Entrepreneurship is a mindset and a lifestyle adopted by people who aren’t satisfied with the status quo. If you’re not tinkering away at the next world-changing invention or want to setup a shop, here are 8 things you should do differently. https://www.ceoblognation.com/2015/08/8-things-entrepreneurs-do-differently-huff-post/

1. 8 THINGS
ENTREPRENEURS
DO DIFFERENTLY
[HUFF POST]

2. Entrepreneurship goes beyond Elon Musk,
Mark Zuckerberg, and Garrett Camp,
and it embodies something bigger than
Twitter and WhatsApp.
Entrepreneurship is a mindset, an
attitude, and a lifestyle adopted by
people who aren’t satisfied with the
status quo.

3. It’s an approach to life that favors creativity
over conformity and action over inaction.
Bestselling author, investor, and
entrepreneur James Altucher says that for
him, “Being an ‘entrepreneur’ doesn’t mean
starting the next Facebook. Or even starting
any business at all. It means finding the
challenges you have in your life, and
determining creative ways to overcome
those challenges.”

4. So, even if you’re not tinkering away at the
next world-changing invention or
looking to set up shop in Silicon Valley,
there are aspects of the entrepreneurial
mindset that will enrich your work and
life. Here are 8 things entrepreneurial
people do differently.

5. They’re brave enough to commit to their
dreams.
Entrepreneurs choose to forego the security
and familiarity of a ‘regular job’ to live
an uncertain and insecure lifestyle. It
takes a lot of bravery to make that
tradeoff, but for icons like Walt Disney,
the potential reward is worth it.

6. They think of their customers more than
themselves.
Entrepreneurs are rarely out to seek fame for
themselves. Instead, they’re more concerned
with the people they want to help or the
problem they want to solve. This infuses
their task with a layer of meaning that can
be the difference between success and
failure when things get tough.

7. In his book, APE – Author, Publisher,
Entrepreneur, former Apple chief
evangelist Guy Kawasaki writes, “In
your darkest, most frustrated hours,
remember the value you are trying to
add to peoples’ lives, the satisfaction
you’ll feel, or the cause that you’ll
further.”

8. They never stop learning.
Since they’re in the business of creating new
products and inventing new ways of doing
things, much of what entrepreneurs do
can’t be taught in a classroom. They know
that the most important lessons are learned
through living, so throughout their lives,
they remain open, flexible, and curious in
order to absorb as much as possible.

9. Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group,
started off with a small student magazine,
before eventually growing a string of
record stores, a music label, an airline,
and now even a commercial spaceflight
company. Rather than becoming an
expert in one area, he continued to learn
and adapt throughout his life.

10. They never give up.
Rarely does an inventor or entrepreneur
succeed on the first try. To create something
lasting and worthwhile, it usually takes
years of hard work, focus, and dedication;
an idea is just a starting point. Kelly Zen-
Yie Tsai, a spoken word poet and the
founder of a production company, believes
this level of persistence is a critical element
of entrepreneurship.

11. “That’s what it means to be an
entrepreneur: to really focus on that
one thing that does not exist yet and
keep working towards it until it
becomes real,” she says.

12. They love failing.
For most of us, the fear of failure is
entirely paralyzing, but for
entrepreneurs, failure is something to
embrace. It’s an indication of pushing
the limits, and inevitable when one is
constantly trying new things.

13. They find and fill a need of the world.
Entrepreneurs want to do more than indulge
their own interests — they want to solve a
problem or create a product that satisfies a
need.
Some started businesses because of
frustration with an inefficient or defective
system. Others were moved by a personal
encounter with poverty or misfortune.

14. Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS,
started his business after traveling to
Argentina and seeing kids who didn’t have
shoes: “An absence that didn’t just
complicate every aspect of their lives —
including essentials like attending school
and getting water from the local well —
but also exposed them to a wide range of
diseases,” he writes in Start Something That
Matters.

15. They take old ideas and make them way,
way better.
While one might think that entrepreneurs
are focused mainly on never-seen-before
ideas, they often revamp an existing
model or upgrade an outdated product.
Sometimes, these reinvented ideas change
the way we exercise, read, or eat.

16. And once in a while, they revolutionize ice
cream.
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the co-
founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream,
started out in a renovated gas station in
Burlington, Vermont, before growing a
globally recognized brand that features
unusual flavors like ‘Cherry Garcia’ and
‘Hazed & Confused.’

17. They’re also pioneers in the socially
responsible business movement,
speaking often about how business
can give back to the community and
earning Ben & Jerry’s a B-
Corporation certification.

18. Above all, they act.
Entrepreneurs execute when for many
others, an idea simply fades into the
past. They are masters of turning the
abstract into the concrete. This
seemingly simple action is one of the
great challenges of life and in the end,
it’s what defines an entrepreneur.

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