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The $100 MBA Show

MBA1324 How to Stay Motivated with Large Projects

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Staying focused and motivated over the course of long projects is one of those skills an entrepreneur simply has to have. It’s one of the key differences between entrepreneurship and conventional work — you’re responsible for the long term, not just the day’s or week’s to-do list.

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0:00.0

Heyo! Welcome to the 100 R. M. Show!

0:03.0

We mean business every day with our daily 10 minute business

0:15.0

lessons for the real world.

0:17.0

I'm your host, your coach, your teacher, Omar Zenholm.

0:20.4

I'm also the co-founder of the $100 MBA, a complete business training, and community online.

0:25.8

And in today's episode, you will learn how to stay motivated with large projects.

0:30.9

Sometimes when you're working on something in your business, whether it's a new product, an update, a re-haul, it's going to take more than a week or two.

0:40.0

Sometimes these projects take months. I know with our software within our Ninja

0:44.3

We're currently working on a project that we've been working on for 18 months. We're

0:49.2

nearing the end of this project, but when you're in the midst of a long project something that is

0:55.2

going to take some time it's sometimes hard to stay motivated when the finish

1:00.2

line is unclear or so far away. Our brains are not conditioned to see a finish line

1:06.9

that's sort of nebulous. By nature we feel like you know five six seven months

1:12.3

is a long time when in reality six months just

1:15.0

passed the end flew by staying motivated every step of the way of a long

1:20.2

project is so important because it allows you to stay focused, it allows to stay on point,

1:24.4

and keeps your eye on the prize. Often people quit too early in a project, they give up, they pivot too early,

1:32.0

and they don't get to reap the benefits of all their hard work.

1:35.2

So in today's lesson I'm going to give you some strategies on how to stay motivated,

1:39.4

how to organize your project so you're feeling pumped up every time you work on it every week

1:45.5

until it's delivered. Whether you're writing a book, creating a new course,

1:49.8

launching a new website, or launching a whole new business, there's something in today's

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