4 Power Traits of the Successful Entrepreneur
If you have been struggling in your business or you are not attracting enough clients, chances are great that you haven't mastered any of the following key traits that make up a successful entrepreneur.
1. Clarity.
This is a big one. It also can reach out to many different areas. Clarity in thinking, in marketing, in knowing whom your ideal audience is, ...
Are you clear on what you want? Knowing where you're heading is crucial. If you don't have an idea what the next step is, then it's hard to achieve the success that you want.
It's like showing up in the morning, and not knowing what to do. And that leads to distraction, to wasting time on FB or anything else. Lack of clarity leads to doing the wrong things at the wrong time.
Ie: building websites where you need to be out there talking to people.
When you're clear on what to do next, you'll avoid getting distracted gravely.
Are you clear on how many prospects or people you need to reach out to this week to get to your monthly outcome?
2. Commitment.
Commitment starts with making a decision. Let's say you make the decision to go run every day. Commitment means that you go for that run every day regardless if it's raining or not.
It means that you don't stop doing what you set out to do because you feel not like doing it today. You'll show up with a no-excuses approach.
A successful coach is also committed to the success of his or her clients. And will do what it takes to get them there. Are you?
Commit to your business success. Commit to being 100% responsible for your results, how you feel, how you act, the money you make.
Where in your life do you want something, but you are not playing full out?
3. Consistency
You know people like consistency. In getting new sales and attracting new people to your business, you want to set up the systems so that you can be consistent in your marketing and putting value out there.
It's the hardest thing to do if you don't have any systems in place to deal with setbacks. Sometimes as a solo entrepreneur live gets in the way, you fall sick, or something happens and then that week you don't sent out your newsletter, or you skip a blogging article, or you don't follow up some prospects immediately, ...
I must admit I've had this happen more than once . This made me focus on having systems in place, so that I don't always have to be physically there to keep things rolling.
Think about where in your business you can improve your consistency.
4. Confidence.
My mentor always says: "The one thing you got to protect in your business is your confidence." And I agree wholeheartedly with her. It's the key driver of what will make your business a success.
If you're not confident that you can make the sale, it's going to be hard. For example, you can be a good coach but if you're not confident in your coaching skills then it's going to be hard to coach really well.
The great thing about confidence is that what all have an innate confidence where we can tap into all the time, if we allow ourselves to do that. It's something that comes naturally for us. We only have to remember it.
On the other hand sometimes you miss experience. And the more experience you have the more confident you'll become. Stretching your comfort zone by regularly entering new experiences is one of the best ways to become more confident in what you do. Ie: If you haven't spoken in front of an audience, reach out and take that next step.
If you want to be more confident as a coach, you want to invite as many people as possible for a free of charge coaching session. Do it today, and next week you'll be coaching and building your coaching skills and confidence.
If you want to grow as a person and as a coach, look for what scares you, and go do it. You'll find that most of the time the fear is very unrealistic.
When you master these four traits, Confidence, Consistency, Commitment and Clarity you'll be on your way to become a successful coach.
Remember the only person that can stop you, is you. Not the economy, not what other people think, not a lack of money, only you.
Let me know what you think below in the comments. What will you do to integrate those 4 C's in your life and business?
Have fun Bart
1. Clarity.
This is a big one. It also can reach out to many different areas. Clarity in thinking, in marketing, in knowing whom your ideal audience is, ...
Are you clear on what you want? Knowing where you're heading is crucial. If you don't have an idea what the next step is, then it's hard to achieve the success that you want.
It's like showing up in the morning, and not knowing what to do. And that leads to distraction, to wasting time on FB or anything else. Lack of clarity leads to doing the wrong things at the wrong time.
Ie: building websites where you need to be out there talking to people.
When you're clear on what to do next, you'll avoid getting distracted gravely.
Are you clear on how many prospects or people you need to reach out to this week to get to your monthly outcome?
2. Commitment.
Commitment starts with making a decision. Let's say you make the decision to go run every day. Commitment means that you go for that run every day regardless if it's raining or not.
It means that you don't stop doing what you set out to do because you feel not like doing it today. You'll show up with a no-excuses approach.
A successful coach is also committed to the success of his or her clients. And will do what it takes to get them there. Are you?
Commit to your business success. Commit to being 100% responsible for your results, how you feel, how you act, the money you make.
Where in your life do you want something, but you are not playing full out?
3. Consistency
You know people like consistency. In getting new sales and attracting new people to your business, you want to set up the systems so that you can be consistent in your marketing and putting value out there.
It's the hardest thing to do if you don't have any systems in place to deal with setbacks. Sometimes as a solo entrepreneur live gets in the way, you fall sick, or something happens and then that week you don't sent out your newsletter, or you skip a blogging article, or you don't follow up some prospects immediately, ...
I must admit I've had this happen more than once . This made me focus on having systems in place, so that I don't always have to be physically there to keep things rolling.
Think about where in your business you can improve your consistency.
4. Confidence.
My mentor always says: "The one thing you got to protect in your business is your confidence." And I agree wholeheartedly with her. It's the key driver of what will make your business a success.
If you're not confident that you can make the sale, it's going to be hard. For example, you can be a good coach but if you're not confident in your coaching skills then it's going to be hard to coach really well.
The great thing about confidence is that what all have an innate confidence where we can tap into all the time, if we allow ourselves to do that. It's something that comes naturally for us. We only have to remember it.
On the other hand sometimes you miss experience. And the more experience you have the more confident you'll become. Stretching your comfort zone by regularly entering new experiences is one of the best ways to become more confident in what you do. Ie: If you haven't spoken in front of an audience, reach out and take that next step.
If you want to be more confident as a coach, you want to invite as many people as possible for a free of charge coaching session. Do it today, and next week you'll be coaching and building your coaching skills and confidence.
If you want to grow as a person and as a coach, look for what scares you, and go do it. You'll find that most of the time the fear is very unrealistic.
When you master these four traits, Confidence, Consistency, Commitment and Clarity you'll be on your way to become a successful coach.
Remember the only person that can stop you, is you. Not the economy, not what other people think, not a lack of money, only you.
Let me know what you think below in the comments. What will you do to integrate those 4 C's in your life and business?
Have fun Bart
Jarmila -- Self-development Coach at the Brainwave Research Institute
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