Are you wearing many hats?

As an entrepreneur you wear many hats. You’re the manager, the administrative assistant, the delivery person, the accountant, the graphic designer, and the list goes on and on. Some people are more “blessed,” than others and have employees to handle many of their daily operational duties. But when you’re just starting out . . . it’s just you.

When you’re wearing so many hats it’s easy to get lost in the hustle and forget why you’re doing it in the first place. You’re juggling clients, sales presentations, trying to get your website just right, and in the daily shuffle the vision God gave you  turns into just another job. Don’t get so tied up to working it that you forget what you’re working for. In the bible, the book of Habakkuk 2:2 (New King James Version) says;

Then the LORD answered me and said:

“ Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.”

Whatever your business idea or grand scheme, get it out of your mind and onto something solid. When you “make it plain,” you give fuel to your dreams, desires, and destiny. It gives you a reason to put on the many hats of entrepreneurship. It gives you that reason you need to keep pushing through to the next sales meeting. It gives you incentive to keep going through the setbacks, successes, and failures.

See who you were destined to be, not who you are.

One other thing, when you write down the vision of your company. Describe what you want it to be and not where it currently is. The bible also tells us that the power of life and death are in the tongue and we should speak things as if they were and not as they are. So speak, or in this case, write your success into existence. You may not be a millionaire or have a few hundred employees . . . so what! If God gave you the vision He’ll definitely give you the tools to make it happen!

Here are 3 tips to help you make your vision plain so that when you or someone else reads it you can run with it.

• Write it on a mirror – If you wake up and the first thing you see is you in a mirror, then this one is for you. What better way to start your day than seeing your vision staring back at you? It’s like looking into the future!
• Write it in a journal – Journalism is the key to keeping track of the progress of your vision. I keep many journals and each one is full of ideas, concepts, and anything else that comes to me in the middle of the night.
• Print it on a business card – I call it a vision card! It’s just a quick synopsis of what your business is and what it’s destined to become. Keep it in your wallet where it’s easily accessible. When you’re having one of those rough days just pull it out and remind yourself of the vision God gave you.

Remember, don’t get so caught up in working the business that you forget what you’re working for. Make the vision plain and keep it in front of you. This enables you to push through the rough seasons that entrepreneurship brings. What’s the vision for your business? What things do you do to remind yourself of where you’re headed in the business? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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