How to build your brand while having your 9 - 5 job

We all have dreams. We want to run our own business, be our own boss and be that leading woman. But the truth is, we have bills to pay and we need a stable income for that. We have to come up with a plan to survive our day jobs while building our brands.

Depending on how much you love your job and how far you’re into your entrepreneurial journey, this can be either quite simple or ridiculously difficult.

But there are ways you can make it all a little easier.

Identify Your Why

Get clear on why you are still in your day job and why you need to be there. And just so you know – money is a perfectly good answer. Entrepreneurship is hard, it’s risky and going ‘all in or nothing’ isn’t the most appropriate choice for a lot of people.

Sometimes having the stability of a job and something to fall back on allows us to take bigger risks in our businesses. It can allow us to explore new opportunities that we may not have been able to before and gives us that little bit of comfort knowing we still have an income coming in.

Try reminding yourself of your ‘why’ as you’re getting ready for work and be sure to remind yourself again when you have a rough day. While it may be tempting to throw caution to the wind and go all in on your business, this might cause more stress in the long run.

Create Mini Vision Boards

For anyone who is a visually focused person, create a mini vision board for your workspace. If you can’t have one on display at work get a little creative – have it as your home screen on your phone, hang it on the inside of your locker door, pop it behind your visor in your car so you can see it easily, even have it printed on your coffee mug.

It may feel silly, but close your eyes and envision your success. Imagine what you will feel like when you reach your goals. Visualization is a powerful tool and can help you keep your aspirations at the front of your mind.

 

Write Down Your Goals Daily

It’s been shown that those who write their goals down daily are far more likely to achieve them than those who skip this task. Writing out your goals will keep them are the forefront of your mind and give you something positive to focus on.

You don’t need to be incredibly elaborate here. Grab a piece of paper and a pen and write out a handful of goals. You might choose to focus on your immediate goals – that is those you are going to achieve within the next week, or perhaps your more long term goals.

Keep these goals with you while you’re at work – and whenever you’re feeling like you are struggling with your job, have a look at your goals and remind yourself what it is you are going to achieve.

Celebrate Your Wins

I’m not one to celebrate my wins but every now and then I pat myself on my back. However, go out there and celebrate, big or small. Made it through another week at work bringing you one week closer to running your business full time? Celebrate it. Made a massive leap in your business? Celebrate it! Manage to work on your business in your lunch breaks for a whole week? Woohoo – celebrate it. Manage to write more than one article a day? Celebrate it!!

How you celebrate is up to you – perhaps you’d like to take yourself off for a manicure or a spa day for some of your bigger wins (or even your small ones – your call) or even just buying your favourite magazine or watch a chick flick.

Give Yourself Milestones

Milestones work in similar ways to goals but give you another form of concrete timeline to work towards.

Maybe once your business reaches a certain level you can start outsourcing and delegating in order for you to have some time to rest and recharge.

Whatever your milestones are write them down, make them achievable and remind yourself of them daily.

As much as you hate going to work, remind yourself that you are working towards something bigger and better. One step forward is better than no movement.

Stay positive.

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