The Very First Thing I Do When Starting a New Business (Online or Offline)

This first step I take in any business
I start isn't really a "physical" one.

In other words, I don't buy the
hosting, domain, or any of that.

I can honestly say, there's a much more important
step to take, before you buy anything.

Let me ask...

You know when you decide to buy a certain make
and model of a car... once you do, you start seeing that
same car everywhere?

Well, that car and all of those cars you're seeing were
ALWAYS there.

You just brought them into your focus and your conscious
mind.

They were always on the road... they just drove by you
and you were oblivious to them, because you weren't
focused on them.

You MUST do the same thing when you decide to start
ANY business, online or offline.

You gotta bring into your awareness and focus
EXACTLY what you want.

You gotta see it in your mind, before you can
create it in the real world.

If you don't, you'll just build yourself a 9-to-5
job you HATE, even though it's still your business.

If you don't know what it is you want for a lifestyle
or a business, how can you get it?

How can you build something that you don't know
what it is?

It would be like a contractor building a house without
any kind of plans.

Where do you start?

Well, this is where I start.

I take out a word doc and at the top, write "This is my Ideal
day with my own business"

Then, I write out what kind of business I'm thinking of doing,
where I'm doing it, is it at home or on the road?

Is it online or a physical store, etc...

I just write down what my ideal day and business would look like.

What time do you get up?
What time do you go to bed?
What time do you stop working?
Where are you working from?
What kind of thing are you selling?

Are you selling products or info-products, or
are you selling services?

Are you working with people or are you selling
stuff?

Be specific and be exact in terms of the outline
of your ideal day.

What we're doing is the same thing we all do when
we decide to buy a car.

We're bringing that specific make and model into
our real, physical world.

We're creating what we are seeing in our minds...
which is why you GOTTA be honest with yourself.

Because we always create what we first imagine.
We see it in our minds, then we build it in the real world.

That's why it's the first step towards the entire business
foundation that I'll build.

We want to build the ideal, perfect business from the start...
so we first have to see it in our minds.

Once you have the outline, then you can learn the actual
steps it will take, to bring it all into reality.

But we start to build the entire thing in your mind first.