and came across one that nearly made me puke. Ok, it's too
close to Thanksgiving dinner to use that term but it reads like
so much other 'wanna-be' advice that runs rampant online.
Someone has a brain fart and thinks, Wow! This is great. Let me
post it somewhere.
Here's the gist of the article on 'You Are An Entrepreneur
If...'
1. You are creative.
2. You are courageous.
3. You are extremely resourceful.
4. You possess a specific talent, or
specialized knowledge of some kind.
5. You are very disciplined, determined and highly
motivated most of the time.
6. You have a strong desire to help others.
7. You not only have a daily plan; you have a life plan
Some of you are going to think, it's not too bad and that's
what everyone says an entrepreneur is, right? Wrong!
Here's what bothers me about this article list. First its a
list of generalities that reads like a plan for a serial killer
and second it's 500 words of gibberish.
You're a working solo entrepreneur, do you think if you were
more creative, courageous, resourceful, had a specific talent or
special knowledge, were more disciplined, determined or highly
motivated your business would make more money?
How about if you had a stronger desire to help others with your
daily plan or your 'life' plan?
This is the kind of Miss Information slung around the internet as
reality by many people who have never owned or have just started
a business. All the creativity in the universe will not add one
more cent to your bottom line!
My mechanics are certified, talented and specialized to the max
but they still work for Rolf's European Auto! Think about your
own venture, it takes more than discipline and determination to
make your business work.
I'm not saying that discipline, determination and being
resourceful doesn't help because it does. But, there is more to
being an entrepreneur and those of us in the trenches everyday
know it.
Interesting that persistent didn't make the list and
neither did taking action nor focus. Reads like B.S. to me!
I've been putting together my plans for 2009 and part of that
plan is to dump some of my marginal activities that are not
producing the results set for 2008.
Part of my plan is do more blogging and implement more marketing
related actions. In order to implement this plan, I've decided
to join a program to more effectively use my blogs.
I'm not going to lie, money is tight for me as it is for many
people and to spend hundreds of dollars on a 'might work'
proposition of any kind isn't going to happen (even if I had it
to throw away).
With that said, here's 2 programs I'm considering:
One by Mark Joyner is starting on December 8th. It may be a bit
more basic than it seems reading the marketing page but who
knows. I'm familiar with Mark from being a member of
Simple-ology and this may become the push I need to get my online
publishing on a more solid footing.
If you already have a blog, he's offering anyone who blogs about
this new no-cost multi-media blog course -No Name Yet free entry.
The catch is you post about it on your blog...seems fair enough.
The second one I'll be joining too (if for nothing more than to
make TSG better) is going to start December 4th and for the first
week you can join for $27 a month before it takes a leap to $47 a
month.
Yaro Starak is partnering with Gideon Shalwick (no idea who he
is) on this one, but if you know Yaro - it's going to be 'hit
the ground running' intense.
Get more Blogger Roadmap info ebook and audio download. See if
this is something you can add to your own marketing mix. I
have mine and yes, it appears to be worth the investment when it
opens.
That's it for today and I leave you with this -
“An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and
committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.” ~ Victor Kiam
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