#leadslion

7 Habits of Struggling Entrepreneurs

1. THE HABIT OF BLAMING OTHERS FOR THEIR FAILURES

Unsuccessful entrepreneurs blame other people for their failures. They constantly look for reasons and excuses for something that went wrong and tend to point their fingers at people to justify their own failures that are, more often than not, a result of laziness, procrastination and wrong decisions. This is the easy way out – successful people accept, admit and live with their mistakes. They learn from them and move on

2. THE KNOW IT ALL HABIT

Unsuccessful people, in general, think they know everything and love throwing advice around. On top of that, they tend to be incredibly arrogant and stubborn. Self confidence is important when it comes to business, but there is a fine like between self confidence and arrogance.

3. THE COMPARISON HABIT

Constantly comparing yourself to others is a terrible habit that leads to nothing but disappointment, resentment, jealousy and envy. Unsuccessful people find satisfaction in others’ failures and burn with jealousy when their coworkers and friends succeed. They secretly (or not) wish others fail so they can point out their mistakes and say something like: “I told you that won’t work!”. They love that negative energy that they create because it enables them to shift focus on others, while at the same time allowing them to feel better about themselves.

4. HABITUALLY LOSING FOCUS

Not having a focus is a huge obstacle for many up and coming entrepreneurs and yet, most seems to underestimate the importance of setting goals and having a clear vision of what they want to do and how. Unsuccessful businessmen “take it one day at a time” without sticking to a schedule or setting mini-goals each days.

They simply spend their days wandering, instead of looking for direction. Successful entrepreneurs know what they want and do everything to achieve it. They know what their goals are and work towards them on a daily basis.

5. THE HABIT OF AVOIDING RISKS

Unsuccessful people are afraid of taking risks and even if they hate where they are in their professional life, stepping out of their comfort zone is something they cannot even fathom. These people settle for less and in the end, get shortchanged.

6. THE “EASY WAY” HABIT

Unsuccessful entrepreneurs undervalue or don’t value hard work at all. They want it all and they want it as soon as possible. They take shortcuts and expect everything to go as smoothly as possible, with little to no effort. Unsuccessful people think hard work is overrated and reckon that a bit of talent is all that it takes

7. THE HABIT OF PROCRASTINATION