In the biography of Steve Jobs, his personal merits as an engineer, electrical engineer, industrial designer, and draftsman are not mentioned. Yet he excelled in all of these areas, creating amazing products for everyone. But at one point he studied Zen Buddhism, helped a friend get on the AT&T phone network, and went to hippie parties.
Love for business
The love of business is an incredible accelerator of entrepreneurial enthusiasm. It is work for the sake of sincere pleasure that will be done in the best way and will bear rich fruit in the future.
Dream
An entrepreneur must have a dream to which he aspires with all his heart. My favorite example of a dream that influenced a person is Elon Musk. He wanted to colonize Mars, and for that he needed to create SpaceX.
Starting a truly successful business cannot be an end in itself. There is always a dream and great life plans behind great projects.
Rival spirit
It’s about the spirit of competition that helps you grow faster, outperform mediocre competitors, and steal resources from weaker market players.
What would the auto industry’s history be if Henry Ford did not strive to sell more reliable, prettier, and cheaper cars than the competitors? Try to answer this question and then you will understand what the power of competition is.
Responsibility for your actions
The entrepreneur sets tasks, criteria for their achievement, and deadlines. Prepares for productive work. He himself is responsible for his actions before the law, society and himself. He chooses the strategy and tactics of the business himself, according to his abilities and interests. I myself have to face the competition. He pays his own salary and covers the costs of his work.
The entrepreneur is initially free in his actions and takes full responsibility for everything he has done.