Close your eyes for a few minutes and consider a detailed picture of your life as you want in 5 years. Be as specific as possible.

* Where do you live?
* What do you do during the day?
* What do you do for a living?
* Do you work alone or with others?
* What surrounds you?
* What do you do when you’re not working?

Do not limit yourself to these questions create a living vision of yourself, touching on issues that are important to you. These are personal issues that will influence the type of business you are looking for – be a person of the city or the countryside; wish to travel or stay at your computer, love to meet people or work phone. This activity will help to create the basis for choosing a business, make business decisions, and develop clear goals.

It is best to do this exercise with someone else and share your vision. If you can not put it in writing to make your vision more concrete.
Determine what your strengths and what you enjoy doing

It is often useful to get inside yourself to understand what you like and what you dislike, and what are your talents. Finding a winning business concept is one thing. Find one that interests you and which suits your skills is another.

One of the best ways to do this is to develop three separate lists:

List 1: Your strengths
Everyone has a strength and many skills can be the basis of a business. You can be someone well organized by nature or who knows fixing things. Perhaps you are so accustomed (e) your skills that you do not immediately think, therefore developed this list by watching for a few weeks to seek your abilities and asking people who know you well to give their impressions of the areas where you excel.

List 2: Skills acquired over the years
Whether you worked in a traditional or not, you’ve no doubt accumulated many skills. Note all the work responsibilities you’ve had, think about the various tasks that you know run. Make sure this list is complete – it should include at least 10 distinct elements.

List 3: Things you enjoy doing
Make a list of things you enjoy doing. It’s not as easy as it looks. This list should include at least 10 elements. Pass through your hobbies and interests that come to mind immediately. If you’re stuck (e), ask people who know you long time – especially those that you knew when you were a kid – what they have seen you do during your moments of happiness.

Keep these three lists in an accessible place (eg on your desk) for several weeks, and whenever you have an idea, write it in the appropriate category. Ask people who know you well to give their opinion or help you refresh your memory.

Understand the market needs

Until now, you concentrate (e) inward to find your business idea. It is now time to focus outward to find a need that has not been met but who may be using your product or service.

There are many lists of companies “Top 10″ or “Hot New”. These lists can give some ideas but the best business ideas come from you and will be based on who you are and the market needs. During your soul searching and developing your list, keep your eyes open for all business opportunities.

The worksheet attached is designed to help you find ideas. Feel free to be different (e) and do not be discouraged if your initial ideas are not perfect. Put them aside and continue working.

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