Are you feeling stuck in your business? Need a kick out of the doldrums?

It’s time for a change! Get re-energized and take your business to the next level. You’ll earn more and have more fun doing it.

I get stuck mentally, emotionally, and financially once in a while. End of year is typical, but it happens throughout the year. That’s why I often revisit my ways of re-energizing myself and my business. It always helps, so I’m sharing it with you too, to make your next year a fantastic one.

Here’s the essence of re-energizing your business …

• Connect with your passion, playfulness, and authentic you
• Do more of what works, and get rid of what doesn’t work
• Grow to the next level (It’s better up there)
• Connect with other people (Tribe, peers, mentors, team)
• Use leverage
• Get traction
• Make more money

Here are 31 Ways to re-energize your business:

1. Simplify it – Your business is too complex and is wearing you down. It doesn’t need to be. More complexity does not equal more income. Simplify and your income will grow.
2. Find your 1% – What are you truly exceptional at? What could you be?
3. 80/20 your whole business and life. Then 95/5 it. The good and bad. Do more of the best, and get rid of the worst.
4. Clean up messes. Throw stuff out. Get rid of clutter.
5. Decide to grow to the Next Level. Aim beyond where you want to go. For example, I used to struggle with running 10k, so I joined a group that aimed for running a marathon (42k/26mi). Now 10k is a warm up. Imagine that with your income. Aim 2-5x farther than you want to go.
6. Get a mentor/coach to pull you up a level, and a team to support you.
7. Think 1-many – You can only do so much 1-on-1 “hours for dollars” work before hitting the wall. Shift most of your business to products or group work (1-to-many) to multiply your income with less work. You’ll have more energy and passion this way, plus provide value to more people.
8. Create a mastermind. Connect with other entrepreneurs doing the same thing. It will energize you.
9. Learn how to market yourself once and for all. Master it this year and you’ll be set for life. It’s not as hard as you think.
10. Invest in yourself – The 3 lowest-risk/highest-return things you should invest in: 1) Education/mentoring, 2) Marketing, and 3) Team. All three will help you grow more than anything else.
11. Create ONE information product that converts to sales really well (leave the others alone for now). An information product will build your credibility, provide a starting point for clients, and provide you with another stream of income.
12. Be more authentically you. Show your personality. Stop trying to be what others expect you to be. Be willing to be different, stand out, and be a 1%er.
13. Face some of your fears. Everything you want next is outside your comfort zone. (A mentor will help you get through those on your way to the next level.)
14. Finish a project – Break it up into smaller pieces and get the first piece done.
15. Get someone else to finish your project – This is the best option. Train yourself to get others to do it. You’ll get 100x more done.
16. Read “31 Ways To Re-Energize Your Life”
17. Pick a tribe you love dealing with, and connect deeper with them
18. Get away off-site to clear your head, do some writing, thinking, strategizing.
19. Charge more – You’re worth it. Build credibility with an info product.
20. Create one info product just for you (solve your own biggest problem). Trust yourself on this one. Then see if others want it.
21. Be more playful with your business – Being serious is draining. Lighten up!
22. Do something remarkable and share it with the world – We keep our brilliance to ourselves too much. Let others know!
23. Give testimonials to other people – The universe will reward you.
24. Let go – of the need to know it all, be perfect, have it all in place, and do it all yourself.
25. Experiment more – Make small tests and track results. Be curious and love the result either way.
26. Do joint ventures – This will plug you into the ecosystem and move you forward faster with less effort.
27. Get better at execution and completing things – more importantly …
28. Get better at letting the team execute and complete things.
29. Stop being a workaholic. There’s more to life than business.
30. Start a blog – Just to give you a place to get your thoughts down. You know more than you think you do. (Plus you’ll build credibility and get traffic.)
31. Trust yourself – Stop listening to so many people. (Trust your coach/mentor too.)

Try some of these ideas (or all)!

Let me know how it turns out.

All the best!

Mark

P.S. Which of these do you like the best?

P.P.S. How do you re-energize your business?

© 2009 Mark Lengies