Three Keys to the Entrepreneur Mindset

IF you are trying to build ANY type of business, this should help you and anyone else you know, feel free to share!

• It is up to YOU to create success, no one else. This does not mean you have to be or profess to be “self-made”. Personally, I think it is a mistake for anyone to ever call themselves self-made as it raises resistance with others in their marketing but the point is, YOU are responsible for your success, no one else. Yes, you will most likely have mentors or coaches, yes, you will most likely have plenty of people that don’t believe in your dreams or tell you that you will never make it but none of that dictates your success. The right entrepreneur mindset is set to take responsibility to say despite my lack of support or abundance of obstacles, I WILL create success. If you use the words “if only” to describe how you COULD have success if only someone would show you how or if only someone would lend you money, then, you are not an entrepreneur. The successful business owners I know had plenty of obstacles and challenges and many had very little support from friends or family members in the pursuit of their dreams. So stop waiting for free school or a handout and take control of your destiny from where you are and play the hand you were dealt not some hand you sure wish you had. 

• Stop comparing yourself to others and celebrate your wins. The reality is there are an insane number of people that had faster success than me and there will be plenty more that will have faster success than you…so what? What does that have to do with YOU? Instead of constantly noticing how someone got a luckier break than you or how someone made more money faster than you, focus on your progress. Celebrate that first sale, first lead, first video, first blog post, first speaking engagement and then celebrate the next one, the next one, the next one. Comparitis is the killer of would be successful entrepreneurs and is a total waste of time and zapper of energy.

• Stay humble, Stay a student. There is always someone out there that has made what you make per year in a day. Learn from others and constantly look to surround yourself with much smarter coaches and mentors who have succeeded at much higher levels than you.