How To Stay Motivated When Everyone Else Is Living In Fear?

We are living in interesting times. With everything that's going on in the world it can be hard to stay motivated when almost everyone else is living in fear of the current unknown. Fear can greatly take over your life and prevent you from reaching your potential. Fear kills motivation and motivation is key to success.

I want to share 10 tips with you about how to stay motivated throughout these times so that you can reach your goals instead of listening to the negativity in the world around us.

1. Write Down Your Dream And What You Want To Achieve With This Business

If you haven't already, write down what it is that you want to achieve with your ecommerce business. More importantly, write down why you started this business in the first place. It's important to remember why you started this business because when you get caught up in all the little things that cause fear or worry, it's easy to lose sight of what your goal is.

Make sure your list contains what it is that you really want to achieve with your ecommerce business. Don't think too small or too big. Just write a list of what you want to achieve and it might be a good idea to talk about it with a business coach or someone that has experience with starting ecommerce stores.

2. Focus On The Important Things

It's important to focus on what is important in your life and in your business. If you're not doing this, life can become a constant battle with yourself. How much time do you spend worrying about everything from your ecommerce store, to how much money you make, to things that have nothing to do with the future.

I know it's hard not to think about how much money you're making, but if you can learn to focus on what is important, it will allow you to continue working toward reaching your goals. We all have goals in life and most of us have ecommerce stores that we want to do well with. The key is to stay focus on the things that will move move the needle and propel your business forward, you must block out all other noise and distractions.

3. Don't Be Afraid To Ask For Help

Learning how to ask for help can be difficult. It's great if you can do it alone, but sometimes we just need a helping hand and we need someone that will provide us with the support that we need. If you want someone to support you through your goals and dreams, then find a mentor or find someone that will help along the way.

If you are stuck without the proper help along the way, don't be afraid to make a call to someone close to you. This is not something that you should be afraid of at all. You have to ask for help sometimes, no matter what it is that you are looking for. Embrace the new experiences that are being brought into your life and learn how to ask for help when necessary.

4. Don't Get Discouraged

If your ecommerce store is not doing as well as you had hoped, don't get discouraged. You have to have faith that things will work out in the long run. Things are going to move slow sometimes, but if you keep working hard and keep focusing on your why, you will continue to move forward on the path that you have laid out for yourself.

It's very easy for this world to cause fear and worry into our lives. We can get pulled in a million different directions and we can get lost in the shuffle and lose sight of what's really important and why we started this business in the first place. When you start something new, you know that there will be some struggles along the way. Don't worry about all of this negativity that keeps rearing its head when things aren't going as planned, stay focused on what you're doing and where you want to go.

5. Don't Compare Your Progress With Everyone Else

The only person you should be comparing yourself to is the person that you were yesterday. Stay focused on what you are doing and how it relates to your goals. The more time that you spend worrying about where everyone else is at, the less time that your will want to spend on focusing on your ecommerce store.

Don't compare your progress to what everyone else is doing on social media or on their blogs. You have to reach your goals based upon your plan. If you are constantly worrying about where other ecommerce stores are at, then you will never get to where you want to go.

6. Stay Positive

Stay positive and look at the things that you have done well. Don't worry about what you haven't been able to accomplish yet. It's good to have a list of things that you want to accomplish, but if it doesn't happen, don't let that get you down. Sometimes plans change for the better and other times, there's nothing we can do. That's just how life is sometimes.

Think positively about the future and focus on doing what you can do today. Sometimes, all you can do is focus on what is right in front of your eyes, but then again, there are other times that you have to have faith that things are going to work out. It's important to stay positive while you do what you can do for the time being.

7. Take Small Steps

It's important to take small steps while focusing on the big picture. The past is gone and the future is unknown. If you only focus on the past and the things that have already been accomplished, it will cause you to get lost in all of this negativity.

Sometimes, we can get stuck in a spot where we start to dwell on what we haven't been able to accomplish yet and we end up losing sight of our goals and dreams. You can't let that happen if you want to stay focused and keep moving forward toward your goals.

8. Don't Be Afraid To Fail

This is a hard lesson to learn, but learning how to fail and moving on is an important skill. Even though failure can be painful and it's easy to get discouraged, you need to learn the lesson so that you can become successful in the future.

Everyone fails sometimes and everyone lives through some tough times. If you want to reach the top of the ecommerce store business, you have to learn how to fail and move on.

9. Celebrate Success When It Happens

You will need to celebrate when you do in fact reach one of your goals. You must celebrate that little victory. Celebrating small steps can help you keep focused on the big picture. Celebrating small victories builds the momentum needed to accomplish your goals.

I know it can be hard to get excited about even small things, but if you want to become a successful entrepreneur, or ecommerce store owner, you must learn how to get excited about what is going on in your business and life.

10. There Is Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself

Let's face it, fear is a part of life and we all have fears that we have to deal with on a daily basis. You must learn how to deal with those fears and keep moving forward toward your goals and dreams.

It's important to not be afraid of what "might happen". This is literally what holds back most people, you must stay focused on the present and what is right in front of you. You must take the action and then break down the parts that caused you to return, focusing on each part as they become known.

Stay positive and keep moving forward, embrace the changes that are happening in your life and enjoy the process.... You Can Do This....

Hope this article helped you and got you thinking about how to work through some of these issues. If you would like to learn more about building a drop shipping business check out our FREE Aussie dropship training here.