5 Things to avoid before you start a start up

1.Overthinking-

There is a thin line between overthinking and brainstorming, often people, consider overthinking as brainstorming.

Overthinking is a loop, which never comes to an end. Your plans should be on paper and a timely schedule need to be followed to pull yourself up from this quagmire of overthinking.

Thinking too much leads to paralysis by analysis. It's important to think things through, but many use thinking as a means of avoiding action.”

– Robert Herjavek

There should be a strategy to move ahead without wasting time and energy.

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2.Missing Flexibility

Entrepreneurship is about reinventing and bring newness into the market, without this, sustaining is just next to impossible.

If you are not resilient to imbibe the changes and bring innovation, there is less chance for you to survive and just imitating what others are doing won't be of any help.

Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up."

― Mary Holloway

3.Indulging in social media only to get distracted

Social media is one of the accessible and cheapest way to market your products/services, but with multiple distractions, you tend to sway away from your motive.

Imitation, Imposter Syndrome, need of recognition, thinking of connecting people without any reason are among few and this can be detrimental to your productivity and growth alongwith your time.

"Social media sites creates [an] illusion of connectivity .” – Malay Sha

4.Don't Hurry the Hiring Process.

Finding the right people to join your team is always tough. Sometimes you want to rush to get people on board. But taking your time can be a major value-add in the long run rather repenting later as not everyone understands the vision with which you started your Business.

Employee Engagement plays major role once you have team in place, that requires a structure and ofcourse people, who can help you to retain right talent in the organisation. So, take time for the righ time.

“When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job, I feel it's my fault because I made the decision to hire him.” – Akio Morita. ...

5.Ignoring your mental health -

Businesses do not succeed overnight, in this entrepreneurial realm, it is mindboggling when one get to know the mental health issues being faced by an Entrepreneur, as he/she is considered as a hero or someone who had thw courage to fulfill their dreams, but the reality is contrasting.

With this choice, there comes immense pressure of different roles to be performed single handedly i. e multitasking,  managing a disparate group of people as a team without showing them what you as a leader is going through as it impacts the team performance, fear of losing the right employee is among the top worries of an Entrepreneur.

Not until we are lost, do we begin to understand ourselves.” Henry David Thoreau

Remember, "Every setback teaches you to connect the dots and unlearn to learn." Aakanksha Tyagi 

 Aakanksha Tyagi 

Founder- Edyoumind Solutions | Global Womenpreneur Clique| Tale-o-pedia