People often say entrepreneurship is not everyone, and that’s certainly true! It’s reserved for the few who have mastered the task of controlling their own destinies and writing their own stories. For these successful ones, there’s no separation between how they think in life and in business, they apply the same principles to both.
Consider some of these below:
1. They Have a Sense of Urgency
One of the best life traits you can develop is having a sense of urgency, living consciously and on purpose. Opportunities are only opportunities if you are taking full advantage of them and are consistently reaching for new goals and ambitions. You must have a sense of urgency that most don’t have if you are serious about success.
2. They Don’t Do It Alone
There’s a popular saying that “a single tree does not a forest make.” Understand that it’s impossible to grow, learn, and become the person you need to be without exceptional people behind you.
Success rises and falls on who you associate with, so make sure you stay aware of your surroundings, find the right people, and make the best use of their resources.
3. They Work Hard On Their Strength Not Their Weakness
Why waste your time on things you are not good at when you could be honing your skills on the things you are fantastic at? Know this fact: You will not be excellent at everything. So identify your strengths early on, and strengthen them by becoming the very best at them.
And your weaknesses? Surround yourself with people who will complement you and who are strong in these areas, while you stay busy working hard on your strengths. The jack of all trades is seldom exceptional at anything, and usually broke as well.
4. Their Time Is King!
One of the chief secrets of life is that “you don’t get paid for your labour but for your time”, and because very few people understand this is the reason most people struggle through life.
In all things great or small, always take some time to really analyse if you are maximizing your time; and should you ever trade time for money, make sure it’s an intelligent trade and completely in your favour.
5. They Never Look At Themselves Through the Eyes Of Others
One of the best gifts you can ever give yourself is “to not look at yourself through the eyes of others.”
You must drop the need to be liked if you want an extraordinary life. People who care too much about what others think of them will always be limited to the opinions of others.
Does this mean you should turn yourself into a narcissist who cannot look at his actions objectively? Absolutely not! It simply means you should take a clinical knife (figuratively of course!) to people’s opinions about you, objectively identify and take the good and useful parts, while you trash the parts that are borne out of malice, envy, and ignorance.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living somebody else’s life!
6. They Don’t Just Consume, They Produce Too!
What this means is that instead of digging for gold, sell shovels; instead of borrowing money, lend it; Instead of taking a job, hire for jobs. Break free from consumption, switch sides and become a producer. The reason such mindset is a winner is that producers get rich by attracting wealth to themselves.
Look at these points once more, write down the main parts on paper and keep it close to you always. Start to act on just one at a time until you exhaust the list and they have become a habit. Don’t put it off till tomorrow, start now!
