Kathmandu, April 8, 2016: Starting new business isn’t a piece of cake, even establishing a small enterprise needs proper plan. Skills and knowledge are put to an ultimate test. Whatever the outcome, success or failure, the entrepreneur has to take total responsibility.
For many, being an entrepreneur means being the boss, leaving the security of regular “day job†and work for their own to pursue their dreams. So how do you know if you have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? Through honest self examination and with cent percent determination and dedication you can find out if you have got the qualities of being a successful entrepreneur.
Talking about an entrepreneur, the role can simply be defined as the process of starting a business or organization. The term “entrepreneur†implies qualities of leadership, initiative and innovation of business. These days it is quite common that people aim to be a successful entrepreneur. Being an entrepreneur not only give insight of having money, fame and power but it also gives you respect.
PASSIONATE ABOUT WORK
Everyone advises “Find your passion. Do what you love!†and all the evergreen quotes but they are easier said than done. You are likely to spend all of your waking hours working at your business enterprise. Thus, it is important to find out what you are actually passionate about otherwise it will feel like doing any other job. Being an entrepreneur requires strong feeling of commitment and dedication towards work. You need to enjoy your pursuit and keep yourself interested in order to achieve the taste of success.
SELF – CONFIDENCE
As an entrepreneur, you are responsible for your own success and failure. Therefore, it is your responsibility to lead your team towards the direction of success. You need to be confident about your work as well as about yourself to take your business to the next level. Even if you face failure, you need to motivate yourself and get back up. Until and unless you are confident about what you are doing, no one in your enterprise will be confident as well.
BEING OPEN- MINDED
Most people don’t like to listen to what other people have to say. Since they own the business, they don’t want to listen to advices and try to do everything on their own. This habit not only brings the business down but can be a rock on the path to success. If you want to be a successful entrepreneur then the quality of being open minded is a must. You should never forget to learn from others and feel free to ask advices. You should try to be flexible with your thinking and soak it up like a sponge.
SELF – DISCIPLINE
We all are taught to be disciplined in everything we do from a very young age and this goes to being an entrepreneur as well. Entrepreneur must set a high-level of self-discipline in their routine. Unlike any typical job, there’s no boss leaning towards your shoulder and making you jump out of your bed. As an entrepreneur it is your job to set discipline in your work and get the work done.
CONSTANT FLOW OF IDEAS
In this competitive world, every enterprise wants to come up with new ideas and innovation that no one has never seen or thought of doing before. An entrepreneur must always be asking themselves “What’s next?â€You should always keep an eye for the next big thing and grab the possible opportunity. You should understand that being an entrepreneur is a lifestyle choice and you should always try to be interested in what you are doing.
MOTIVATION
Motivation is a skill that entrepreneurs cannot lack. In any business venture there is bound to be both success and failure. A successful entrepreneur must not let failure block the view of what could be a successful business. If you can put aside the disappointment and motivate yourself to try again then you are one step closer to reaching your goal. When all enthusiasm and motivation is lost then this is when the business is also lost. Because until and unless you can keep yourself motivated the whole team of enterprise is motivated.
Whether you are starting a big business or small, now you know the qualities for turning yourself into a successful entrepreneur.
COMPETITIVENESS
Unless your business concept is completely unique, it is likely that you will face a host of competition in your chosen enterprise. You need to possess a competitive spirit to beat your competitors, much like an athlete who attempts to defeat the opponent. You also need to take time to study the competition. Think a step ahead of time to understand what will yield right and wrong, this results in a beneficial learning experience.
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
A successful entrepreneur must also be innovative and creative. You must be able to look outside the square and see things others do not. You must be able to offer solutions to difficult problems as well as being able to brainstorm ideas for new products. You must be able to create a business that will set you apart from others and will help to continue your business in the long run.
FORWARD LOOKING APPROACH
As an entrepreneur you should always think ahead of time. You will have competitors challenging your ideas but you should always have a set of new approach to beat them. Having a clearly established set of goals will skip you from getting stuck. You should evolve your goals in accordance to time and know where you want to go otherwise you ain’t reaching anywhere.
PATIENCE
Patience is the key to success. We all know that a business needs time to build up. Success does not happen overnight. Every business needs time to set up and dwell up between customers. Entrepreneurs must understand this and often like to put ideas into actions and wait to see the results. Whatever the results comes you should often go back and tweak your ideas to produce better results. This is what differentiates a successful entrepreneur from one that is not so successful.
Source: Hope Magazine
