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Lloyd Claycomb, Elon Musk, Evan Spiegel, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Ariana Huffington, what do all these people have in common? That’s right, they are all entrepreneurs and they make up some of the World’s richest and most influential people. In terms of aspiring to a particular career or life path, you can do a lot worse than trying emulate these people and become an entrepreneur yourself.
Being an entrepreneur is a very fashionable career path right now thanks to the success of people like those names which I have just listed. With that being said, not everyone is made of the necessary stuff to go on and be an entrepreneur, let alone a successful one. Don’t let that deter you though, if being an entrepreneur is something you want to do then here are the skills which you need to have.
Forward Thinking
Whilst it is important that you live in the present, the very best entrepreneurs always have one eye on the future and it is usually them who change the face of it. Entrepreneur Kath Purkis explains that entrepreneurs understand the market to the point that they know often know what customers want before they do and keeping an eye on the future often means waiting and picking the right time to launch a product or service for when the consumers are ready to embrace it. If you want to be a successful entrepreneur then you will need to always be striving for the new, looking to do things differently, looking to exploit the market, predict what people want and on top of that, create something which they can not do without.
Work Ethic
Despite how it may look in magazines and newspapers, entrepreneurs have an outstanding work ethic which has helped them to achieve the success that they have found. Without this work ethic, these people would be nothing more than smart people with a good idea or two, it is the passion, drive, energy and commitment which sets them apart as entrepreneurs and if you are not willing to work hard then you have no chance at all of finding success.
Respect
Nobody becomes an entrepreneur off the back of having a snarly attitude and an aggressive style, this will in fact do nothing more than alienate yourself from the people that you need to find success. Entrepreneurs command respect because of their ideas, their humble nature, their drive and energy and ultimately because they also give respect. If you want to become an entrepreneur then you need to treat people exactly how you want to be treated in order to create an environment of respect.
Tenacity
The people in the list above have all faced problems, they have all failed at some point or another and they have all been told no on more than one occasion. The reason that they are on that list is because they did not let these things stand in the way of their success and they have shown pure tenacity to overcome the odds and refuse to take no for an answer. If you want to become an entrepreneur then you too will need to display strong levels of tenacity to overcome issues and break down the door when you need to.