Align your decisions with your vision

It's very hard to stick to positive habits in a negative environment.

• Use simplicity. When in doubt, eliminate options. It is more difficult to focus on reading a blog post when you have 10 tabs open in your browser.
• Use Visual Cues, like the Paper Clip Method...

To avoid losing the enthusiasm you had at the beginning, bring back your end vision in sight.

Surround yourself with anything that’s reminds you of your end goal, such as your vision board, pictures of others who have achieved the same goal, and objects that represent the goal.

Don’t go into this thinking you can do it solo. It might be your idea or your product, but you’re going to need help. In the first instance, you need help with publicity, so you might need to bring on board Brand Ambassadors.

These could be family or friends — pref...