Historically, an entrepreneur is person who starts a business. But a more modern definition is a person who sees an economic opportunity. Such a person takes on risk for reward of profit. How do you recognise yourself as an entrepreneur. Is there any self check up that one can do.
These are a few indicators to begin with your self assessments.
Personal Growth
Personal growth or development is a process for you to reach to your maximum potential. There are many ways to achieve personal growth like improving skills, acquiring more knowledge, bringing in correct habits, learning good behaviour, self grooming, sticking to good manners and getting better at communication.
Personal growth can be both a physical and mental transformation too and can be worked on over a short duration. That is what the courses aim to get. But within the short term course we hope to adopt a life long change.
Growth is also a form of permanent change.
We believe that as entrepreneurs, personal growth is the first and the most important factor you should work on.
Goal alignment
The important of goal alignment is realised by big corporations. That is the reason why they put lot of efforts to make sure that their employees work towards the goal of the company.
A goal defines where you will be after some time in the future. Without a goal, you will move aimless in your business. Many brand owners do that. They keep moving daily without any goals.
Begin by setting up a lifetime goal and then breaking it up into smaller goals of lesser duration.
Staying on course is also an important part of goal alignment.
Increasing Self-Awareness
A simple definition of being self-aware is understanding your strengths and weakness. Why do you want to be self aware? Because most of the times we do a mistake of identifying the real yourself. This process gets clarity to our thoughts. As a bonus, self-aware people are more happier, in a better relationship and de-stress faster.
It also increases your creativity.
Effective Decision Making
We make decisions all the time, most of the time our brain does it for us without knowing. Decision making is basically problem solving. To choose that one solution among the many which appear. We would suggest, rather than going with gut feeling every time, you need to take a calculated decision.
Intuition is addiction. But it is more irresponsible. Effective decisions can only be made with facts and figures. Also stay away from emotional attachments while taking decisions.
Effective Communication
Want to be successful as an entrepreneur, learn how to put your point across with simplicity and clarity. That is the part of effective communication. Entrepreneurial communication has many facets. You can filter out many of them like if you don’t have a team of if you do not need to share opinions and so on.
One of the important purpose of effective communication is that your target audience, that is your clients are supposed to act on your words.
The challenge for entrepreneurs today is that in the modern times we have messengers, emails, video calls, social media and voice notes. So many means of communication and you will have to master them all.
Networking opportunities
Gone are the days when business meetings and get togethers were the only way to make and grow your network. Today social media is your playground, but do not forget the importance of networking, the good old style.
If you are obsessed with increasing sales and getting more clients, one day you will hit a plateau. But if you focus on growing your network, you will realise that getting clients is never going to be your problem.
Increase you network, connect with people and do your R & D daily.
Leading by example
If you own a business, your aim should be sales and profit. But if you are an entrepreneur, your aim is always going to be self development. You will naturally become a leader. You will setup and plan innovations and bring in new ideas on your own.
There are opportunities in the market but you need to hunt them down. It is like a treasure hunt. The reward is that people will look upon you to give them inspiration.
Being a leader however will give you the greatest of confidence and happiness.
I am Manisha Yadav, Founder and Ideologue of Narisakti. MBA Student and Digital Marketing expert, I take your brand online and help you reach more customers.
