Business owners and entrepreneurs who succeed typically have a different mindset than those who don’t take the change on starting a business and those who fail. Do you have business owner traits? It’s kind of an ethereal idea, but your mindset will help feed your success.
Let’s get some of these phrases out of your thinking.
Do You Have Business Owner Traits?
- I don’t need help. I can make sales, write blog posts, collect on invoices, take care of my finances, etc. etc. etc. Every entrepreneur needs help. Whether you’re a solopreneur or are surrounded by like-minded individuals or hire a business coach, having a sounding board or a team makes the work easier.
- You think you know it all and now that you’re a business owner you stop learning. Keep learning. Keep taking classes. Keep working with a mentor or someone outside of your industry.
- Diminishing the success of others. If someone is a success, congratulate them. Don’t say, “well, they had a lucky break.” Look at what they did and notice their innovation and work ethic – luck rarely builds businesses.
- Laying blame. It’s easy as a business owner to blame a lower level employee or a vendor for a mistake. As a business owner, though, ultimately it is your mistake to correct. Apologize, make it right then put procedures in place to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
- It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough. Do you want a surgeon who is “good enough?” Do you want to go to a restaurant where the wait staff is “good enough” at cleaning up after the patron before you? Don’t give a customer – with whom you want a long term relationship – good enough. Give them your best. Every time.
Do you notice yourself in any of those phrases or mindsets? If so, it’s time to change your thinking and get an entrepreneurial mindset for success!
Contact Rex Richard to discuss your business and your plans for growth.