Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset: 3 Lessons from COVID-19

The pandemic has and is an unprecedented period in our lives that has changed how we live and work forever. With the rise in people starting small businesses how has what we have lived through and are still living through support our business journey? Well, here are three lessons from COVID-19 that may help us develop an entrepreneurial mindset?

 

 

1.       Get Comfortable with the Uncomfortable.  Entrepreneurship is a journey that is full of twists and turns.  You don’t know what you don’t know but you have to precede and act without a fully formed map. Like during the height of COVID. It took faith and courage for all of us to follow a roadmap in which we didn’t know the outcome; and take steps that would lead to the next step with no guarantee it would work out or what the outcome would look be.

 

2.       Plan for the long haul.  COVID-19 disrupting people’s business plans and goals. Some people had to pivot, while others had to start again. Either way COVID is a virus we have to learn to live with so having a 2 or 3 business strategy for success may not cut it. Setting business goals for 5, 10 or 15 years may become the new norm to take into account COVID or other unprecedented disruptions.

 

3.       Learn from life’s lessons. to realise long term goals you will also have to develop what Dr Carol Dweck calls a ‘Growth Mindset’. Attitudes and behaviours in which although you have not obtained success or mastery yet, in learning the life lesson in a negative experience with this feedback and perseverance you can improve and get better to fulfil your goals. In short, by taking consistent imperfect action (and learn how to improve along the way) practice can make progress.

 

Want to know more?

Obtain a copy of Dr Carol Dweck’s book: ‘Growth Mindset: How you can fulfil your potential’ here.

 

Thinking about starting a side business?

The Business of Life is part of the 3Cs Digital brand whose vision and mission it is to inspire and empower women to start and grow successful small businesses with confidence.  

As well as the blog, The Business of Life is developing an online coaching programme called *5 Steps into Entrepreneurship: Side Business Start Up Success* for women over 40.

So, if you are a looking to diversify your work portfolio and income stream; and create more freedom, flexibility and financial income so that you are empowered to live a life full of passion, purpose and prosperity book a free 30-minute coaching call  to find out how to start your side business from the comfort of your own home.

 

Have a business already? Need support in starting and developing it online?

3Cs Digital is a web marketing service dedicated to helping women in business set up and develop their online presence. Through coaching or consultancy services in web design, copywriting and social media marketing 3Cs Digital equips women in business with the digital knowledge and skills to: create and design websites, find their brand voice and curate social media posts to attract their ideal customers to their small business website.