hotels, airlines, hotspot destinations and restaurants to offer special packages or discounts to attract people back to their tourist destinations.
Some hotels and restaurants has slashed rates and services up to 50 percent and some even more to adjust to this problem as millions of Mexicans has already lost their jobs. Though, airline prices are still increasing due to planes were taken out of the circulation during the downtime.
President Felipe Calderon launched a $90 million effort to promote summer travel and announces that ?millions of families in the whole country live from tourism.... these hard-working, honest and struggling people are passing through a difficult moment.?
?Today we are going to begin a grand movement to reactivate our tourism industry. This means that each family can decide to travel and choose a destination in Mexico and have the time of their lives.?
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