Do you want to be a Entrepreneur ?

If you want to be a Entrepreneur be careful to have the enough motivation and patience. It’s not about money, not about fame, it is to meet our goals and be happy in that way.

We must remember that this is not a trip of a few miles, it is a journey that would last a lifetime. 

Serve others will be a key part of our journey to business success and our eternal progression. 

Never take the easy way, surely will bring immediate gains, but in long term, you could lose more than previously you have gained.

Always keep in mind that we will fall and many will fail in their attempts. 

Preparation, market research and our strong desires will be keys to success in any start up that we have throughout our lives.

Remember, don´t jump if you are not prepared!

Mastering a Skill

I have learned the wonderful possibilities of beginning a new business. I learned how to learn in a process of organizing a new business. I can say that in the road of business there are a lot of issues that can try to take away our vision but we have to effort in what we love, having in mind,what is my real passion? 

We should ask us a simple question every day, how many ideas I am going to create per day?  when we create real goals based in our dreams is easier to achieve it.

Among others items, I can define what type of entrepreneur I want to be,having in mind skills, character or luck.

“The perseverance is far more important than skill or talent”  between the skill and the perseverance we need to have a mindset that will never lead us to give up, no matter how tough it gets,because the dedication will be above those. 

Also “A little talent and a lot of hard working are the foundation for learning any skill, and are for more important in the long run”.   If we use this slogan to complete our deep desires I know that we will succeed, we are very accustomed to receive everything in a short time but entrepreneurship is a journey fill of process where if you are not prepare to receive the rewards of the course you´ll lost everything.

As Calvin Coolidge said:

            “Nothing in this world will take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent…”

Knowing this strategy I want to put effort in the perseverance having a great attitude of change where I can learn new things in every new day, where the dedication will be above other attributes, because entrepreneurs become successful, one small investment at a time, in a never-ending process. Considering that entrepreneurial success is not a destination, it´s a journey. 
A journey taken one determined step by a time, in a way that builds life long treasures.  

Happiness

The opportunity to do what you love does not have a price, I am grateful for the opportunity to have decided to follow my dreams and fulfill them, because by doing this, I feel happy and satisfied.

Francise Ford Coppola says "Do what you love; you'll be better at it."

As entrepreneurs we must always make decisions with which we are happy to meet, but we should not feel obliged to fulfill a goal if is not our goal or dream. 

All of us have a born calling, for example I as a musician since I was a kid, I always had special feelings for music, so my parents took me when I was 9 years old to a music academy, where I can developed my talent, as me everyone has a born calling. If we don´t find this born calling, we can find something where we are good at it, can be an occupation, hobby, work, etc. When you find in what you are good at it, we need to find the way that people will pay you for your gift or talent.

So, we need to believe in ourselves, trust in ourselves and embrace who we are.

One thing that I really liked this week was about how to deal with the fear, because as entrepreneur we have a lot of doubts, but we need to deconstruct our fears, we can do this through a personal plan, where we can create options and strategies that will help us to return to our previous status.

Mark Tavain "I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened".

This quote let me reflect that we must to have prepare for the troubles, but no with fear, we need to have a backup plan so we can find options in trials days, but not suppose that the fears will be bigger that our success.   

We must always remember that fears thrives on secrecy, the less definite it is, the more deadly its attacks. So, let´s be prepare! 

Entrepreneurs`s attributes

Among the teachings that I learned this week I have received specific instructions in how to start a business.  Top 10 must have to start up are:

11)   Spending everything on a good team and equipment

22)   Letting people know that company is in business

33)   Raising limited capital

44)   Taking stock of accompany and determining its needs

55)   Being open to opportunities

66)   Having a supportive family

77)   Targeting mass markets, not just niche markets

88)   Having confidence in new ideas

99) Acquiring and selling to real customers

110)  Choosing a great partner

 These guidelines are keys to have a previous knowledge of how to create a business, I know that are general ideas but inside them are several point to analyze and discover. One thing that I want to work in, is looking for a good team and equipment, this is the first rung that I want to achieve, because in the art`s field there are a lot of resources but also a big competence that is why now that I am studying in the University of Arts, where my environment is full of artists, I need to find entrepreneurs with the same dreams that I have.

This week I also had the opportunity to create a personal code conduct, where I can see what things I will always do and what others stuffs I will never do, this exercise let me understand what is my role as a business man, and what are the desires of my heart. I know that I have to work in my weakness but also I want to keep practicing my attributes.

I could observe the importance of trust and the role of integrity. I like this phrase “ the cornerstone of character is the integrity”. I will like to have this attribute in my personal life, because in the actual system that we live we are attack for evil and the common attribute that the world don`t have is integrity.

If I want to find my team of work, I need to be a leader and use this wonderful attribute to earn trust of my people. Because a man or a woman that can`t be trusted, can`t really lead. Therefore one of my goals is to read and study Preach My Gospel manual to study the integrity attribute.

I wish to start this venture even with the world`s constraints, I know that is going to be taught but I am delighted to obtain experiences that can aid me to be better. 

Regards! 

My Star

My Star! 

Sometimes we have fair to decide what to do or what to follow in life, the big answer for this type of doubt is to do what we really love. 

I know that this phrase is common for everyone, but not very use it in the actuality, if we want to have a successful life we need to use our gifts and talents to bring about the task that we want to perform, that is why we need to "begin with the end in mind" Steven Covey. 

To achieve our stars we need to find our purpose in life, setting lifelong goals, arranging steppingstones to reach those goals and make the course corrections when the reality intervenes.

My star is the Arts, I am studying Musical Arts in the University of the Arts in Guayaquil, Ecuador. That is why one of my first lifelong is to work in a place where I can teach about the Ecuadorian culture, traditions and arts. Then, I am going to start my own Art`s Industry, and in some years I will like to contribute  in my country in the Culture Ministry, therefore if I can get job there I will have the connections to build faster my Art`s Industry.

This week I learned how to distribute my lifelong goals and what things I need to do to accomplish it in few years, I have a quote in mind: 

"The most successful and fulfilled entrepreneurs are always advancing toward a vision that gives meaning to their lives".

 These are my goals and I am going to work in it, since today.