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Dan Hartman
Dan Hartman is the CEO of the Small Business Solutions Center, an agency in Wichita specializing in helping businesses start, grow, and diversify. Dan earned an MBA from the University of California and has over 35 years of business experience. Offering assistance across the spectrum for small businesses, from money, legal and branding/marketing to simply organizing your stuff, the Small Business Solutions Center is poised to make a difference in your business and our community. The Center is located at 105 South Broadway, Suite 102, Wichita, Kansas. Phone contact is 316-771-7111, or you can contact them through their website at www.smallbusinesssolutionscenter.com.
Business
2006-12-01 15:48:00
Setting the right goals
ANSWER: What started some years ago as a bit of an eccentricity has blossomed into a real trend. These days more and more corporate workers are leaving their jobs to start their own businesses. When taking this leap, it is critically important that the goals one sets for the new venture are solid. These goals will most likely be the underpinning of success for the new venture. Unfortunately, many new entrepreneurs start with the kind of goals that don't logically or naturally lead to long-term success. Often, the initial goal is more of a reason for leaving your job than a basis for starting a new business. The most common of these nonfunctional goals include; being sick and tired of the same old corporate routine, dissatisfaction with the way your company is run (think bureaucracy), and feeling you are underpaid or underappreciated in your current job. While these goals will most likely be fulfilled when launching a new venture of your own, they should not be the core reason to start one. Core goals should deeply embedded ambitions that will motivate you to succeed in the face of adversity, in both the short and long-term. For example, the goal of building a company that will truly make a difference in the people's lives that it serves can motivate not only the founder, but employees. However, your core goal need not be so ambitious or noble. Having functional, pragmatic goals such as; to do things better than they are currently done, to prove that you have what it takes to launch a new business, or to become wealthy are all goals which can motivate you in the long-term to succeed. Achieving these kinds of goals can work to provide you with the extra motivation that is often a determining factor between success and failure. When considering leaving a corporate position to launch a new venture, it is important to review your personal goals and make sure they merit taking the leap to entrepreneurship. If your goals are not worthy, you might find yourself in a position down the road where your needs are not fulfilled and your venture is faltering. However, if your goals are such that they are fully engrained within your body, soul and mind, you will find yourself highly motivated and willing to do what it takes to launch and grow your new venture in the face of any adversities that come your way. We are what we think we are; therefore, setting motivations (goals) that become a part of your being, propelling you forward in the face of adversity, are a key ingredient necessary for achieving success. Solid initial goals foster commitment. These two elements are indispensable to an entrepreneur.
 
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