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Chapter 9: The Entrepreneur’s Mindset    There is a significant different between people who start their own companies and truly successful entrepreneurs. Many people start their own businesses but few people actually achieve the kind of success they dreamed of at the start. What is the difference between people who start up their own business and successful entrepreneurs? The answer is the entrepreneur’s mindset.     Few people actually think like true entrepreneurs. There is a difference between creating a job for yourself and creating a business. A business is something that could still be operational if you, the creator, was to leave.  That means that you have been able to create a functional entity, not just a job position where you do all of the work. This is the type of mindset you must have if you want to become a truly successful entrepreneur.     Creating an entrepreneurial mindset starts at the beginning, before ...

Chapter 8: Marketing     As an entrepreneur you will have master many skills, including management, communication and decision making skills. One of the most important aspects that all business owners need to understand is marketing. This will be how you sell your business to its customers and therefore will represent how you will create profits for your business. There is a lot to understand about marketing and plenty of ways to make mistakes. All successful entrepreneurs have mastered the art of marketing themselves and their company.      Creating a Marketing Plan     Companies that are successful in marketing themselves start the process by creating a detailed marketing plan. The size and scope of your business’s marketing plan will be determined by several factors, including the size of your company and how many potential customers you will attempt to reach. It is a good idea to create your marketing plan and then refer back ...

Chapter 7: Communication Skills      As you already know, communication is vital to both the growth of your business and the ability for your company to sustain its growth. Communication is also important for developing trust with your business associates and with your employees. Good communication skills can help you to motivate employees, drive change, repair conflicts and become a better leader. Listening skills are extremely important for accomplishing these tasks, but there are other communication skills that all entrepreneurs need to have.     Better Ways to Communicate     While you are probably pretty good at communicating with other people, there are some better ways to communicate when it comes to running a business. These are evolutionary skills- meaning you develop them over time as a result of your experiences. Learning about some of these skills in advance will help you to incorporate them into your business life sooner. ...

Chapter 6: Growing Your Business    If your business isn’t growing then it is failing. If you aren’t moving forward then you are moving backwards. Once you have the right people in place and have developed a good customer base your company should focus on continual growth. There are lots of ways to promote growth in your company and the specifics will be based on your particular business. For example, growth for a retail business may mean opening up a new store front or developing a new product line. Growth for an IT company could be purchasing or developing a new system. Whatever your company does you need to figure out ways to expand it. This goes beyond just figuring out ways to earn more money.     Creating Strong Business Relationships    Creating business relationships that are strong is the foundation of growing your business. Customers, clients, suppliers and business associates are the life blood of your business’s grow...

Chapter 5: Staying Motivated    A positive attitude and a lot of passion are absolutely necessary to running a successful business over the long term. Your passion and dream will be your motivation during this process. However, the daily ups and downs of running a business, along with the occasional misstep, will often diminish your motivation. This can have severe consequences. Without proper and long lasting motivation the odds of your business surviving for years to come will be reduced. The good news is that there are plenty of things you can do to help maintain your own motivation and to help motivate your staff.     Positive Thoughts     Again, so much of running your own business comes down to positive thoughts. Staying positive and changing how you think about life can help ensure that you stay motivated during difficult times.     #58- Seek out support.    Bei...

Chapter 4: Managing Others     How well you are able to manage other people will determine whether or not your business is successful. This includes finding the right place for yourself in the company’s actions and for hiring employees. Choosing employees who are capable, competent, compatible, committed and who fit into your company’s culture will ensure that the day to day aspects of your company are taken care of. Preparing yourself for the challenges of becoming a boss will help make sure that you are able to lead the company to success. But truly successful leaders don’t rely purely on their own skills and characteristics. Instead they surround themselves with experts.     Surrounding Yourself with Experts     Experts are people who know more about a specific aspect of a business than you do. It is stupid to try to manage every aspect of the business yourself, as it is ...

Chapter 3: Starting Your Dream Business    Once you have determined that you have the necessary traits, skills and passion to become an entrepreneur, the next step will be to start up your dream business.     Getting Started     Getting started with your dream business may be the easiest part of the process or it may be the hardest. It really depends on your specific situation. Some would-be entrepreneurs are raring to get started, while others are bogged down with doubts and procrastination.    #3- Avoid coming up with excuses why you shouldn’t start your own business.     Once you have made the important decision that yes you want to become an entrepreneur, skip the excuses and start the process.     #4- Avoid the quicksand that is known as procrastination.      Putting off the process of starting your business for any reason can lead to...

Chapter 2: The Importance of Passion     Passion represents one of the most important aspects of becoming a successful entrepreneur. Without passion your business will turn out to be just another job.     #1- Always choose something you are passionate about!    Without passion, and a lot of it, your business dreams will become lost in the day to day grind of running a business. Take a look at the top ten most successful entrepreneurs and you will see that their passion is the number one driving force behind their success. There is no way to escape this fact- you simply must be passionate in order to achieve your goals!      Starting with a Dream     The best way to start a business is to take what you are passionate about and find a way to turn that into a business. You need to start with a dream. If you don’t have passion for your work then you won’t have the motivation and energy to keep pushing th...

Chapter 1: Introduction- Why Become an Entrepreneur?    A recent survey found that more than 70% of people want to be some sort of entrepreneur. Becoming an entrepreneur is a sought after job for many reasons, including pride, purpose and possibly money. Starting and running your own business on a day to day basis is no easy task, but it is one that is truly worth the effort.     So why should you consider becoming an entrepreneur?  There are many reasons why you should consider taking that giant step and creating your own business. Here are just a few of them:     1. Autonomy-  running your own business allows you to be in charge of your own destiny. It also helps you to avoid getting stuck in the “daily grind” or the “rat race”. For many people running their own business lets them have a career that is self-sustaining.   2. Opportunity-  Being an entrepreneur opens up a whole new world of opportunity fo...

Robert Mugabe’s son recently posted a message on his social media page on a Sunday Morning, just before his dictator father refused to step down. Chatunga Bellamine Mugabe, Robert’s eldest son by second wife Grace, wrote on Facebook: ‘You can’t fire a Revolutionary leader! Zanu PF is nothing without President Mugabe.”Proud of you Gushungo. Proud of Dad. Gushungo always and forever to death.’ Chatunga and Robert Jr are known for their party-hard lifestyle funded by their father’s money which they regularly flaunt on social media. Just after, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe made a broadcast to his people on Sunday night, but he did the unexpected: he did not resign as widely expected. Instead he said he would preside over a ZANU-PF congress next month even though the ruling party had removed him as its leader hours earlier. The broadcast was witnessed by the military leaders who had taken control of Zimbabwean affairs, but who kept denying that they had executed a coup. ZANU-P...

1. Focus On Mastery Learning matters. It doesn’t end with High School or College. You will be doing it for your whole life. In a quickly changing world, learning is survival. The better you get at learning new things, the more powerful you become. For each class you take, try to grasp the material as deeply as possible. Push yourself to learn new topics, even if they seem really tough at first. Aim to become a better learner than you are right now. 2. Find The Value For You It’s common to complain that we don’t learn anything useful or relevant in school. That the subject matter is just not important. Sure, it’d be nice if teachers did more to point out the applications of the topics they cover. Yet, it’s also easy to dismiss anything they do say, as not relevant to you. The best students start with the idea that there is some value, and then try to figure out what it is. You can brainstorm, or search the web for phrases like: What’s an ap...