The 13 Entrepreneur Concepts
The Thirteen Entrepreneur Concepts
1. You must become the best in your profession. There are those who look the best, talk about the best, expect the best, and perform the best. Guess what they get?
2. You must invest over “40” hours per week.
3. You do not need a college degree. It takes expertise not degrees; it’s what you know and how you use it that counts.
4. You must commit for a minimum of “2” years. For most small business owners it is a 2 to 5 year business-building program.
5. Becoming a successful entrepreneur will require a dramatic change in the way you are currently doing things?
6. You will alienate or outgrow many of your current friends and associations; but do not worry you will gain new ones.
7. The monetary rewards will lag your professional achievements by at least “12” months.
8. You must learn to make definite decisions without sufficient information.
9. Calculated risk taking, challenge and discomfort will become a way of life.
10. Your impatience and tolerance will be less for those who ask you the same question twice.
11. Your rate of achievement will increase per your drive and intensity.
12. Your rate of momentum becomes addictive – be careful.
13. You will experience a temporary unbalancing of your personal and professional life.
The Twelve Key Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
They have drive – They will keep on going when everyone else has given up and gone home.
They are persuasive in their quest to get others to see and follow through with their point of view.
They have perceptions and can see what is not distinguishable to others and they believe what others find unbelievable.
They have strong ego needs that compel them to win.
They can respond to failure and crises with optimism. Failure is an event not a person.
They have confidence in their own ability to adjust and win from changing circumstances.
They know what their inner beliefs will permit them to do.
They plan strategies and measure their progress continually.
They have a short-term view in accessing performance and a long-term view in accessing success.
Their destination has clear measurable, specific written goals in all areas of their life.
They are mentally accurate and objectively urgent in their deliberations.
They tend to choose people to assist with the strengths they do not have in order to fill in the gaps.