Do YOU have the GUTS to be an Entrepreneur?
Starting your own business is definitely a big risk and there are no guarantees, regardless of the type of business or business model you choose to engage.
Nevertheless, this is an exciting time for you, as you take the first steps towards entrepreneurship, something to be admired.
Though you most likely will be confronted with challenges that may seem to big to handle, and you most certainly will face situations that will call upon your best creative thinking, it is comforting to know that there are resources available to help make the process of starting your own business easier.
Entrepreneurs are resourceful, tenacious and creative thinkers.
When running your own business, all the successes and failures will be the result of your decisions and it is important that you celebrate your successes and learn from your failures.
However, never get too wrapped up in one single success that you stop paying attention to the changes of your business environment, and, by the same token, never let yourself get stuck in the mire of one silly mistake that you let it break your confidence.
Set goals that are realistic and give yourself enough time to achieve those goals. If you happen to miss your target goal, step back and evaluate what went wrong, fix it and move on.
Always work towards delivering excellent customer service each and every day, because you could very well have the best location, the best marketing, the best product, the best of everything, but if your customer is not happy, your customer is not buying.
Be brutally honest with yourself and be willing and open to listen to the most honest critics of your business. Make every effort to accept what is wrong with your business, and then, work tirelessly on adjusting and improving to make it right.
Never make a promise on something that you cannot deliver, on the contrary, understand the value of over-delivering on what you promise.
Realize that the measure of your business success, is a direct result of customers being happy and satisfied with what you are doing.
Congratulations on your decision to start your own business. Now it is time to take action, and for you to go to work.
