Choices Local - Launch July-August 2017
New business and lifestyle magazine for Haringey. Helping you make the transition from employee to entrepreneur.
New business and lifestyle magazine for Haringey. Helping you make the transition from employee to entrepreneur.
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Look at your achievements<br />
Looking at all the already wonderful things<br />
in your life that you have done will make<br />
you feel miles better and remind you that<br />
you can do it. Whether it's small<br />
achievements or big ones, write them down<br />
and keep a log to look at when you feel<br />
disheartened. Give credit where credit is<br />
due.<br />
Focus on your strengths<br />
You need to take some time and really think<br />
about the areas where you shine, if you<br />
don't already know. Everyone has things<br />
they are great at, so instead of worrying<br />
about what you can't or don't like doing,<br />
focus on the things you can. The areas that<br />
aren't so good you can always work on in<br />
the future.<br />
Try new things<br />
Take the plunge! Try a new class or sport or<br />
anything that interests you really. Something<br />
that will challenge you and maybe even<br />
something you’re afraid to do, that's how<br />
people grow, through experience and<br />
overcoming. Whether you are actually good<br />
at it or not isn’t important, the fact that you<br />
did it is. You will feel like you have truly<br />
achieved something outside of your<br />
comfort zone and it's a great way of<br />
meeting new people. It might even become<br />
your new favourite past-time!<br />
Write a list of goals<br />
If each day or week you write yourself a list<br />
of all the things you want to achieve in that<br />
time, you are much more likely to complete<br />
them than if you don't. It makes you think<br />
about your days more and plan better -<br />
great skills to have when running a business.<br />
Moreover, at the end of the week when you<br />
look back at all those tasks you finished,<br />
even if it wasn't all of them, you will feel<br />
like you have done so much with your time.<br />
Talk to different people<br />
You never know who are you going to<br />
discover when you strike up a conversation<br />
with someone you don't know when you go<br />
for drinks or when you're starting your new<br />
hobby. It's a useful way to make<br />
connections for your future business or just<br />
to make new friends and will help you to<br />
realise people can be friendlier than you<br />
think. It will soon become second nature<br />
and you won't ever be afraid of introducing<br />
yourself again.<br />
Exercise<br />
If you don't already, doing exercise has been<br />
proven to have amazing psychological<br />
effects which will leave you feeling fantastic.<br />
So get in the gym, go for a swim or even a<br />
walk and you're guaranteed to feel better<br />
afterwards.<br />
Don't beat yourself up!<br />
Everybody messes up at times, you need to<br />
remember that life is not perfect and things<br />
do go wrong, but you are not alone in that.<br />
Realising your mistakes, learning from them<br />
and moving on is sensible and mature, but<br />
having enough confidence afterwards to<br />
pick yourself up and carry on with your<br />
head held high is what will make you<br />
successful. As Einstein said "A person who<br />
has never made a mistake has never tried<br />
anything new."<br />
CHOICES <strong>Local</strong> Haringey 19
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