Welcome to the how of business with your host, Henry Lopez, the podcast that helps you start,

run, and grow your small business. And now, here is your host. Welcome to this episode of the

how a business. This is Henry Lopez. On this episode, I want to chat with you

about overcoming the overwhelm that leads to paralysis and that might be keeping you from launching

your first small business. But first, I want to thank all of you that are listening for your

continued support and for listening to the Howa Business podcast. Last month, I set a record. We had over 55,000

unique downloads, and my show has now been downloaded over 1.3 million times since I started it

back in 2014. So thanks again for listening. If you want to receive more information about the

Hawa business, including links to the show notes page. There's going to be

a lot of things that I reference that will be on the show notes page, and also to schedule a free

coaching consultation with me. Just text the word biz, B-I-Z, to 31996. So let's get into it.

Over the years, I've had the opportunity to coach and mentor hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs.

I have identified some common themes over that time. And as you might suspect, the most common

challenge is with how to get started. I'm not talking about the technical components like

setting up a legal entity, opening a bank account. Those things are important. And I've talked about

those and will continue to share my knowledge of that.

But I'm talking about getting launched from the emotional and overwhelmed perspective.

That is what really holds us back. I think we hide behind those excuses of, well, I got to do this or I got to do that.

But I think what really happens is

that when we look at this it is overwhelming to get started so how do you launch your

first business how do you get past being stuck with what you think is a good idea

maybe limited resources but you just don't know how to get started often as I

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