I’m an entrepreneur. What’s more, I consider myself among the ranks of successful entrepreneurs. I don’t say this boastfully. I say it with tremendous gratitude and wonder. I’ve worked hard to be in the ranks of successful entrepreneurs and it hasn’t always been easy. Yet once I started down the entrepreneurial path, I couldn’t go back. Now, eight years later, I pinch myself because I have a hard time believing it’s for real.
Do you want to break into the ranks of successful entrepreneurs? Have you ever wondered what it takes to be self-employed? Here are 12 questions to ask yourself before deciding to pursue self employment. If you cannot answer in the affirmative to most of these questions, there is a good chance you will struggle making it into the ranks of successful entrepreneurs.
Several years ago I attended a training conference where an expert shared a marketing strategy he called ABM… Always Be Marketing. If you are an entrepreneur or in sales, you know the importance of having a good marketing mix. You probably even realize that ABM is an important marketing concept and likely a key to success for your business. However, when you first hear ABM, does it make you ask the question: what is marketing in the first place?
Braggers are not the most enjoyable people to be around. First of all, they usually try to one-up everything you say. Secondly, they have the tendency to share their laundry list of accomplishments whether you asked for it or not.
