Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in personal development but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Nicholas Tasler, Founder of Decision Pulse, located in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

What's your business, and who are your customers?

I am an organizational psychologist and keynote speaker.

Tell us about yourself

My twin passions for learning the way people work and the opportunity to help them do it better. I always knew I was interested in being a psychologist, but the decision to work with organizations was basically a math problem. To be a clinical psychologist, the most I could really expect to work with was one person at a time and possibly 6-8 per day. With organizational psychology, I could impact hundreds or thousands of people in a given day.

What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?

Making it work. Lots of people dream of being business owners and lots of people try. But actually pulling it off -- owning a business that can support the life you really want to lead and keeping it going for an extended period of time through peaks, valleys, booms, busts, and every other obstacle is no small feat. I feel lucky and proud that I've been able to do that without sacrificing my family, my health, or my personal satisfaction.

What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?

The loneliness and the uncertainty.

What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?

  1. Take stock of what you're willing to sacrifice to make the dream happen. And be very realistic that chances are, before all is said and done, you will have to sacrifice all those things for some period of time. That means everything from your retirement plans and vacations to your psychological need for safety and security.
  2. Get very clear on the needs of your spouse/partner if you have one. If they're not onboard with all those possible sacrifices, you're going to be fighting battles on two fronts.
  3. Remember that the first idea is rarely the right idea. So make a plan. Set your goals. But don't get married to any one idea. What matters is what the market wants from you, not what you want the market to have. And you simply can't know exactly what IT is that the market wants from you until you start asking them to buy it from you.

Where can people find you and your business?

Website: http://nicktasler.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nick_tasler/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicktasler/

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