Author: Chris Porteous / Source: Lifehack
Do you want to be a successful businessman?
If you expect this to be a list of tips about marketing or why social media is so important, then think again. Instead, we will focus on the most important asset when it comes to becoming a successful businessman – you.
Often, a lack of knowledge or confidence lies at the root of failing at something in life. So, imagine the difference it will make if both of these areas are no longer an issue. Would this change your perspective and belief in your ability to become a success at pretty much anything?
Well, that is where these person-specific tips will change things for you.
I will take you through 15 simple points that will alter your perception of yourself. By doing this, it becomes easier to overcome personal obstacles or difficulties that have the potential to hold you back in business.
With this guide, you will not only find it easier to become a successful businessman, but a more successful person in general.
So, are you ready to become a success?
1. Make Grit Your Foundation
Finding that ‘inner grit’ will lie at the heart of your foundation as a successful businessman.
Grit evolves into determination and perseverance, which is essential in achieving success. Grit stops you admitting defeat as soon as things get tough. Furthermore, it pushes you onwards even when others have their reservations.
No businessman can be a success without having this grit.[1]
Look to your past where you showed this grit to understand its positive impact on what happened next. Since it worked before, it creates a strong pathway in your mind that grows as you conclude that grit achieves results.
Understand your own inner grit, which motivates you, which pushes you forward and inspires you to achieve your goals. Nourishing those inner strengths and gifts will enhance your own special asset, yourself.
2. Work to Reduce Your Fear
Fear can destroy everything, and not only your business.[2]
Fear cripples you. It changes your way of thinking. It challenges your ability to carry out the correct actions. It inhibits your intuition which is pivotal to your success. Besides, it stops you taking those calculated risks that can push you forward.
Take time to think about your fears and where they stem from. Often, it’s only an illusion or a sign of an incorrect belief or way of thinking.
Was it justified? Did it protect? Did it impede? Seek to both understand and rationalize your fears to dilute their power. As Richard Branson said in 2015,[3]
Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs.
Identify those fears and build your confidence in those areas even with small steps. The more confident you are, the less power fear has at its disposal.
Remember there is positive stress, that is the one that says, ‘Get up and go’ and then there is the other which holds you back. Use your get up and go motivator and work on dropping fear.
This guide can hep you conquer whatever fear you have:
3. Visualize Your Future on a Daily Basis
Do you day-dream about your future? Visualization makes it easier to turn it into a reality.
But, avoid thinking about the house or luxurious vacation. Instead, be sensible and tangible with your visions. Also, define them as clearly as possible since that will make your visions more real.
Write down your visions or sketch them with the pathway that you wish to follow. Any successful businessman knows what they are doing, where they are going and how to get there thanks to visualizing it.
Take a look at this article and learn to visualize:
4. Get Honest with Yourself
Being honest with yourself is often not nice nor easy. Identifying areas where you’re weak in can be soul-destroying; but only if you allow it to affect you.
People who are successful accept that it’s impossible to be good at everything. They will either learn new skills or outsource to resolve the issue.
Set aside time to be hard on yourself. Note the areas where you accept that you’re lacking. Even ask others who know you for their input.
Remember, this isn’t a personal attack but to see where extra help can stop those weaker areas from hampering your career. Through this process, you’ll find your positive strengths too and know what you’re working with.
5. Be Willing to Absorb New Information
Nobody knows everything. Business evolves constantly, and so as information.
This isn’t about gaining qualifications. It’s about studying and understanding the field you work in. You learn new ideas, theories, or methods and reduce the chances of making costly mistakes.
Take time to learn from successful people you admire: read case studies that you find on City of Hype, identify common issues and see how others overcame them.
Learn to be a sponge that soaks up information that’s relevant, and then act upon it.
Embrace change or at least learn to like it. Change is something you can count on and is important for the dynamic businessman.
6. Be Prepared to Commit
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