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Casual Articles - What Makes an Entrepreneur Different
The tragic events resulting from the recent Tsunami on Boxing Day 2004 serve to again highlight the fragile nature of many of the world’s communities. In each of these locations the key tasks of treating the sick and injured, ensuring clean water was available, or made available, providing food, accommodation and so on was critically important
#7 Only You Can Shape Your Life
You control all aspects of your life. When you look in the mirror do you see a man or a mouse? The answer is a reflection totally of you.
#8 Regret Only What You Have not Done
To die and have wishes or nightmares about lost opportunities, or never having gotten into the game, is some kind of sin. What a waste!
#9 Get Rich Slow
Dreamers want to get rich quick and rarely do. Hard work, enterprise, innovation, and focus makes the hare the winner over
I was watching the feature film A Gentleman’s Game on cable. It’s a great movie, but it was on the Golf Channel, so I had to put up with long commercial breaks . . . and I mean long commercial breaks. I wanted to watch the movie, not the commercial breaks. But, if you’ve got to watch something you don’t want to see, you may as well learn something from
I am often asked what makes an entrepreneur. In answering, I use the quote made by Supreme Court Justice Harlan when asked how he defined pornography. “I know it when I see it”. Entrepreneurs have a demeanor that separates them from the herd. They are different. Ready to take risks, fearless, passionate, problem solvers, positive and focused: entrepreneurs are the power that runs the engine of any capitalist economy.
I have assembled 10 traits that all successful entrepreneurs seem to acquire during their life’s experience. Some are stronger in one area or another, but the basics are covered here and represent qualities and beliefs that are remarkably consistent in successful entrepreneurs.
10 Essential Traits for the Successful Entrepreneur
#1 Passion in Their Project Opportunity
Passion overcomes many deficiencies in experience and/or education. True passion cannot be faked, and is contagious!
#2 Courage in the Face of Doubt
Every entrepreneur experiences bouts of worry and self-doubt. The ability to overcome, push ahead and achieve your goals requires courage.
#3 The Ability to Handle Rejection
Success as an entrepreneur requires a thick skin. You will receive Criticism, and hear the word NO much more often than YES.
#4 The Ability to Remain Open to Change
Hardened attitudes and dispositions will cut off the ability to innovate, improve and add creativity to an invention or new idea.
#5 The Glass is always Much More Than Half Full
Successful entrepreneurs know they have obstacles to overcome. They just get on with it. Negatives are like gnats, to be flicked away.
#6 Small Ideas Become Big Ideas
Coca-Cola was not created with a goal of being a mass-market beverage. A pharmacist created the formula for his soda fountain as a tonic.
#7 Only You Can Shape Your Life
You control all aspects of your life. When you look in the mirror do you see a man or a mouse? The answer is a reflection totally of you.
#8 Regret Only What You Have not Done
To die and have wishes or nightmares about lost opportunities, or never having gotten into the game, is some kind of sin. What a waste!
#9 Get Rich Slow
Dreamers want to get rich quick and rarely do. Hard work, enterprise, innovation, and focus makes the hare the winner over t
Web branding is the skill of taking your product or service and finding ways to provide an emotional connection with the consumer. However, web branding may actually serve a dual purpose.Certainly you want the consumer to connect with your business. This is your first objective in web branding. However, you may find that working with a coalition
I have assembled 10 traits that all successful entrepreneurs seem to acquire during their life’s experience. Some are stronger in one area or another, but the basics are covered here and represent qualities and beliefs that are remarkably consistent in successful entrepreneurs.
10 Essential Traits for the Successful Entrepreneur
#1 Passion in Their Project Opportunity
Passion overcomes many deficiencies in experience and/or education. True passion cannot be faked, and is contagious!
#2 Courage in the Face of Doubt
Every entrepreneur experiences bouts of worry and self-doubt. The ability to overcome, push ahead and achieve your goals requires courage.
#3 The Ability to Handle Rejection
Success as an entrepreneur requires a thick skin. You will receive Criticism, and hear the word NO much more often than YES.
#4 The Ability to Remain Open to Change
Hardened attitudes and dispositions will cut off the ability to innovate, improve and add creativity to an invention or new idea.
#5 The Glass is always Much More Than Half Full
Successful entrepreneurs know they have obstacles to overcome. They just get on with it. Negatives are like gnats, to be flicked away.
#6 Small Ideas Become Big Ideas
Coca-Cola was not created with a goal of being a mass-market beverage. A pharmacist created the formula for his soda fountain as a tonic.
#7 Only You Can Shape Your Life
You control all aspects of your life. When you look in the mirror do you see a man or a mouse? The answer is a reflection totally of you.
#8 Regret Only What You Have not Done
To die and have wishes or nightmares about lost opportunities, or never having gotten into the game, is some kind of sin. What a waste!
#9 Get Rich Slow
Dreamers want to get rich quick and rarely do. Hard work, enterprise, innovation, and focus makes the hare the winner over
Did you know that somewhere around 50% of all websites have one or more of the following problems?* typing errors* spelling mistakes* grammatical problems* punctuation problems.Wow! A whopping 50%!Hard to believe??No, I don't think it is.In my daily business life I briefly skim or read anywhere u
Passion overcomes many deficiencies in experience and/or education. True passion cannot be faked, and is contagious!
#2 Courage in the Face of Doubt
Every entrepreneur experiences bouts of worry and self-doubt. The ability to overcome, push ahead and achieve your goals requires courage.
#3 The Ability to Handle Rejection
Success as an entrepreneur requires a thick skin. You will receive Criticism, and hear the word NO much more often than YES.
#4 The Ability to Remain Open to Change
Hardened attitudes and dispositions will cut off the ability to innovate, improve and add creativity to an invention or new idea.
#5 The Glass is always Much More Than Half Full
Successful entrepreneurs know they have obstacles to overcome. They just get on with it. Negatives are like gnats, to be flicked away.
#6 Small Ideas Become Big Ideas
Coca-Cola was not created with a goal of being a mass-market beverage. A pharmacist created the formula for his soda fountain as a tonic.
#7 Only You Can Shape Your Life
You control all aspects of your life. When you look in the mirror do you see a man or a mouse? The answer is a reflection totally of you.
#8 Regret Only What You Have not Done
To die and have wishes or nightmares about lost opportunities, or never having gotten into the game, is some kind of sin. What a waste!
#9 Get Rich Slow
Dreamers want to get rich quick and rarely do. Hard work, enterprise, innovation, and focus makes the hare the winner over
I have identified a few sources of Business Burnout and each has a distinct flavor and requires a different response.Bad Choice Burnout - This is the burnout that surfaces because you made a bad choice about your business. This happens a lot with multi level marketing companies and in direct sales. The recruiting process makes a busines
Hardened attitudes and dispositions will cut off the ability to innovate, improve and add creativity to an invention or new idea.
#5 The Glass is always Much More Than Half Full
Successful entrepreneurs know they have obstacles to overcome. They just get on with it. Negatives are like gnats, to be flicked away.
#6 Small Ideas Become Big Ideas
Coca-Cola was not created with a goal of being a mass-market beverage. A pharmacist created the formula for his soda fountain as a tonic.
#7 Only You Can Shape Your Life
You control all aspects of your life. When you look in the mirror do you see a man or a mouse? The answer is a reflection totally of you.
#8 Regret Only What You Have not Done
To die and have wishes or nightmares about lost opportunities, or never having gotten into the game, is some kind of sin. What a waste!
#9 Get Rich Slow
Dreamers want to get rich quick and rarely do. Hard work, enterprise, innovation, and focus makes the hare the winner over
An insurance broker is a “go-between”—they go between the business or customer and the insurance company. An insurance agent works for only one insurance company while an insurance broker represents and works for many insurance companies. An insurance broker specializes in finding the best possible insurance for the best price with the insurance compan
#7 Only You Can Shape Your Life
You control all aspects of your life. When you look in the mirror do you see a man or a mouse? The answer is a reflection totally of you.
#8 Regret Only What You Have not Done
To die and have wishes or nightmares about lost opportunities, or never having gotten into the game, is some kind of sin. What a waste!
#9 Get Rich Slow
Dreamers want to get rich quick and rarely do. Hard work, enterprise, innovation, and focus makes the hare the winner over the flashier rabbit.
#10 Listen to Learn
While you are talking you can’t be learning. Ask questions, probe, inquire! Listening is crucial to overcoming objections and success.
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