Are You Born To Be A Successful Industrialist ?
The images often rush through your mind of being an entrepreneur, there you are sitting behind your desk, setting your own schedule and never worrying about what the boss might say. You can almost feel the peace and joy that will be yours when all the cash starts rolling in.
Hold the phone, before you are booking a flight to Maui you need to consider one thing very carefully and ask this question: Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Are you cut out to be fabulously wealthy?
In order to be positive you should see how you rate on the following five topics, Can you / will you:
-Can you see something through even when the results are a long time coming? Your first day as a business owner you will be ecstatic. You may even run on the rush for a few days or even weeks.
Unfortunately, the high does not last very long. Now you are faced with working long hours trying to make a go of it and all the adrenaline has dried up. The hardest part at this point is you are working diligently without any tangible results. Leaving you with little if anything to motivate you on to your goals.
So again, I ask you: Is it possible for you to stay with something without instant rewards? If you answered yes, it is possible that entrepreneurship will be just the ticket for you.
-Walk away from a losing proposition? Anytime you spend days or weeks on a proposition it can feel like your baby. Honestly, it rather is, at least in a manner of speaking, I mean this is your brainchild.
No one is perfect and before you know it you can be neck deep in a bad concept that threatens the very life of your business. Is it in you to let go and move on to the next idea in spite of your emotional attachment to the plan? Do this part well and you are on your way to being a good entrepreneur.
-Have self-confidence and assurance in your own abilities? Many people will doubt what you are trying to do; in fact, some may even ridicule you. When you let their opinion affect you the battle is already lost.
If you have confidence in your capabilities and your proposal then you might have the stuff to be an entrepreneur.
-Do you have a firm grip on the value of what you are offering? This is a huge problem; many times a new entrepreneur will work their fingers to the bone for nothing. Most of the time this is a result of not valuing the solution they are providing. A new business owner has thoughts like “I would never pay that much for this product or service, so I better set a low price.”
The thing you must keep in mind is that you are not the market nor are you the customer. If you have something good to offer your customers that adds value or convenience to their lives then you should earn accordingly. Do not worry if your prices are too high they will tell you about it.
If this is not happening you are on the right path and valueing your product or service rightly. At this point you are close to being a good entrepreneur.
-Fix a Dilemma? This is the most important characteristic of all, are you the one to solve a problem?
Entreprenuers must be problem solvers, there is simply no one else to solve them. This is your business, your baby if you will and the buck stops with you. All the corporate big dogs are gone and you are the boss!
The biggest reason of all to be a problem solver however is for your customers. If you can find the thing that people are struggling with and then provide a solution you are well on your way to being a good entrepreneur.
