If you are new to being your own boss, this article may not make a lot of sense at first but if you have been an entrepreneur for a while now, this will make total sense, I promise you. Either way, stick around as I will help you understand how powerful having the right mindset for your business can be. What does the right mindset look like?
In this article, I will talk to you like you are new to being your own boss. As an experience entrepreneur you will be able to relate very easily. If you are just starting your own business or thinking about it, a few things will occur no matter who you are; So it is important that you know this in advance and learn immediately how to handle these difficult situations; Having the right mindset will help you drastically move from one experience to the next (notice I did not say failure) without dwelling on what did not work.
At the beginning of your venture your mindset won’t matter too much. You are thinking you will be successful and you will do whatever it takes, right?. Wrong. Most new entrepreneurs goes in with the mindset that it will be easy and generally, because they were made to believe it was not going to be hard. Many things can go wrong when you start your own business. Actually more will go wrong at first than right. If you don’t understand that it will be very difficult at first and if you don’t have the right mindset, you will quit your quest to become an entrepreneur very quickly.
To help you survive the challenges ahead of you, use the S.T.A.T.E. of mind concept. Here’s how it goes. Support: Have a great supporting cast around you. A lot of people will say or may be just think you are crazy for starting your business. Stay away from them.
Trust: Whatever you learn, you must be able to trust what you do. Trust the people that have been there and done it before. Don’t try to re-invent the wheel.
Accountability: One of the toughest things to do is to hold ourselves accountable. Become self-discipline because no one can hold you accountable in your business but you.
Energy: Learn to provide a vibe of energy in everything that you do. Being able to motivate and inspire others will greatly help you and the people around you looking for leadership.
Look for the following qualities in a leader. He/she is consistent, persistent, hard working, desires to help others, motivates and most of all inspires others to do things they thought they could never do. Do you think a leader with the wrong mindset could achieve this? Obviously not. Learn to understand that this is a marathon, a journey that when you look back on it, you will say what a wonderful ride it was.
What is needed to understand is, no matter what you try and don’t succeed with, you should look at it as what it is, something that did not work, not a failure. You will try several ways of doing what you are trying to do before it is successful. How many more times do I try before I quit and the answer is: Just one more time, until you make it, until you are victorious.
My happiness depends on your success! Ghyslain
Ghyslain Lefebvre is internet marketing consultant and mentor. He has helped entrepreneurs on all 5 continents. If you would like to learn more about mindset, visit famous people failures and see what can happen if you don?t give up.