In yesterday’s blog, we took a look at a Lucy Whittington article on BeingABusinessCelebrity.com. She writes that there are some tell-tale signs that business owners are “doing their thing”. Admittedly, the Synergy Marketing Blog may not include enough posts about happiness. We tend to focus on overall business success in the tips we often dole out.
But what is success if you’re not happy? Do you enjoy the work you do? Whittington writes that being excited about your work, missing it when you take a break from it and wanting to tell everyone about it are surefire examples of how it feels when you are truly doing your thing with your business. But what other signs are there?
No one else does it quite the way you do. We mentioned yesterday, that you shouldn’t brag about yourself. But hey, if you’re the best at what you do, you may as well flaunt it! The best way to do that, though, is to take pride in the uniqueness of the work you do. There must be something about you and your business that sets it apart from all the rest.
Highlight that and let it shine to each and every customer who walks through your doors. If no one else does what you do quite the way you do, you know that you’re doing your thing, says Whittington. Be clear on what your way is and stand by it. Your uniqueness will help you to stand out.
You can’t help it. A guaranteed way to know you’re in the right line of work? “You know you’d do this even if you didn’t get paid for it,” says Whittington. Your work should come as second nature to you. It’s so you that you can’t help yourself. You feel like you were made to do what you do. When you can’t help it, you know you’re doing your thing!
But just as much as there are tell-tale signs that you’re doing your thing, there are also some signs that show that you are not! When you feel that you have to force yourself to do something, your work becomes hard. This is not to be confused with “working hard”, Whittington assures us.
But if it feels like you’re pushing to get something done, mainly for the sake of just getting it done, you may be in the wrong line of work. Your work shouldn’t be annoying – another sign that you’re not doing your thing. When your work is simply a drag and no longer a joy to do, you may have to look at doing something else.
Writes Whittington: “When it gets too annoying you’ll do something about it. But for now you might be putting up with the annoying. You’ll be justifying why you can’t give up doing what you’re good at. You’ll tell yourself it doesn’t matter that you’re not doing your thing.”
Here’s hoping your work makes you happy and that you’ll be “doing your thing” for a long time!
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