Which best describes your business?

• Are you having fun with your business?

• Or is your business weighing heavy on your mind?

If you’re finding it a struggle to build your business or if you’re just plain not having fun, it’s time for a change…an attitude change.

We talked earlier about the fact that all you have to do to make changes in the way you feel about things is to decide to make the change and then act on it. Here’s a good place to put that to good use.

If you’re not having fun, then decide that you’re not going to take things so seriously and that you’re going to have fun in building your business. People look forward to doing things that are fun. People procrastinate and avoid doing things that are not fun.

Think about it.

• Would you rather clean the house or spend the afternoon with friends doing fun things on a beautiful summer day?

• Would you rather have extensive dental work or go for dinner at your favorite restaurant?

• Would you rather wash windows or go to a concert featuring one of you favorite artists?

I think you get my point here. We all have more energy and desire to do the things we have fun doing and we procrastinate from doing the things that we perceive as not enjoyable.

The question, again, is how do you make the shift?

Decide to make changes in your thoughts about your business and what you’re doing. Decide your business is fun and commit to it.

• Laugh a lot. Find things that are funny and don’t be so serious. Things are going to go wrong and most of what goes wrong will be funny.

• Enjoy yourself in the process of building your business.

• Experience joy in everything you do.

• Think happy thoughts. What is it that makes you smile whenever that thought comes to your mind? Think about that and other things that make you happy.

• Start the day and end the day feeling grateful. Develop and attitude of gratitude.

• Find a way to feel good and have fun in all that you do. By being happy and having fun in life, you will automatically carry those feeling into your business.

• Keep your eye on the prize (the results) but have fun and enjoy the process.

Again, you set the tone. If the people in your organization see you having fun, they’ll have fun. If they see you stressed, uptight, and discouraged, they’ll be stressed, uptight, and discouraged.

Again, the point here is that this is a business of duplication. When you have fun, others will duplicate that. Your winning smile, whether experienced in person or over the phone will be contagious. Others will be excited to be in your energy because it feels good. Your team will duplicate you in all ways, because they will want to experience what you experience.