Thinking Like a CEO

Much of your financial success will be determined by your ability to see yourself as the CEO of your business.

If you make business and financial decisions from the perspective of someone "on the way up" you will always be in development mode. This is a good position to be in for your creativity, but not for establishing yourself as the mogul of your personal empire.

As an example, let's say you are trying to decide whether to replace your virtual assistant or not. If you look at that situation from a perspective of where you are today you might say,

• but she's so affordable
• she needs the money
• I don't have anyone else
• she's been with me so long I can't let her go
• she's not that bad

When you approach the same situation thinking like a CEO (what would Donald Trump or Martha Stewart do?) you are more likely to say,

• she is a liability
• she is not who I want representing a million dollar empire
• there are plenty of people who would jump at the chance to do this work well
• sometimes you have to let people go

Financial and leadership decisions become more clear when you envision yourself as a CEO. You will tolerate less and expect more - from yourself and all those around you.

You will feel less like a scared little girl and more like the strong, powerful, businesswoman that you really are.

You and your business deserve to have a power-house CEO running things. Practice making decisions from the CEO mindset this week. You'll slip back into regular thinking but that's ok, as long as you catch yourself enough times to recognize that the financial future of your business depends on your willingness to think like a CEO today.

Now go be a millionaire!