Seeking Motivation and Innovation

The path of the entrepreneur is full of ups and downs. Sometimes he can go through a season with less motivation, or he can lose his enthusiasm to continue striving to get companies ahead.

It is normal to lose motivation for the entrepreneurial project at some point. When you have been shooting for a few years, the energy that you overflowed with when starting your project has been exhausted. In addition, other reasons that have caused spirits to falter may have appeared. For example, the lack of good results, stagnation, the feeling of loneliness, fatigue, making your entrepreneurship compatible with your work or changes in your personal life.

The symptoms of the loss of enthusiasm for your company are evident: discouragement, lack of motivation, lack of energy … as well as a feeling of blockage, little creativity, or abandonment of goals at the first change. This loss of illusion can also affect other areas of life. It is possible that if you are in this situation, you feel more irascible or with a general lack of illusion.

Thus, to recover the illusion for your entrepreneurial project, we suggest you follow the following steps:

1. Analyze and understand what is happening to you:

Once you are aware of your loss of motivation, the next step is to look for the reasons that have led you to that point. As mentioned before, the causes can be many. Perhaps you are investing a lot of effort to obtain little results and you are exhausting yourself. Maybe you need new challenges or a break. Or maybe you have a severe work overload that is causing you great stress.

It is about identifying the problem and knowing what is going wrong. You can ask yourself some questions to analyze it: What were you excited about when you started your project? What has changed? Why did you have an illusion before and now you don’t? What do you care about? What do you need to change?

Analyzing the causes will allow you to understand the reasons and thus find solutions for each of them.

2. Do you really want to regain the illusion for your entrepreneurial project?

After analyzing the causes, you may find that they are too strong for you and that there are no possible solutions. Perhaps you realize that you do not want to regain the illusion for your project and what you need is a change of life.

If so, nothing happens, the important thing is to have discovered it. Life is constant change, and our motivations and concerns are transforming with us. Perhaps your path from now on is elsewhere and you must put an end to your project.

3. Do not idealize the illusion:

The life of the entrepreneur is full of ups and downs. Even day-to-day life can feel like a roller coaster. This is important to always keep in mind; since it is not possible to be 100% of our time with the illusion fully loaded. In addition, you will not love everything, since there are always tasks that are more tedious but are necessary for the company. However, by balancing positive and negative feelings, one should lean in favor of the former.

4. Remember why you started:

Stop and think about why you decided to undertake and why you did it with this project. Think also if those reasons are still valid for you and if they continue to fill you. And, in the alternatives that you have to undertake and if they would motivate you more. Do not be afraid to find out that what you are doing right now is not the best option for you.

Remembering why we started often brings back the feelings we had then. From time to time, it is good to look back to refresh our why. With it, the illusion and motivation to continue growing our project returns.