Creating The Right Mindset For Business
Have you ever think of the reason why some business got closed or fold just after some month of years, Even when they have invested good amount of capital.
A lot of people think getting good or big amount of money as capital is what they need to start and succeed in a business, but I must tell you they have missed it with that kind of mentality. Setting up a business may require good amount of capital but succeeding in business require a sound business mindset.
To succeed in a business you must have develop a right mindset for such business. This mindset is what is what will help you both in time of success and setback.
For good understanding of this content, I will start with brief explanation or meaning of business mindset.
What is business mindset
Business mindset is a kind of Understanding, knowledge and norms that guide a businessman in the process of decision making.
According to the above definition, a business man will be guided by his mindset in all the difficult aspect of business.
Developing a good business mindset determine how far you can succeed in your business.
To develop a business mindset, you must be ready to install the following features in your mind and brain.
- Positive attitude towards business this is the most important characteristics that bust be seen in you. You must be drive with a believe to succeed in the business.
Don't start a business you are not sure of its future, be sure of the end result of your activities. List out the positive reasons and benefits you are about to derive from the business when all things work well and let those list stick in your brain, meditate on them day and night. - Ready to be creative: this is also an important aspect of a businessman mind. Remember you are not the only one in the business, so you need to do your own business in a more creative way. Always seat down to think of something new, think of what others in the business are not doing that will interest your customer or clients. Think of solution to problem, Bring in something new everyday, think of how your product will be the best, create something different and remember that your level of creativity determine your level of success.
- You need an excellent communication skills: communication is another key to attract a customer and make them stay, learn your customers language if possible, be a good listener, be friendly, keep a smiling face (remember you are not doing this for fun but for the growth of your business), have an high level of respect for your customers (remember you are a failure without them), ask about their welfare, call them on phone or text them, treat them well today so they can come back tomorrow, don't also forget to communicate those new things you are bringing in for them, carry them along in your progress and development and let the feel a sense of belonging even when they are not.
- Be persistent in problem solving: business and entrepreneur brings a lot of problems everyday. Someone with business mind must understand this and be ready to face those problems as they arise by getting solutions to them. Remember the higher you go in life the higher the compounded problem. This mean your level of finding solution to problems will determine your level of success in business.
- Be ready for setback: setback is never a failure, you are only a failure when you decided to quit. As a business minded person you must know there are two side of a coin, a thus there are two side of a business, profit and lost. Lost may bring setback but be prepared for it, setback my arise in business at any point in time, do not allow it to overwhelmed you. Be ready for it, plan for it and work out of it.
- Ability to learn from Setback and failure: past failure and setback must not just go like that, they has a silent lesson in them. You must try to know the reason for the failure and setback, learn from your mistakes and avoid such future occurrence.
- Never give up: To become a good business oriented individual, you must learn how to never give up. You need perseverance to take you through the difficult time, always have your dream ahead of you and know you can't achieve them if you quit. Remember winners never quit and quiters never win.
Raising a business to a successful stage is a thing of joy for all businessman but you have to learn, adapt and change so many things in your life, mind and ways for this joy to come through
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Nice post, thanks for sharing with us @hopeogod
Thank you sir