Key steps to bring your business idea to life

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However, it is, unfortunately, the case that many business ideas never see the light of day. Most great ideas remain dormant because people do not have the courage, resources, time and/or money to take action and turn the idea into a reality.

“Converting an idea into a reality is never an easy task. In fact, it is extremely difficult.”

This is according to executive life coach Jason Bernic, who says that much is required mentally, physically, emotionally, and intellectually to go from idea to reality. “As the saying goes, ‘If it were easy – everyone would do it’.

Bernic offers the following advice to those wanting to take an idea and turn it into a money-generating business:

• Take action - Break the big overarching goal of creating a new business into tiny little steps. “I often ask my clients what the first, smallest little step is that they can take. The answer is usually simple and highly achievable, and it gives the person the confidence to move forward to the next small step. Then the next and the next.”
• Vision - Have a vision and keep your vision clear at all times and believe in yourself. If you believe that you can succeed, you will find ways through different obstacles. If you don’t, you will just find excuses.
• Face your fears - Take the risk, and challenge yourself. We never know the outcome of our efforts unless we actually do it. Overcoming fear isn’t easy, but it must be done.


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• Resources - To bake a cake, you need ingredients – and to bring an idea to life, you need resources. Some you will already have, whilst others you will need to obtain. It is important you do not use a lack of resources as a reason for not starting. Even if you need money, you can still get started – remember, small little steps.
• Your goals - Know your goals and focus on why it is that you want to start this new venture. This is the fuel that drives you towards making your idea a reality and not giving up at the first hurdle. Is it a passion project? A service that is in dire need? For many entrepreneurs right now, it is a need to create a source of income for themselves and their families.
• Key checks - Put some key checks and balances as well as systems in place that will help you move towards a successful outcome. What needs to happen regularly to turn your idea into a reality? Is it regular meetings with key team members? Is it working with a coach to challenge your thinking and offer perspective? By creating systems, you make the process easier and allow consistency for ensuring things get done.

Bernic goes on to unpack some of the key points and personal characteristics that turn dreams into reality:

• You need to have passion towards the idea - to explore and pursue it, to talk about it, to run it by others and to receive feedback.
• Faith and an undying belief that the idea can make a difference in the world and in your own life are important. You cannot truly back something if you don’t believe in it.
• Courage is required to pursue the idea and to take personal, professional, and financial risk in pursuing it.
• A willingness to give the new venture your all until it flies - or even possibly fails - is also key.
• Successful entrepreneurs are always upskilling, learning, researching, and reading to better their own knowledge and skills and develop themselves personally.