From research and
experience, I would say business is not for everyone; it is for serious people.
Unfortunately, there are so many un-serious people today, either in business or
considering set up one. This is the reason for the high failure rates we
witness daily. You cannot get into business lured by the amount of profit you
see other people making, without considering the amount of input they make. Am I
wrong?
If you have failed in
business before, you will surely be one of the following personalities
described below. If you are considering starting a business, make sure you are
not any of the following personalities. If any of these personalities describe
you, it is time to start working on it and making sure you deal with it before
starting. Nine personalities that will hardly do well in any business are:
The Mole Personality
Moles are animals with
extremely bad eye-sight. Their sense of sight is relatively underdeveloped
compared to that for other animals. As I move on the streets and interact with
people, I come across many people who fall in this category. They move with
their eyes wide open but can’t see anything. Sadly some of them have big dreams
of starting a business, hoping that it will soar powerfully.
Business is for visionaries;
people who can see far; people who walk with their eyes wide open; people who
come across needs and all they see are opportunities; people who have a
thorough understanding of their environment and can still see the streets paved
with goal. For example, one place where there are opportunities is the
internet. But if the internet for you is only a place to socialize and
communicate, you are very likely, a Mole. You will hardly do well in business.
The Koala Personality
The koala is an animal that
lives in forests and sleeps for 22 hrs/day. For the rest of the 2 hours, it is
awake, eating leaves. It is arguably the laziest animal that exists on the
planet amongst the sloth that sleeps 15-20 hrs/day, the owl monkey (or night
monkey) that sleeps 17 hrs/day and the domestic cat that sleeps an average of
16 hrs/day.
If you are a koala or any of
the other above-mentioned animals, you cannot succeed in business. If you
eventually got into business, you will fail. Don’t try it. Sit back and eat
your leaves. Business is for hard-working people, not for sleepers and eaters.
If you must get into business, know that the first business you have to do is
dealing with the laziness in you. After that, you could get into business and make
sure you hire the best workers to work with you.
The Rat Personality
One of the most cautious
animals that exist is the rat. Rats are not curious and adventurous. They are
dull and will not readily approach new items in their path until they have had time
to get used to it. I just learned that if you wanted a trap to kill a rat
easily, you first place the unset trap on its path one or two times. When it
gets use to the unset trap, it will freely get into the set trap the third
time.
The most successful people
in business are people who are curious and not so cautious as rats. They are
people who are willing to try new things. They don’t waste too much time being
skeptical and pessimistic. They analyze and if there are signs of future
success, they get in without fearing failure. Such people fail from time to
time but end up huge successes. Are you afraid of taking risks? You may need to
consider once more, your business aspirations.
The Closed Personality
Closed people are people who
often live in a world of one person. They talk and interact with themselves
more than they do with any other person. They cry and die in their silence,
easily. Some of them have the problem of trust while others just don’t feel
comfortable interacting. They make poor business people.
Business is not for
conservatives. It is a world for explorers, a place for people who know how to
meet people. Don’t forget that business is all about making profit and making
profit is all about making customers who are ready to pay the price for the
services you offer. If you are not the ‘people-type’, you will have a real hard
time making and keeping your customers. However if you are closed and really
love to do business, you need to hire ‘people persons’ to work for you, while
you deal with your close personality.
The ‘Solomaniac’ Personality
This is the term I use for
Mr. do-it-all-alone. There are many people who don’t have esprit de corps (team
spirit) in them. They naturally love to work alone. They love independence and
so can’t be a good part of a team, neither can they coordinate one.
Business is not a one-man
thing. Even if you started a business alone and maybe you are the only worker
currently on the business, you still need this ability if you must succeed.
Don’t forget that you will still need to create business partners, alliances,
networks and friends, in order to succeed. If you are a person who loves to
work all alone, you will most likely fail in business, if you ever start one.
Start from dealing with your ability to accommodate others with their
differences. Learn to trust in another person’s competencies until proven
wrong.
The Lion Personality
Lions are one of the most
unfriendly animals on the planet and very difficult to tame, amongst tigers and
bears. Imagine being locked in a cage with a lion. While you need the bravery
of a lion, you don’t need their wild and frightening tendencies.
Business is not for lions.
It is for friendly people. People who value other people and make them feel
really important. I visit shops daily and at least each day I visit more than 2
shops, I am sure to meet a scary business owner, sales person, guard, cleaner,
or even customer service employee. Unfriendly people contribute seriously to
the failure of many businesses, by scaring away customers.
Are you friendly? If you
find it difficult to smile and be nice to people you just met for a first time,
you need to work on that attitude, else you will make a terrible business
owner. It is not only the people of a business that need to be friendly but
everything about it, the services, the environment, etc.
The Mismanagement Personality
Building a successful
business requires good management skills. Many people can’t manage themselves
well. They can’t manage their time, income, knowledge, skills, etc. and won’t
be able to manage employees, customers, equipment, materials and money for any
business. Poor management is the most implicated reason for business failures.
If you intend to start a business and manage it yourself, you need to acquire
good management skills and apply them daily. Otherwise, you should consider
hiring a competent person to manage your business.
The Coward Personality
In business there is need to
dispel fear and embrace courage. In fact, this is the next thing to do, after
having a business idea. Cowards will not take any step and very often live on
to regret their inactive tendencies. When it is time to act, a good business
man knows it and does no less, while a coward keeps playing the game of
procrastination. If you don’t deal with fear in you, you will never achieve
much in this life. Business is one of the things you will never do and succeed.
Deal with your heart and build courage, else, stay off from the business path.
The Impatient Personality
Patience is very important
in achieving business success. Very many business owners want to make millions
under one or two months of investing thousands and hundreds of thousands. It
rarely works like that. It takes time to build a business that will stand the
tests of time and brave its way to the top.
People with impatient
tendencies hardly make it well in business. They start and sooner than they can
begin to reap from their efforts, they get distracted and abandon the business.
Are you a patient person? Are you willing to keep working till you get things
right?
The nine personalities
described above are important to guide you in your decision to start a
business. Don’t ignore anyone. Get them all dealt with in you and then move on
to start your business. Success!! Comments are needed below.
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