If you ever desired to be an entrepreneur, you need to examine your characteristic.
Here are the top ten qualities of a successful entrepreneur.
1. Positive mental attitude.
You will never be a successful entrepreneur without a
positive attitude. The one thing you can be sure of is that you will experience
difficult times. Your success or failure will be determined at these times. If
you maintain your confidence, persevere and continue to stay positive, you will
be successful. Conversely, if you allow doubt and uncertainty to prevail, you
will probably fail.
2. Enjoy being around people.
Being a successful entrepreneur means you will continuously
interact with a diverse array of people such as customers, potential customers,
colleagues, competitors, suppliers, lawyers, accountants and coaches. It really
helps if you enjoy being around these people.
3. Excellent communication skills.
Communication can be defined as the accurate exchange of
information between two or more parties. This is important because you will
have many conversations. You need to be able to accurately exchange information
in a fast moving world using a variety of communication methods (e.g., interpersonal,
electronic). Of particular importance is the ability to listen and truly
understand where another person is coming from.
4. Have a need to achieve.
Successful entrepreneurs are achievement oriented. They value
accomplishment and the intrinsic rewards that go along with achieving difficult
goals. It is a strong motivator for most business owners.
5. Resourceful.
Most new businesses have limited resources such as money, information
and time. Successful entrepreneurs figure out how to get the most out of these
resources. They are masters at stretching a dollar and making a few resources go
a long way.
6. Objective.
It is not easy to be objective about your business because
you are passionate about making it successful. However, you do need to be
impartial and dispassionate when it comes to making business decisions because
emotion, bias and sentiment can result in poor choices.
7. Committed.
Building a successful business requires an absolute
commitment. It takes a lot of work and there will be times when you become
discouraged. It is during these times that you must be steadfast, faithful and
committed to your vision.
8. Dependable. This should go without saying but I will say
it anyway. There is a strong positive relationship between your perceived level
of reliability and the success of your business. No matter what type of
business you have, your customers expect you to be dependable.
9. Proactive and not reactive.
Successful entrepreneurs anticipate problems in advance and
deal with them before they occur. If you simply react to problems and issues as
they arise, you may get overwhelmed.
10. Possess technical skills and knowledge.
Every business requires unique technical skills and
knowledge on part of the owner. You have to be good at what you do for your business
to succeed. This often means getting additional education and training on an ongoing
basis, sometimes for the purpose of obtaining specific credentials (e.g., certifications,
licenses).
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