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The Entrepreneur Mindset: Stop Running for Cover

Written by: Yolanda Allen

Article Overview: Becoming an entrepreneur requires developing new habits and skill sets. How do you quit retreating to old habits when living in the same circumstances that led you to become an entrepreneur is the first place? Running for cover isn’t the answer.

The Entrepreneur Mindset: Stop Running for Cover

C.P. Hia writes devotionals for the daily devotional booklet, Our Daily Bread, distributed by Radio Bible Class (RBC) Ministries. In the devotion for Dec 29, 2009, Hia wrote about a time when he was working at a petroleum company in Singapore. An inspector from a war torn country visited to check on a cargo of oil. When the inspector heard fighter planes overhead, he instinctively ran for cover because he thought he was back home.

Habits are hard to break, especially when we find ourselves reacting in response to a familiar situation or circumstance, just like the inspector when he heard the fighter planes.

Being an entrepreneur, however, requires us to develop new skills and habits. We have to get past the resistance of doing something different. It’s very easy to fall back into old habits, especially when you are still in the same circumstances and situations that made you decide to become an entrepreneur in the first place.

Our challenge is to adopt new habits, skills, and ways of thinking that will move us forward to success, a new mindset. So how do we develop a new mindset and take up new old behaviors...by association, personal development, and action.

Hanging out with other successful people will put us in an environment that breeds success. As the saying goes, you become like the people you hang out with. Although being in the physical presence of people you want to be like is ideal, it’s not always practical. But what you can do is read books and listen to audios of successful people, and plug into teleconferences held by successful people in your business.

Personal development is critical to developing new skills. Most new entrepreneurs have, quite frankly, never been an entrepreneur. You have to think differently because now you’re the boss with no one else to answer to but yourself. This requires being responsible for things you may have never even considered before. That’s why education is critical when starting your business. Hopefully your business has a support team and system that will teach you the skills needed to build your business.

Ultimately, the only way to actually build your business is to take action. You are responsible for doing something with the resources available to you. You most likely will have to do things you never have done before or do things you think you’re no good at. Remember, others have gone before you and succeeded. You can too. Constantly remind yourself that the more you do things that are initially uncomfortable, the better you’ll become, and you will get results.

One of the toughest challenges of becoming an entrepreneur is evolving into an entrepreneur. It requires new thinking, behaviors and activities that take time to develop. You have to overcome your current circumstances, familiar situations, and habits to get started on your journey. By associating with other successful entrepreneurs, developing your skills, and taking action, you’ll put yourself on the pathway to success.

Happy Business Building,

Yoli

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