In 2010 Gabby Douglas at the age of 14 left her hometown and family and moved to Iowa to be coached by elite trainer Liang Chow. She dreamed of being an Olympic gold medal winner since she was eight. She started in gymnastics at age six and won her first competition at age eight. To do that, she need to acquire new skills and techniques that would help her improve her ability and her chances to be an Olympic winner. Working with Liang Chow helped her do just that; Gabby became the first African American to win the all-around event in 2012.
Acquiring new skills is what helped Gabby Douglas achieve her dream of winning a gold medal and being an Olympic champion. What skills are you acquiring to help yourself and build your business?
What you did to start your business will not be enough to sustain your business. Innovation and technology is moving too fast for you not to move with it. Again, I ask, how are you acquiring new skills?
As an entrepreneur, to grow your business to a profit goal that you have never seen before is going to require you to do something you never done before. Have you ever,
- Hired a business coach?
- Invested some of your profits in stock to create additional income?
- Attended a 2-3 day conferences to help you develop personally?
- Been apart of an entrepreneur mastermind group?
- Invested in a publicist?
These are just a few examples of entrepreneurs acquiring and learning new skills that will grow you personally and professionally.
If you have never played golf before, you can go to the course and figure it out as you go but believe me it will take longer, you will make a lot of people angry and you just might get thrown off the course. Or you can take lessons and learn the basics and the principles of the game. You will learn how to hold your clubs and how to position your body. Said differently you can acquire the skills you need by asking for and seeking out help.
You don’t have to know everything as an entrepreneur, as long as you can find someone one who knows how to teach you what you need to know.
Take it from a determined eight year old gymnast, acquire the skills you need and you too could create a business full of gold.
Becky A. Davis
Leadership Transformation Coach
“Helping small businesses stay up long after they start up.”
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