It’s an easy way to stay motivated. Picture what you want and when you lose focus or get knocked down; think back to the “prize” and remind yourself what it’s all about!

Too many times we get tunnel vision in our work. Endless customer support calls, invoices to chase or slow weeks, all of which become drains on your energy and enthusiasm. The bad news: as your company grows the jobs you don’t like only get bigger!

My easy way to work through it? Think about the bigger picture. Where do you want to be in life? Financially independent, house of your dreams or getting to experience the world? All these are easily within your reach.

When you know what you want, price it up and break it down. Say I want a £50k/year income, that’s £4k a month. Break it into 8 clients spending £500 each. 8 clients is very achievable, even in the economic downturn and certainly not an unmanageable number.

Now when I get tunnel vision on the “issue of the day”, I think back to how it’s only a handful of clients and each one gets me a step closer to my aims in life.