Entrepreneurs are well accustomed to facing challenges; in fact, much of their professional lives consists of trying to overcome one challenge after another.

But if you’re an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you may ever face is how to reinvent yourself when you’ve reached the end of the road and need to take your life and career in a new direction.

For many of us, we’ve come to define ourselves and our entire existence by one thing for so long. We eat, sleep, and breathe that one thing, that one project, or that one identity.

But one day when it’s over and gone, for one reason or another, we often times aren’t sure what to do or how to proceed.

How to push yourself out of your comfort zone

In a scenario like this, we find ourselves at a crossroads. Reinventing yourself as an entrepreneur and starting over sounds like the hardest thing in the world to do, but in a way, it’s the only thing you can do.

After all, if you’re a true entrepreneur, you’re always going to have a goal that you’re working towards, and while it’s never easy to recreate yourself, it’s all you can do.

As an entrepreneur, when you inevitably reach this point, there are quite a few steps to take and tips to heed to help you through the process of reinventing yourself.

1. Make A List of Goals

One of the first things you should do when trying to recreate yourself is make a list of your goals. These don’t have to be too specific, cause that could just set you up for failure.

Instead, just think about your life and where you would like to be in five years, or 20 years, or even 50 years. Where are you living? Who’s around you?

Think about these types of questions and you may start to learn about what you want and where you want your life to go.

You don’t have to hold yourself to any of the goals on your list, but it may be a good way to guide you on the path of reinventing yourself as an entrepreneur.

2. Stay Healthy

This is a tip everyone should take seriously all the time, but when you’re trying to reinvent yourself as an entrepreneur, you don’t want to lose sight of what’s most important, and that’s the health of yourself and your family.

If you’ve ever faced a serious or prolonged illness, you know that you’re nothing if you don’t have your health, so make sure you eat healthy, exercise regularly, and get enough sleep.

If you feel healthy, you’ll have the strength and energy to accomplish anything you set your mind to, and so staying healthy should be a priority for any entrepreneur.

3. Wake Up Early

When you’re reinventing yourself as an entrepreneur, you’re going to be busy, and so you should try to get in the habit of getting an early start to the day.

This isn’t to say you should cut back on the amount of time you sleep, but by setting your alarm to go off a little earlier, you can get a jumpstart on your day and stay a few steps ahead of all the other people who are sleeping in.

The early part of the day is also quiet, giving you a chance to concentrate on what’s important or maybe spend some time in deep contemplation without having to worry about all the background noise in the world.

Either way, there’s much to be gained from waking up a little earlier.

4. Break Your Routines

Once you get accustomed to waking up early, feel free to break a few more of your routines.

If you’re truly looking to recreate yourself, you can’t stick to the same schedule and carry on doing the same things you’ve always done.

You have to get out of your comfort zone and try new things. This is the only way you’re going to find something new that you can feel passionate about.

You don’t have to break free of everything you’re used to doing, but you have to make some changes to your day-to-day routine.

5. Admit Your Shortcomings

We all have shortcomings and things we struggle with, both personally and professionally. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, as long as we’re honest with ourselves about what they are.

If your last project failed because of something you couldn’t do, admit it. Even if you have a different reason for wanting to recreate yourself, there is something that you’re not good at, and there’s no reason to deny it.

Admit what you’re not good at, and find a way to rectify it. Turning your weaknesses into strengths is always a great thing to do when reinventing yourself as an entrepreneur.

6. Be Proactive

This tip seems obvious, but it’s important and can’t be overlooked. You’re never going to find the “new you” or reinvent yourself just sitting around waiting for something to happen.

Instead, you have to go out and make it happen, which should be second nature for entrepreneurs. This doesn’t have to mean that you work tirelessly until you’ve successfully reinvented yourself, but you have to do something.

If you haven’t found what you want to do with the next phase of your life, go out into the world and look for inspiration; it may be out there waiting for you to discover it.

Take a trip, do volunteer work, visit with friends, or just so something you’ve never done before.

If you’re proactive and willing to try something new or different, you may think of an idea that will help you on your path to reinventing yourself.

7. Never Stop Learning

This is another tip that applies to life in general, but if you’re an entrepreneur, you should never stop trying to learn.

Don’t be afraid to take classes or learn a new skill, especially if you have a chance to correct a shortcoming and turn a weakness into a strength.

Above all else, read as much as you possibly can. Read books that you’ve already read to see if your perspective has changed since the last time you read it.

You should also read books you thought you’d never read, as there are lessons waiting to be learned. The more you read, the more you’ll learn about yourself, and what you learn may just help you on your way to recreating yourself.

8. Ask for Help

No one accomplishes anything alone. Sure, you may think you did at one point in your life, but you didn’t; I assure you someone (probably many someones) helped you along the way.

Keep this in mind and don’t be afraid to ask for help when you’re trying to recreate yourself.

You don’t have to go as far as to have a mentor, but you should willingly seek advice from others who may be able to shed light on your situation or point you in the right direction.

If you haven’t already discovered, you’ll soon realize that reinventing yourself as an entrepreneur is one of the most difficult things you’ll ever do in your life, and that means you’ll need as much help as you can get.

Don’t be afraid to ask for it.

9. Trust Yourself

This is important, because confidence in yourself can make all the difference in the world.

Even if you’ve had failures in the past, always believe that you’re going to succeed at whatever you set out to achieve.

If you’re going to recreate yourself and find success doing so, you must trust that every decision you make will be the right one.

If you start second guessing yourself, you’re going to end up lost with no idea where you’re going.

You’ll never make anyone else believe in you unless you believe in yourself first, so as an entrepreneur, always make sure your confidence is high and you trust that you will succeed.

10. Have Patience

Your final tip is to have patience. Reinventing yourself as an entrepreneur is not going to happen overnight.

In fact, it could take years, and you can’t get discouraged at how long it’s taking you to get where you want to be.

Yes, it’ll be frustrating and there will be tough times along the way, but keep faith in the process and have patience.

If you want to do something truly great, it’s going to take a lot of work, so just take things one day at a time and eventually that hard work and patient approach will pay off.

How to Reinvent Yourself

You will take a lot of steps on the road to reinventing yourself as an entrepreneur. The biggest key is to be open minded.

You probably don’t know the exact path you’re going to take to recreate yourself into something new, so be willing to give all of these tips a chance and listen to any advice anyone has for you.

It’ll be a long journey, but with the right outlook and the right attitude, you’ll get there.

Bryan.

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Bonus Stuff🍬: How to Push Yourself Out of Your Comfort Zone

Have you heard the saying, “A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there”?

It can be difficult to shake the anxiety that often goes with doing things we’re not used to or comfortable with, precisely because we have either little or poor experience with whatever is outside our comfort zone.

However, learning to push those boundaries for yourself is helpful for advancing and succeeding both in your career and your personal life.

If you don’t know how to begin taking healthy steps to leave your comfort zone, here are some tips on things you can do that will encourage you to take risks and learn to embrace uncertainty.