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But what else does it take to succeed as an entrepreneur, and how should an entrepreneur define success?
Here’s what I came up with, a Top 10 List:
10. You must be passionate about what you are trying to achieve.
That means you’re willing to sacrifice a large part of your waking hours to the idea you’ve come up with. Passion will ignite the same intensity in others who join you as you build a team to succeed in this endeavor. And with passion, both your team and your customers are more likely to truly believe in what you are trying to do. Continue reading »
Here are five observations about the entrepreneurial mind and personality.
1. Entrepreneurs are passionate, inside and outside of work.
Whatever they immerse themselves in, entrepreneurs typically invest fully and passionately. This extends beyond business building into many aspects of life outside the workplace.
2. Entrepreneurs are committed to building businesses, not just coming up with great ideas.
Most people with ideas don’t build businesses. Most entrepreneurs we know look for good businesses to build, given their area of expertise. We’ve met countless individuals with a “great idea” who never Continue reading »
So, what does it mean to be an Entrepreneur? If you read my blog regularly you know that I love do discuss the topic of Entrepreneur. Everyone’s idea and definition of what an entrepreneur is different.
Part of me believes that there is a lot of glamour around the word “Entrepreneur.” For example if you are at party and you engage in the typical small talk with someone you don’t know. When they ask you the inevitable question “So, what do you do?” You might say that you are a business owner, a leader, or an entrepreneur. Personally my response to that question is ” I run a window cleaning business. ” I say it this way because I like to take the glamour and the ego out of it. Yes, I am very proud that I own a successful business and that I have been in business for 12 plus years, but that is not the first impression that I want to give to someone I just met.
I chose this picture above because I think there is some real truth to it. There is also some real humor to it. For example: the last slide on the bottom right with the fire fighter putting out the fire, is where some of the humor of this picture lies. “What I actually do,” at first glance in funny.
However, after I think about it, I completely disagree.
Choose your role as a business owner wisely. Sometimes it’s easier to focus on what we need to stop doing instead of focusing on what we should be doing. Stop doing the stuff that is non-essential to achieving your goals.
Redefining Your Role
In the beginning, every business owner must take on many tasks, including even sweeping the floor. But as the operation grows and matures, hiring others to take on responsibilities becomes critical to healthy growth.
Trap: Failing to redefine continuously you’re changing role in the organization. When that happens, you end up with much more than you’re able to accomplish efficiently. If the process continues, physical symptoms such as stress… high blood pressure… and depression can develop.
Solution: Take an honest look at your workload and identify tasks that you don’t do well. You may be digitally gifted but possess little financial savvy.
Or, you may be an excellent “people person” but hopelessly disorganized. The real measure of a successful business owner is in knowing when to complement his/her own skills by hiring others who can take over certain key roles.
Example: A client who had founded a newsletter for bankers saw the newsletter grow to the point where he had 12 full-time employees. As time went on, he found himself increasingly frustrated because the demands of being editor and publisher left him virtually no time to spend on sales and marketing. After rethinking the needs of the business and in order to assure the publication’s future, he decided to turn the editorial duties over to a trusted associate and concentrate his own time on sales and marketing.
That move immediately cleared the logjam of work on his desk… freed his mind from constant worry about getting everything done… and ultimately led to a growth spurt fueled by new, highly successful marketing campaigns.
Does this example sound familiar? When is the last time that you redefined your role and delegated some of your less valuable tasks? Take action today and perform this exercise to help you to STOP doing the things that hurt your business.
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So, what does it mean to be an Entrepreneur? If you read my blog regularly you know that I love do discuss the topic of Entrepreneur. Everyone’s idea and definition of what an entrepreneur is different.
Part of me believes that there is a lot of glamour around the word “Entrepreneur.” For example if you are at party and you engage in the typical small talk with someone you don’t know. When they ask you the inevitable question “So, what do you do?” You might say that you are a business owner, a leader, or an entrepreneur. Personally my response to that question is ” I run a window cleaning business. ” I say it this way because I like to take the glamour and the ego out of it. Yes, I am very proud that I own a successful business and that I have been in business for 12 plus years, but that is not the first impression that I want to give to someone I just met.
I chose this picture above because I think there is some real truth to it. There is also some real humor to it. For example: the last slide on the bottom right with the fire fighter putting out the fire, is where some of the humor of this picture lies. “What I actually do,” at first glance in funny.
However, after I think about it, I completely disagree.
Choose your role as a business owner wisely. Sometimes it’s easier to focus on what we need to stop doing instead of focusing on what we should be doing. Stop doing the stuff that is non-essential to achieving your goals.
Stay tuned for next week’s Part 2. How to: stop doing the things that hurt your business. What does it mean to be an Entrepreneur?
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Don’t get me wrong there is nothing wrong with setting goals. I am a firm believer in-goal setting, I also believe in applying your goals to the SMART acronym. This process helps you to think your goals through and which increases your chances of completing them. Setting a smart goal is the first step. It is not the end all be all.
We need to think a little deeper. We need to understand what is occurring or what needs to occur when we as leaders go through the process of envisioning the goal, setting the SMART goal, and working our little butts off to achieve it.
The concept that I am referring to is the BE, x DO, = HAVE concept. The best way to explain it using the example of weight loss. So, let’s say your SMART goal is to lose 20lbs in 3 months, because you want to look awesome for summer beach season.
. They stop doing the DO because they are missing the BE. The question they are NOT asking themselves is, who do they need to BE in order DO the things they need to do, so that they can HAVE this things they want to have?
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Live life with purpose, don’t zombie through your 9-5 existence.
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