Things Entrepreneurs Love
Inspired by 1000AwesomeThings. Thanks Neil!
14 of these have their own short post — follow the underlined links.
- Early morning drives
- Completely open days
- Making your own business card
- Creating your own job title
- Going on a weekly date night
- Working in a hammock
- Having bonfires at night with family
- Bouncing into other entrepreneurs
- Being curious and following a crazy idea
- Taking the day off to be with family
- Working in a bookstore
- Taking the long way home
- Having multiple sources of income
- Getting paid to meditate
- Doing what you can’t not do
- Knowing your personality type
- Knowing your Top 5 Values in order
- Knowing your Inspirational Dream
- Working 30 hours a week or even less
- Knowing your Love Languages
- Getting paid to exercise
- Working with people you love
- Working on projects you love
- Working in a coffee shop
- Paying people you love working with
- Taking a vacation anytime you want
- Writing your own favorites list
- Dressing how you want
- Dressing up when you want to be fancy
- Meeting friends at the coffee shop
- Meeting clients at the coffee shop
- Setting up your home office
- Have a nice slow morning with coffee
- Sleeping in with my wife
- Taking a long drive for fun
- The smell of coffee in the morning
- Having time to really have tea
- Getting your first check
- Buying your first website domain name
- Buying your first domain for a crazy idea
- Spontaneous movie marathons
- Buying an exercise bike
- Having standing meetings
- Finding awesome deals at thrift shops
- Going on hikes with clients
- “Oh yeah and what if!” brainstorming
- Saying “Yes and…”
- Leaving room open in your schedule
- Realizing what enough is for you
- Filling in a life calendar
- Buying your own motivational poster
- Seeing the best in people
- Eating your food slowly
- Being part of your own mastermind group
- Being invited to guest lecture
- Being invited to speak on a panel
- Being told you should write a book
- Being asked to be an advisor on a project
- Creating your own board of advisors
- Registering your own company
- Realizing your people are out there
- Finding your people
- Visiting a local butcher shop for a sandwich
- Becoming a regular at the library
- Being appreciative
- Getting goosebumps and knowing you’re on the right track
- Helping a friend get a contract
- Getting your first recurring payment
- Getting your first affiliate commission
- Sitting outside and working
- Taking a walking meeting on your phone
- Waking up in the night and realizing you can go back to sleep
- Realizing you can sleep in
- Inspiring people like Mister Rogers
- Not working on Fridays
- Creating your ideal schedule
- Creating a yearly theme
- Creating your first mastermind group
- Getting excited about planning
- Being around people who give them energy
- Realizing you are an entrepreneur
- Your new favorite drink (iced green tea for me)
- Creating your own book nook
- Buying a book
- Drinking a decaf coffee
- Giving a hug to a client
- Seeing a client really smile
- Being called genuine and authentic
- Having a great customer experience
- Sending a thank you card just because
- Buying someone coffee
- Using an automated scheduler
- Giving your first task to an assistant
- Realizing you have a team
- Going back to school
- Being offered a teaching position
- Being invited to be on a board of directors
- Your first board meeting
- Being able to do pro bono work
- Listening to inspiring music
Extras
- Buying yourself a little reward
- Telling someone you are an entrepreneur
- Telling someone you work for yourself
- Writing out your ideal day
- Making Top 10 lists
- Reading inspiring books
- Getting your hair cut on a weekday
- Doing errands when everyone is at work
- Going shopping with no lines
- Telling someone your schedule is pretty open
- Getting your first monthly retainer
- Buying yourself a little congratulatory present
- Taking a deep breath
- Sitting in the car to listen to a song finish
- Taking Tuesdays off
- Recording your first video
- Joining a local club
- Writing off your first business expense