I was excited to be featured on The Executive Blog as a contributor to the article, 37 High-Converting Sales Tips Straight Form The Experts. It was an honor working with Jimmy Rodela, so we collaborated on another set of useful tips for the business owner: strategies for beating the business blues. I find this to be very timely – especially with the weather getting nicer. Makes it hard to stay focused! Let us know what you think!

As much as many of us would hate it, sooner or later, we all find ourselves in a rut — whether you’re going through the same day-to-day tasks grudgingly, or running low on inspiration — it’s only human for us to feel this.

And so the question becomes, “What do you do in these situations?”

Allow me to share with you nine strategies that can help you with beating the business blues.

1. Refresh Your Mindset

A pessimistic viewpoint won’t help much in inspiring a better outlook translating that into poor performance. Experts tell of several ways to achieve this, through meditation, reading a book or psychological hacks, your renewed perspective will serve to be a good launchpad to run your business better.

2. Take A Walk

When experiencing mental and emotional blocks simply take a break and walk around. Take your work out to new places. This way you might even spot opportunities and inspiration from experiences you haven’t felt before.

3. Get A Pep Talk

Join a seminar or watch videos featuring people from varied industries, gain a fresh perspective on how they tackle similar problems you have.

Sometimes the voice inside your head is your enemy; you have to drown it out with inspiration from outside sources.

4. Revamp Your Workplace

Have you seen the offices of the most famous software giants?

Your office may have turned too bland to produce a happy working environment. Add a bit of color, rearrange desks, throw out clutter, you’ll be amazed how some of these adjustments can change moods.

5. Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff

Try your best not to micromanage, find tasks that you think you can delegate to others.

At times, your problems may not even be caused by the overall nature of your business but may be of the nitty-gritty things.

6. But Relish The Small Wins

Acknowledge that even the smaller wins contribute to the overall betterment of your business.

Did you save up on operations expense? Celebrate it! Did you find an app that can make your business run smoother? That’s another reason to be happy.

7. Identify Your Stress Points

Your daily energy is also a limited commodity. Learn to identify the other causes of your energy drain, whether relationship problems or health problems, solving these issues first could help boost your mood in the office.

8. Streamline Your Time

The other limited commodity is time. Pinpoint what the industry calls organizational drag, wherein the company identifies the non-essential things in the company spends time on. You need to be proactive about getting yourself out of your business blues. These strategies will help you first pinpoint the cause of your blues and find ways to solve it.

9. Spice Up Your Marketing

The quickest and most efficient way to do this is to add video to your branding message. There are multiple ways and multiple platforms in which to do this. And…if you don’t know how or where to start, I would be thrilled to help you! I have written many blog articles on video – and it is no secret that video gets the most attention on social media. So let’s get started!

So, get moving. Put these points into action as WHEN you take your first steps is crucial as what steps you would take.

Have other suggestions or strategies of your own? Do let us know if this article helped you out and sent it to anyone you think may be going through this challenges.

**Jimmy is a freelance writer and the Digital Marketing Manager of EBCallCenter.com. He owns GuildofBloggers.com. He has contributed to Yahoo, SearchEnginePeople, SEMRush, and Business.com.**