Entrepreneurs recognize that they re either growing or they re struggling. There is no opportunity or value in standing still. Because they are entrepreneurs, they re not waiting for someone else to invest in them or to teach them. They are interested in growing themselves. Recommending the latest book or tape you ve read speaks volumes to them.
Entrepreneurs set and commit themselves to deadlines to increase their decision-making capability.
By working from a deadline perspective, it allows them to stay focused and, most important, continue to move themselves and their ideas and organizations ahead. Create an action plan listing the areas in which you want to improve. Incorporate that action plan into your daily activities so that you are beginning to practice the behavior that you want to demonstrate. Share your action plan with someone in your office so that you can get the moral support and accountability necessary to get from where you are to where you want to be. Those professionals who understand entrepreneurs and develop entrepreneurial skills, behaviors, and mindsets will be the individuals who reap the greatest rewards.