Be-Do-Have Principle for Home Business Entrepreneurs
So how does the Be-Do-Have principle work?The Be-do-have principle says that for example, in order to become a good writer, you must pretend that you already are a good writer every single day. This projection of a powerful self-image will then result in the activities that good writers do and the logical result of these actions are all the books that will be published generating the money for you as a by product.
If you want to become a multi-millionaire, you have to start being one first.
This is what an old friend told me a couple of years ago. Until recently, I never understood what he really meant.
How can you think like a multi-millionaire if you even don't have the money to back it up in the first place. That has been a big question for me for years until I started to learn about the Be-Do-Have principle which I am introducing to you here today.
Many people have ambitions and dreams they want to fulfill in their lives and at the same time they find it extremely difficult to reach their full potential.
They feel that there is always something missing or some kind of obstacle in their way that prevents them from reaching their goals, if they have goals.
I felt this myself for a long time.
I first need to have 100.000 USD in cash to start a business.
It would be better for me if I would not have a family to take care of, or, I should finish my study first and then look for a good job again.
Now I understand that all these things are merely excuses for not taking the action.
So what is the Be-Do-Have principle?
Most people operate their lives from some kind of Do-Have-Be perspective.
If you first do your study or work, then you can get further in your job and have a better position. With the money you make as a result, you can then finally buy the car and the house so you can become the person who you always wanted to be.
How successful is this approach?
Let's look at some statistics. In the US, almost 90% of the people by reaching age 65 is either dead or dead broke? Most of them have been working all their lives.
From a very early age, we are told that we cannot have the things unless we work for it and sacrifice ourselves for a while. This is so sad because it robs us from our identity as it demands from us to postpone our true being. This means that unless you can identify yourself completely with your job, you are in for a rather unfulfilling life this way.
There are two issues to consider.
First of all, you can never outperform your self-image. If you were made to believe that you are a just a worker satisfied with 12 USD an hour, this is all you will ever get. You are keeping yourself in some kind of comfort zone and will not likely start activities to improve your situation. It's OK and you got use to it anyway.
Secondly, if your dreams are bigger than what you are currently doing you most likely have a constant feeling of lack and missing something. This is bad because it creates an negative undercurrent of worry and fear for the future that influences our thoughts and activities today.
The Be-do-have principle says that for example, in order to become a good writer, you must pretend that you already are a good writer every single day. This projection of a powerful self-image will then result in the activities that good writers do and the logical result of these actions are all the books that will be published generating the money for you as a byproduct.
This sounded fantastic to me but I could never do this.
For example, projecting to be a multimillionaire while I am not having all the cash to back it up always sounded like a lie to me. And people I spoke with also noticed in less than a second that I was lying.
I was taking the Be-do-have principle too literally and did not get the right results.
Fortunately, there is another way to apply the Be-Do-Have principle. This is to use a role model to guide your activities and decisions on a daily basis. This has been very powerful for me. There is nothing wrong than to keep learning from successful and inspiring people.
A couple of months ago, my Internet marketing approach was not working the way it should work. I did not generate enough leads. So I imagined myself to be Martha Stewart who already is an accomplished billionaire. What would Martha Stewart do if she were in exactly the same situation I am in now. Or how would Donald Trump act if confronted with the same marketing problem in his business and operating with a limited budget like myself.
In less than 4 weeks, I saw amazing results by making powerful decisions and taking the right actions to correct the situation.
Never allow your self image to be a limiting factor for your success. Replace it by a role model and you will start to act the right way again.
If you are going to do anything about a particular problem today, consider yourself to be a highly successful person. Pick someone who has made it already and who you admire. Study how this person works, operates and communicates and apply similar principles to your situation.
Start today, keep going and you will see astonishing results!
link
Posted by on 02/26 at 06:00 PM
Next entry: Expat Entrepreneur - Do You Have What It Takes
Previous entry: Lifestyle Entrepreneur - newsletter 23-FEB-2007