The Start Up experience with Company Connecting. Part Four: – The Brave Step

Category: Blog

By Janice

19/04/2016

Be scared. Be brave. Make a decision. Get on with it.

In my last article I wrote about starting with one idea, and ending up moving in a very different direction. I was already working via Vetta Business Services and had begun to pull together my prospective client list along with the product and service offerings. It was a relatively low risk business, combining consultancy and developing on line services. However, the outcome from my initial client research meant that Company Connecting now had its claws into me.

It certainly wasn’t safe. It was going to take a huge amount of effort. Money could be an issue …….BUT……. it was a lot more exciting! Potentially mad, bad and dangerous.

I was thoroughly confused – stick with what I knew or step right outside my comfort zone. I needed some help, and a friend passed me details of Martha Simpson an executive coach. She helped me turn my thinking on its head. What would happen if I didn’t devote all my time and energy to Company Connecting? Could I risk not following my gut instinct about Company Connecting? What did I have to lose? What did I have to gain? What in my heart of hearts did I really want to do? For two weeks I wrangled over what I should do, and finally I made the decision to go with Company Connecting.

During that time I received support from Business Gateway, and a number of other people who helped me through the decision making process. There are many people out there who give their time generously to act as sounding boards and help people with the first tremulous steps of turning their idea into a business.

One of the most important things I have learned in my life is the relief that comes with finally making a decision. The lead up and the pain of trying to review all options, worrying, considering ‘what if?’ disappears as soon as I make a decision. It seems that I go from worry to euphoria in an instant. The euphoria carries me through that early stage of figuring out how I am going to make something work. So I had now reached the next stage which was how I was going to turn my embryonic idea for Company Connecting into a business.

In the past I had run a company and been involved with developing new products and taking them to market. This meant I had a team of people around me who helped with all the things that I either didn’t want to do, or someone could do better. This let me play to my strengths. Now I was on my own, and I would have to do absolutely everything by myself. Surprisingly, I found this very liberating. Living with my new motto of ‘life is too short to work for someone else’ meant that I just had to get on with things. Having made a decision on what I was going to do, all I had to do was figure out howto do it!
So in summary: Be scared. Be brave. Make a decision. Get on with it!

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