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1. Fearlessness:-Want to know why becoming successful in a
business venture is considered such a daunting feat by society? While there are
obvious hurdles to face, one of the biggest challenges is in overcoming the
fear of jumping into a business in the first place. Most people dream all day
about launching a successful business while watching the clock tick at their mundane
day jobs. The reason they never quit the security of a pay check is because
they are too scared by the unknown that comes with starting a business. If you
want to separate yourself from that crowd, you need to learn how to manage your
own fears. Don't worry, you're not alone. When I quit my job to start my
business, I was making double my salary outside my day job than I was inside
working my eight hour job. I still had that huge fear of failure.
However, this is only the beginning of the road for those
who want to be truly successful in business. Overcoming your fears and getting
started is noble, but the true tests of a fearless entrepreneur will be
constant, from initiating a conversation at a networking mixer, asking for the
sale on a major deal, severing ties with a partner who is causing harm to the
venture, and perhaps the most frightening of all situations - watching a
business fail (it happened to Henry Ford twice before he designed his famous
assembly line!) One who can fail miserably and not be scared to dust themselves
off and try again and again until they are successful is truly fearless.
2. Understand Finance:-Now, people all the time will talk
about how a well-known business brand started at one time in someone's basement
or garage, so much that it's become a romantic notion of sorts that going from
rags-to-riches is what really identifies a true entrepreneur. The reality of
most successful businesses ventures couldn't be farther from the truth - if you
want to make it, you're going to need money. However, that doesn't necessarily
mean you need to have a lot of it when you're just getting started, but more
importantly understanding how finance works and how to use your money to grow
in the smartest way.
Robert Kiyosaki is most famous for teaching the world about
the importance in how financial literacy plays such a crucial role in the lives
of successful entrepreneurs. Those who live from pay check to pay check are
also those that fill their lives with liabilities - car and house payments, credit
cards, and other materialistic things that cost them money. Those who are
financially literate, however, understand the importance of building assets -
things that make them money instead. Once you start having a positive asset
column, you can then learn how to make even more money through investing. To be
a successful entrepreneur you need to know how to take money and make it work
for you.
3. Grow As A Leader:-Once you harness your fears and make
the leap to starting a business, you've already begun the journey of becoming a
leader. As we'll discuss shortly, your ultimate success will have a lot to do
with how you help others find their own. Many of us hold successful
entrepreneurs on a pedestal much like football fans hold a star quarterback or
wide receiver in high regard. However, there's always a team that these
individuals lead that ultimately leads to their success. You must learn how to
be a leader on some kind of level in order to motivate others to join you in
your venture, believe in what you preach, or give you money for a product or
service that you offer.
Just because you need to possess leadership qualities does
not mean that everybody successful in business has to be the CEO, face of the
company, or person "in charge". When Google started to really grow,
the company's founders brought in a successful CEO in Eric Schmidt to come in
and run their company - they were engineers, not CEOs. The ability to lead a
team or lead the masses can sometimes come down to just having the right
charisma and message to get the right people to do the things that need to be
done in order for the entire thing to just work. A great soldier may be good at
leading troops on the field, but not managing the entire war. An amazing
product designer may also be a lousy salesperson. But a great leader will
discover what they do best and where their weakness lies, and know who to put
where in order to ensure that their company is one that achieves real success.
4. Use Your Leverage:-One of the greatest challenges that will
stand in the way of an entrepreneur from getting what they want is
understanding what "to do" with the opportunities that fall in their
laps along the way. This is where leverage becomes such an important concept
that people going into business need to understand, and it takes a certain kind
of mind to think "outside the box" in situations to find the value in
a new relationship or circumstance. The same people who are too scared to quit
their day jobs are also the same people who do not know how to leverage the
assets and relationships in their life. A successful entrepreneur, on the other
hand, is constantly finding ways to create profits and new opportunities each
and every day.
The simple adage "when life hands you lemons, make
lemonade" is a great example of using leverage to move your business
forward. Many people will make the lemonade and drink it themselves. A true
entrepreneur will make lemonade and sell it to those without lemons, and use
the profits to buy more lemons or move into another business. While today a
polarizing political figure, Donald Trump is a great example of an entrepreneur
who time and time again used leverage to acquire crucial pieces of real estate
or strike very lucrative business deals. Love him or hate him, his book The Art
of The Deal is a great resource on how leverage can make someone mega
successful.
5. Acquire Partners:-We talked earlier about how becoming a
leader is one of the most important qualities one needs to "move the
chains" in the game of business. In order to achieve greatness as a
leader, one must then have a team of individuals who believe in the mission in
order to move forward. That's where assembling a great team of partners plays
such an important role in any profitable business. Many start out alone and the
wearer of many hats, but a business can only scale so far if there is only one
source of energy, of inspiration, and of the actual sweat equity it takes to
keep the lights on.
As we will see in understanding the meaning of success both
in business and in life, a true "business owner" is one who does not
need to be a part of the day-to-day operations in order for the business to run
and stay profitable. The classic book "The E-Myth" is a great story
of how many try (and fail) at running a business all by themselves. Instead,
you need to take those leadership skills and motivate others to take their own
specific skillsets and apply them together as a team for the greater good of
the company. This doesn't just include employees, but also includes knowing who
to shake hands with, how to create strategic partnerships, and how to use that
leverage we previously discussed to convince others to have an interest in your
venture. And once you reach a certain level of success, it will be an even
greater feeling when you get to share it with all who helped make it possible.
6. Having the Right Attitude:-So far we've discussed some of
the most important concepts you need to understand in order to achieve success
in business - but how do you exactly justify what is true success? Is it money,
or sales, or the influence your actions have over the environment around you? Ultimately
real success in business only matters if it also equates to success in life,
and that all starts with having the right attitude towards it. Nobody cares
about those who are rich but hate the world they live in. Everyone knows the
story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, the jaded old man that had all the money in the
world but did nothing but create misery for others.
To have a truly happy and fulfilling life, it's important to
know what's really important and to develop values around what you can do each
and every day to make that world a reality. Sure, many who start a business
venture want to achieve a certain level of financial independence. But what
does one do with those riches once they finally have them? Those with the
attitude that having money means they can buy more "things" to
surround themselves with in order to feel superior to others will never be
successful in their life. The entrepreneurs who focus on how they can create
wealth that can help others and solve problems have the right attitude needed
to obtain true happiness and be seen in a positive light by their peers and
partners, and are the true embodiment of the word "success".
7. Showing Gratitude:-We live in a world that is changing
each and every day, at a speed that any of us can really truly appreciate.
Technology over the last 30-50 years has altered the way we communicate not
only with our neighbour and loved ones but our business contacts around the
world. The generations that have grown up with this technology often take it
for granted, never once stopping to "smell the roses" and to realize
that they live in an amazing time in history and that much of what they have in
their lives - everything from the electricity powering their lights, the cars
that help them get to their next meeting, to their smartphones in their pockets
are all things they should very much be thankful for.
Those who are happy in both business and if life are those
who are grateful for the world they live in. These are the people who make sure
to thank the barista for their coffee in the mornings, who open the door for
others, who actually listen to those who they have conversations with.
Successful entrepreneurs should never forget all the people, places and things
that have played a role in their lives that helped them get from their humble
beginnings to where they are today. The next time you're flying on a plane,
remember the comedian Louis CK's amazing observation that you're "sitting
in a chair in the sky", and be grateful for all the wonderful things we
get to experience every day.
8. Staying Healthy:-Your money and success isn't going to do
you any good if you're not around to use it - so why would you live your life
so dangerously that you would sacrifice your health? What good is all the
passion you have for your business dreams if you're not going to be around to
see them come true? Too many of us get caught up in the game of life that we
never think about the damage we all do to our bodies along the way. As
entrepreneurs our days are so full of work and juggling projects that are lunch
breaks become mere small breaks in the day where we shove fast food down our
throats to get rid of our hunger. I personally inhale my food.
Our nights turn into a time where we sometimes burn the
candles at both ends, turning the stress of the day into an excuse to ease the
pain with alcohol and drugs. While we worship the celebrities who died before
their time, is that how we define success in life? Our obsession with money and
material things makes us greedy and insecure of who we are and how others
perceive us. Without our health, we can never truly achieve success. A leader
needs to be strong, and we're not just talking about a lean body or muscles
here - your mind has to be healthy in order to persevere through the day and
not only achieve the success you're looking for, but to be able to enjoy it as
well.
9. Keeping the Right Friends:-We've discussed the importance
of not going it alone along your path to building your business, and this same
ideology applies to your personal success and happiness. What's the point of
doing anything if you don't have special people in your life to share it with.
No one wants to be the Bruce Wayne of their city, the quack who owns the huge
dining room table with no one to dine with.
People are social by nature, and it's important to have a
life outside of those you work with. Your friends are people to share your
experiences with, who will be there to high-five you with every victory and
also pick you up after every failure. Make sure they are also the ones who have
the same attitude, give back gratitude, and remain a positive force in your
life. Those who feed off of negative energy are the ones you can bring the
whole house crashing down around you.
10. The Importance of Family:-We've discussed in detail why
we become entrepreneurs in the first place, and the importance of deciding what
goals we're trying to achieve. Most will begin the journey with dollar signs in
their eyes, or seeking some level of power. Many times these things are
personal and selfish, but one who is seeking true success in their lives will
be doing so not just to share with their friends, but more importantly their
families.
Not everyone has the greatest of childhoods, and no one is
expected to share wealth with their siblings just because of blood. Not every
entrepreneur has a soul mate, not will we all have children. It is important,
however, to think about success beyond just the material or power one might
ultimately yield. Real success lies in having a positive influence on those who
you call family and those who will eventually remember, and hopefully continue,
the legacy you leave behind.
