Entrepreneurship has never been an easy undertaking. Itâs an ongoing process of efforts, risk and the trial (and, oftentimes, error) of methodologies. This process requires passion, persistence and patience more than anything else. As an entrepreneur trying to make an impact on the world through your businesses, you go through several changes on a personal level too. In an article on Inc.com, author and entrepreneur Adam Fridman talks about four traits of change experienced by entrepreneurs.
- Thinking differently: Not surprising to most, transitioning to entrepreneurship changes the way you think about almost everything. You start to see opportunities and challenges around every corner. You start relating to people as potential customers, investors or brand evangelists.
- You canât go back: Once you have a novel idea that you believe will change the current scenario or has the potential to hit it big with customers, you just canât go to being a corporate executiveâbeing outside of the box makes it nearly impossible to go back to any other way of life.
- Passion: Thereâs something about entrepreneurs that set them apart from the restâmost notably, that of passion channeled into energy. Once the passion for your entrepreneurial project has been found, itâs nearly impossible to âshut it off.â And you wonât want to!
- Freedom is priceless: You suddenly realize the importance of not having to answer any boss or ask someone for their permission to go ahead with your idea. Thereâs no monetary or emotional tag for freedomâitâs just not for sale.
And itâs not just the above changes that an entrepreneur experiencesâreally, everything changes. âIt hits you like a freight train,â notes Timothy Forkner, CEO of Evangelyze Communications. âThe sudden realization you are an entrepreneur doesnât come slowly.â
To read more, log on to http://www.inc.com/adam-fridman/four-ways-entrepreneurship-changes-you-forever.html.
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