{"id":195,"date":"2021-12-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/?p=195"},"modified":"2021-12-20T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T13:00:00","slug":"how-to-take-risks-that-build-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/20\/how-to-take-risks-that-build-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Take Risks That Build Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s crucial for an entrepreneur to know when to keep pushing on a project, business, vision&#8230; and when to change gears. One of the things that I&#8217;ve discovered about entrepreneurs (even in myself because obviously, I&#8217;m an entrepreneur): we come to a decision place and we ask, &#8220;Should I continue working on this? I&#8217;ve heard that entrepreneurs just push, and push, and push, and push, and make their idea come true&#8230; or should I quit on this particular things and get started on something else&#8230; because entrepreneurs are wise enough to know that not everything pans out?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the things that I&#8217;ve discovered with entrepreneurs, my clients, and even with myself is that a lot of times it&#8217;s difficult to make that decision because we&#8217;ve heard the concept that &#8220;the goal is just one foot down.&#8221; If you just dig for one more day, you&#8217;ll hit gold. But at the same time, we hear of people that chase dreams for 20 years and they&#8217;ve been chasing the wrong thing. So today I want to dig into this concept and give you some guidelines that you can use to determine, &#8220;Do I continue going or do I pull back and change gears?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve termed this &#8220;bounded aggression&#8221; in my mind. What I mean is this: we want to be aggressive&#8230; and have some boundaries. Entrepreneurs tend to be more aggressive than the average population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to differentiate this idea of aggression from the idea of aggressive temperament or aggressive behavior. I can be very aggressive in pursuing a goal but I don&#8217;t have to raise my voice, I don&#8217;t have to throw a temper tantrum, I don&#8217;t have to do the things that we sometimes associate with emotional aggression. Instead, it&#8217;s an aggressiveness of mind that says, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to hang in there to make it happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-3563638_1280-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"risks that build your business\" class=\"wp-image-742 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-3563638_1280-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"risks that build your business\" class=\"wp-image-742 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-3563638_1280-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-3563638_1280-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-3563638_1280-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-3563638_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But where does the limit come in, where does the &#8220;boundedness&#8221; come in? The boundedness comes in and says, &#8220;Hey, I&#8217;m a risk taker, I&#8217;m aggressive, but I&#8217;m also wise enough to know that I&#8217;m going to set limits.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the concepts that guides me and a lot of entrepreneurs is that you are building your successful business. So let&#8217;s dig into this concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;re in a position where you are stuck in not knowing whether you should continue in something or not. I&#8217;m not necessarily talking about the big picture &#8211; for example, maybe you&#8217;ve been doing something for two years, and you&#8217;re not concerned whether or not you should continue working in that over-arching business or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, every single week, you have to make a decision: &#8220;Is what I&#8217;m working on today, is the step I&#8217;m taking right now, is the book I&#8217;m reading right now, is the book I&#8217;m writing right now, is the product I&#8217;m creating right now, is the coaching program that I&#8217;m doing right now, are the things that I&#8217;m doing right now, are these things worth of continuing for another week, for another month, for another year, or not?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or: &#8220;If I&#8217;m doing 15 things right now, should I keep fourteen of them and drop one of them, or should I keep one of them and drop fourteen of them?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;re experiencing some of these emotions right now, or you&#8217;ve felt confused like this in the past. Perhaps you&#8217;ve been feeling like you&#8217;ve been spinning your wheels trying to figure this out: &#8220;Should I do this and that, should I do that or this, should I take an aggressive step, should I back up and regroup?&#8221; etc., etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-4463031_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"risks that build your business\" class=\"wp-image-743 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenfbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-4463031_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"risks that build your business\" class=\"wp-image-743 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-4463031_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-4463031_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-4463031_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/internet-4463031_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;re in a position where you&#8217;ve been making so many mistakes, you&#8217;ve had so many failures that you don&#8217;t trust your judgment anymore. 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One of the things that I&#8217;ve discovered about entrepreneurs (even in myself because obviously, I&#8217;m an entrepreneur): we come to a decision place and we ask, &#8220;Should I continue working on this? I&#8217;ve heard &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/stephenbrownsblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/20\/how-to-take-risks-that-build-your-business\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How To Take Risks That Build Your Business<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","slim_seo":{"title":"How To Take Risks That Build Your Business - Stephen Brown&#039;s Blog","description":"It's crucial for an entrepreneur to know when to keep pushing on a project, business, vision... and when to change gears. 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