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5 Entrepreneurial Skills You Need to Be Your Own Boss

Around 27 million Americans are entrepreneurs. In order to be a successful entrepreneur, you’ll need to possess certain entrepreneurial skills.

As of recently, experts are seeing an increase in entrepreneurs. This includes entrepreneurship among young people as well as people over 50 years old.

Young entrepreneur

You, too, can build a business that works for you. You deserve to be your own boss.

Here are 5 skills needed to be an entrepreneur:

1. Time Management

Managing your time effectively is one of the most critical skills for entrepreneurs there are. Be mindful of the clock and how you spend your time.

You’ll have to budget your time well in order to be productive.…

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Are You a Negative Thinker? How to Snap Out of it Quickly

When negative thoughts invade your space, it can cause a lot of damage. Negative thinking can affect your relationship, career, and even your physical health.

Businessman having negative thoughts

A lot of people experience negative thoughts, which prevent them from making and enjoying new experiences. Negative thoughts can also cause a lot of distraction from the important things in life and drain energy. Ultimately, you can begin to suffer from anxiety and depression, as well as a wide range of other mental health problems.

The good news is that with proper help and practice, negative thinking can be replaced with positive thoughts and a brighter attitude.…

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How to Gain an Advantage as an Entrepreneur With No Experience

Experienced entrepreneurs have a massive advantage over their inexperienced counterparts. They’ve learned hard lessons from failures, they’ve been in positions of leadership, and they’ve had time to build and expand a professional network. Accordingly, it’s no surprise that first-time entrepreneurs are more likely to experience startup failure than serial entrepreneurs who have started multiple businesses in the past.

Inexperienced entrepreneur

Still, everyone has to start somewhere, and there are plenty of anecdotal examples of entrepreneurs who found success their first time in the role. So what steps can you take to gain an advantage as an entrepreneur with no experience?

Get Your Finances in Order

First, make sure you get your finances in order.…

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3 Ways to Confront Your Business Fears

As an entrepreneur, your work probably inspires a variety of feelings throughout the day, including excitement, pride, happiness, and … anxiety, stress and fear. Thoughts like “Will I be successful?” “How will I get funding for this idea?” and “I’m not sure I really have what it takes” are not only signs of business fears, they are also defeating statements that can derail your success.

Confronting Fears

Fortunately, you do not have to live a business life ruled by fear. You can overcome them by learning a number of tips and techniques, including the following:

Recognize that Everyone Has Fears—You Are Not Alone!

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5 Courses That Will Make You a Better Entrepreneur in 2019

Being a successful entrepreneur in today’s competitive and volatile business environment takes more than being innovative.

Entrepreneurs of today need to possess various business-related skill sets to stay competitive.

Businessman taking courses online

This article is meant to give the reader an idea of a few courses they should take to boost their success at business.

1. Marketing

Entrepreneurs are inherently deeply involved in marketing activities.

From trying to sell their ideas to investors to selling their products or services to consumers, an entrepreneur is always in sales mode.

Having a background in marketing is hugely beneficial for this reason.

A marketing course will help one gain valuable insights as they research how to develop products and services that people want or need.…

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5 Surprising Ways to Deal with Difficult People

It is not very easy to deal with difficult people, that’s for sure. Let’s imagine the next situation. Your boss instructed you to head your team of four, organize a meeting, plan a product launch, and “ensure that it is 100% successful.” You and two of the team members are easygoing, but the other one is problematic. In fact, they’re such difficult people that they are hard to deal with.

tips to deal with difficult people

For one thing, in fact, they do not have any ideas on how to make this project flawless. For another, they do not agree with your options and are ready to contest everything that you offer.…

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How to Combat Loneliness As a Solopreneur

When you first decide to strike it out on your own in the small business world, the excitement of starting your business can quickly fizzle into burnout. Everyone talks about the joys of maintaining your own schedule as an entrepreneur, but not many discuss the loneliness that can settle in fast. And if you’re a solopreneur dealing with the everyday loneliness of working alone, you’re not the only one.

How to combat loneliness as a solopreneur

To help you get through those days where being on your own doesn’t feel as exciting as it used to, we talked to entrepreneurs, freelancers, and therapists about the strategies you can use to avoid loneliness in your solopreneur career.…

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Improving Your Potential: Here’s How CEOs can Reroute Their Life Toward Fulfillment

Most of us aren’t living life to the fullest – and While for many, the phrase “living life to the fullest” conjures images of enjoyment and happiness, in this article we’re going to explore ways to live life to the fullest–when it comes to your potential.

Studies show that individuals who make the most of their intellect, time, and bodies are often healthier, happier, and more content. It’s easy to start rerouting your life towards fulfillment, and it starts with unlocking your potential.

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Professional potential

Many of us wish for a better salary and a better position in our current field.…

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The Power of Anticipation

As a professional you experience a multitude of problems on daily basis.  If you don’t know how to handle all the pressure, then you’ll break. So, what should a professional do? Read on.

Thinking businesswoman

“Just try and be present” is something people with anxiety and stress hear an awful lot. It’s not bad advice, but it’s also a little vague. No one really says what “being present” means. If it means moving forward with your life even in the face of adversity, then that’s a good thing to tell people.

We all want to be able to close our eyes and just experience life as it is in that particular instant, but it’s so much easier said than done.…

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An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Whole Person Development

The idea of separation between one’s home and work life is not only an archaic way of thinking but a complete myth when it comes to life as an entrepreneur. That’s why there has been a paradigm shift toward Whole Person Development amongst entrepreneurs, executives, and coaches across the world.

Adopting whole person development paradigm

What is Whole Person Development?

Whole Person Development is a psychologically-based theory that in order to be successful, one must optimize the key components of life. The six components include emotional intelligence, physical, psychological, professional, social, and spiritual.

Most people are strong in some aspects and lacking in others. This disbalance can be caused by putting too much focus on one area and not enough on others, or simply by not recognizing how each aspect can impact the bigger picture.…

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