Updated: May 13, 2022
Are you planning to start your own business? Then prepare yourself for an exciting and challenging journey into entrepreneurship.
But before you spend a single centavo of your start-up capital, make sure that you’ve got these four things covered.
Four simple, common-sense but often overlooked traits that every budding entrepreneur must overcome to be able to succeed in business. Fail at one, and it could lead to a likewise failed start-up venture.
So evaluate yourself honestly, and see if you need to work first on some self-improvement before starting your own business.
You get easily distracted.
Starting a business requires a pinpoint focus on your goal. You really have to be stubborn with your vision.
There are hundreds of opportunities out there. When you’ve set yourself to one, then don’t let other opportunities distract you, no matter how good or better they may seem to be.
You have poor time management skills.
Do you often find yourself juggling several tasks and ending with nothing much accomplished by the day’s close? Then you may have time management problems.
Starting a business will only mess up your schedule more. So focus first on developing a well-managed calendar before complicating it with business tasks.
You want success to happen immediately.
Most of the overnight business success stories you might hear are actually the result of many years of learning and hard work – numerous attempts, adjustments, planning, and execution.
You need to have patience, perseverance, and a sensible belief in delayed gratification if you want to reach your goal.
You doubt yourself too much.
Success starts from within. It doesn’t matter if nobody believes in you, as long as you believe in yourself. You have to stay determined, motivated and fight through self-doubt. Expect criticisms and setbacks right from the start, but don’t let those stop you from moving forward.
And that’s it… four possible reasons why your business will fail before you even get started. I hope you found this post insightful and helpful in your self-evaluation. And if you’re ready to for more, then I suggest you read these next:
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Good pointers bro keep it up!
Insightful! thanks Fitz. More power and God bless.
Be stubborn on your vision – my new mantra!
Thanks Sir Fritz! New fan here!
I always get distracted with so many opportunities.
Thank you Sir Fitz for keeping me reminded!