Week 5 - Self Mastery

This weeks reading made me thing about what I am doing to help myself along, and what I am doing that is preventing my own success. I think I can agree that the most difficult challenge for an entrepreneur to overcome is their own short comings and their own doubts. I know that can be true for me, so this week I am thinking about what I do that is sabotaging my own success and how I can turn those things into strengths that can help me along my way. One thing I realized is that I like things to be perfect, and sometimes that holds me back from moving on until I feel that everything is perfectly put together. I don't think this is helpful in business because things are rarely going t be perfect at every step. Movement is the key, so I am going to try to keep movement as a big part of my plan. Move forward even if things aren't exactly the way you want them. They will get better as you learn and progress. Another thing I learned about myself is that I am good at coming up with great ideas, but I would prefer if someone else did the little details for me while I focus on the big picture and direction. I like to be the creative mind behind the ideas, but the follow through down to the details is a challenge for me. I think that noticing these two things this week has been really enlightening for me and will help me to improve the way I do things in the future. Taking notice of weaknesses is the first step to mastering them and turning them into strengths.