> Hi all
> I’m Dylan 22 yrs old.

We've all been there. My 22nd year was in Viet Nam.

> Having read few motivational books and
> reading most of the post from this great
> forum, I’m just wondering:
> - does successful entrepreneurs /
> businessmen have similar characteristics,
> habits or principles?

Yes. The problem is to identify the ones that will be of use to you. No matter how many books you read, they can't teach you persistance or the WILL to make a start.

Neither will they teach you when, how, and to whom you need to delegate responsibility. Nor the ability to select and manage people. This is only learned through your daily interaction with people on increasing levels of authority.

You will also not learn to "Take the blame and Give the credit" for things that go wrong or right.

When you have assigned responsibility to an individual, if he screws up, take the blame. If he succeeds, give the credit.

> - Is it important to cultivate them?

Yes, it is important to have at least one good mentor in your life outside a structured learning environment. Someone you can pick up the phone and talk to about business, life, and whatever is on your mind. Someone who has been where youa re now.

> - If yes, how do we go about cultivating
> them? Any suggestions?

I forget which of the gurus said it, but he suggested you call up a local business man in a similiar business you intend to start and take him out to lunch. You pay. And use the lunch to learn more about the business. What pitfalls he had at the beginning, how long it took him to get his feet off the ground, what his biggest success was, how quickly it came, etc.

> I would love to start my own business and
> start on the entrepreneur path, but it seems
> like something is lacking inside me. Is
> there anybody who share the same problems
> with me and how did you conquer them?

Probably the only thing lacking is FOCUS. If you cannot focus on a single idea, then your ability to start a business is overwhelming.

For instance, I have been active on the 'Net since 1995. In the past 7 years I have tried my hand at webdesign, online MLM (and I hate MLMs) informational marketing, mall stores, internet programming, and a few others I can't think of now. I have been less than moderately successful. It was either feast or famine.

I know I want to work for myself. And I want it to be through the internet. But I didn't want to learn a new programming language, although I am struggling to learn PHP. So, I decided to take on a partner that already knows PHP and concentrate on the marketing end of things.

The end result is the link below - A fully integrated, complete turnkey internet business. Our official launch will be January 1st. While an internet business, it is also a real world business - and it helps people (an important aspect of Zig Zigler's presentations).

By helping someone like you to get started in business, this system will also allow you to help others in your community.

Now, I am not asking you to buy it. I am only using it as an illustration of what you can do when you focus.

You see, this product was started 10 days ago - the programming, for the most part, is finished and we only have 11 days to finish up the documentation.

That is FOCUS. Putting a complete package together in 21 days.

So, I guess what I am trying to tell you is the most important thing you need to learn is Focus, followed closely by Initiative, and Persistance.

Hope this helps.




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