Get Unstuck! 4 Keys to Achieving the Success You Desire

Being an entrepreneur means you must take risks. In fact, entrepreneurs take risks all the time. If you're not willing to take risks then you might want to reconsider being an entrepreneur. There are many types of risks - big and small. From financial to hiring a new employee. What does it mean to take a risk? It means you need to be willing to fail. Failure IS an option. Without it, we will never learn. 

One point Sandra makes about risk-taking is one that is most alarming - if you don't take them, you'll work for someone who does! The biggest risk, Sandra says is NOT taking them. 

Feminist blogger, Julie Zeilinger, writes in Huffington Post that women are not known for taking risks. Zeilinger points out that women "tend to view risk-taking negatively, often regarding it as dangerous and even unwise." 

Essentially, taking risks means more opportunity for growth - for RISING to the next level of your business or even your life.

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Once you take the risk necessary to rise up, then you are opening yourself up to innovation. Innovation is about thinking out of the box. This is at the core of every business. If you are not innovating you are stagnating. There are plenty of people out there who are creating new ways of doing things better, so if you don't find a better or new way of doing things in your industry, someone else will. If Steve Jobs stopped at the iPod there would never have been the iPhone, iPad, iWatch - and the list goes on. 

For those of you who are entrepreneurs and don't like to sell - get over it. You can't be in business unless you sell. When you make the cash register ring, you are being rewarded for your gift that you are sharing with the world. The more money you make, the more lives you can touch and transform. Remember, sales is about solving a problem. Identify what your ideal customer needs, and then simply offer them a solution to their problem. 

Quick Story - My son recently graduated from college at the University of Houston. He chose to stay down in Houston while he applies for Grad School. In the meantime, he got a part-time job on campus in an electronics store making $8 bucks an hour with commission. He said he is enjoying it, because he is talking about stuff he enjoys. He said, "I'm not really a salesman, I just talk to people about the products." I said, "If you're making commission, you're selling. It just doesn't feel like it, because you enjoy what you're selling."

The lesson here is if you really believe your product or service can make a valuable difference in someone's life, then you will have no problem selling. Just know that not everyone will want what you have to sell. As Sandra says, "Some will, some won't, so what, someone is waiting."

Once you've taken the necessary risks to grow, innovate new and better ways of doing things in your industry and accept that sales is your pathway to success, it's time to execute. The problem here is that so many entrepreneurs think they have to do it all. It's partly a controlling thing (don't deny it!), because we tend to think we're the only ones who can do everything the "right" way. I got news for you, that is not true. As Sandra says, "Your job is to do only the things that only you can do." 

Here's the deal. If you are the smartest person in the room, you've got the wrong people working for you. If you think that you don't have the money to hire someone to help you with the things you don't need to do, then start scrimping and saving. The only way you will rise to the next level of your business is to free yourself up, so you have the bandwidth to offer your product or services to the world. 

See Sandra Yancey live in action at her RISE Summit Tour to learn more about her R.I.S.K. formula for success!