Thursday 2 January 2014

The Mindset Of Entrepreneurs

Business owners fall into two categories- the self employed and the entrepreneurs.
 
The self employed are those who have talent and skill and they know there are people willing to pay them for their time, product and service. So they employ themselves rather than work for someone else. They begin marketing their products and after a while they have some customers. After a while, they find themselves working too many hours, they can’t take too much time off because without them there is no business or income.

The entrepreneurs, on the other hand are the business owners who seems to grow their business effortlessly, and maintain steady growth. They can afford to take some time off to participate in other activities because they’ve empowered people to be like them.  What do they know that the self employed do not?
 
They have gained the entrepreneurial mindset. An entrepreneur is a great strategist and a master at getting others excited about helping them grow their business. They know they need to develop multiple profit centres not just one or two, so they are constantly looking for creative opportunities to do so and some of those profit centres need to be passive income that is not dependent on their time.

What makes a successful entrepreneur? There are many contributing factors-like quality, education, skills, training, networking, experience and others. There is however one thing you shouldn’t disregard if you want to become a victorious entrepreneur – the mindset. Without it, you will definitely find it difficult to succeed in whichever business endeavour you take.

Successful entrepreneurs are positive thinkers. They always believe they can do everything. Confidence is one important trait that you must have as early as possible. You must also be able to set your vision to look at certain situations differently. For ordinary individuals, problems are considered obstacles, but for many entrepreneurs, they are challenges.

Everything does not end in thinking alone. If you simply think and think, you will not achieve anything. But if you think and act, you will certainly reach the peak of success. You must be able to come up with well-intentioned objectives and your actions should be focused.

If you find yourself thinking you don’t have the time to put together the plan and strategy you need to achieve this mindset, try thinking about where you will be a year or two from now. I can tell you where you will be-self employed.

Let’s meet at the top! Become determined to think like an entrepreneur!

 

1 comment:

  1. Hmmmm......always thought dey re all dsame now i know deir is a big difference btw an enterprenuer nd a self employed man

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