PASSION.
I’ve already written a post on passion based on the book Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk
Basically you need to be passionate as all hell about the success of your business. You need to be willing to stay up late working and wake up early to finish your projects. You need to absolutely LOVE [...]
Punctuality-
Punctuality can be simplified to:
Step 1) Show up. Step 2) Show up on time. Step 3) Show up on time, ready to work.
It’s really that simple. If people notice that if you schedule a meeting with them or tell them a project will be done by a certain time, and it is done by that [...]
8) Persistence
Persistence is something that is essential to all successful people, whether you are an Entrepreneur or not. Things are hard, there’s no doubt about that. I’m experiencing this first hand with being a senior in college, building up a few different business assets, and trying to maintain a social life. Things are often VERY difficult [...]
7. Communication
Vital. Vital. Vital. We’ve got 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason. Listen twice as much as you talk. This allows us to learn about others and allows for us to learn about better ways that our product/service can help others. This also allows us to learn more, leading to more success for [...]
6. Courage
Success is scary. No doubt about it.
“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” -Orison Swett Marden
The prospective entrepreneur frequently has to face their friends and family who do not always understand or support [...]