4 Essential Values Among Entrepreneurs
An individual’s skill set enables them to get jobs and a career, but an individual’s value set enables them to get an extraordinary life. All entrepreneurs will agree that entrepreneurship is a way of life. It is not something you can summarize in a bunch of to-do lists for a year, or on a weekly calendar. It is a constant way of living a life driven by a strong value system. Though everyone has their own set of core values they hold close to the heart and live their lives by, there are some values that are essential to successful entrepreneurship. 1. Self confidence: In a world full of doubting people, self confidence is what will keep an entrepreneur alive. Confidence comes with an utmost commitment to one’s vision and also the readiness to accept whatever comes in the way. Motivational trainer and successful entrepreneur John Barksdale said quoting Arthur Ashe, “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”