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This post is about flying solo in business, but the same ideas apply to you in your career too.
If you’re flying solo in your work or thinking about flying solo do you know clearly what sort of flight you’re going on? Have you thought about:
- where you’re flying to?
- why you’re flying there?
- what you’re going to do when you’re there?
- how you’ll make your flight enjoyable?
- what turbulence is ahead?
- your flight safety and what to do in an emergency?
- your fuel efficiency?
- what sort of plane you’re in?
I offer this as a word of warning. I meet plenty of people who work for themselves. Some fly solo to get away from a bad or frustrating situation. Some fly solo because they feel they have no choice. Some fly solo because they just fancy it. Some fly solo because they come into money via other means. Of the business owners I’ve met like this, many haven’t known clearly where they’re going. Some haven’t even seemed that bothered about the purpose of their flight. Many have had a very bumpy flight. Some have nose dived.
The business owners I meet who are flying high (or even looping the loop or victory rolling) tended to start differently. They chose a different sort of flight. They chose an important flight for them personally to make. They plotted a course to fly to a specific large group of people quickly and help them. They knew the common enemy of those people, and they flew to save them because they were strongly compelled to and knew they were the person to do so. They knew they were skilled, strong, proud and passionate to save those people from their enemy. And they knew the personal rewards it would bring them. They also made a point of planning their flight thoroughly, looking for turbulence ahead (and knowing that there will be turbulence), doing safety checks and checking their radar and dials regularly. They’re the business owners I’ve met who are making a difference and winning their battles against the common enemy. They’re the heroes.
Flying solo is one thing, but choose your type of flight carefully. You’re not in a stunt team – don’t fly to impress. Don’t glide either. Don’t fly to escape, or because you can afford your own airplane. And don’t plod along on autopilot either. If you’re going to fly solo, fly to make a real difference to people that you care about because you’re the best person to do so. Choose a mission and fly as the hero to your chosen niche market, nothing else.
What mission and flight are you really on? Do you need to land and plot a new course?
