Do you like to learn new things? Most entrepreneurs have a lot of curiosity about…well, everything. And they love to learn.
Learning can take the form of reading books, researching on the web, attending seminars and workshops, completing a home study course, listening to audio books and teleseminars, watching webinars and videos, signing up for courses at colleges and other institutions, etc. There is a massive amount of information available that can help you to become more successful or enrich your life in other ways.
The danger in learning is that you can spend all of your time learning and not take the time to apply what you have learned. I know I can be guilty of this. I get excited about something new, dig in to learn all I can about it, then I want to move on to the next thing.
Learning is important, but it is more important to do something with the knowledge you acquire. Here is how you can put your knowledge to work:
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Whenever you hear anyone (including yourself) complain about something, ask yourself, “What opportunity is hidden within this complaint?”
One of the questions I get a lot goes something like this, “How do I get customers for my business? I don’t have an email list, a popular web site or any other way to reach an audience. How can I start making money without those things?”
Does the state of the economy have you feeling down? Listening to negative talk can make you feel hopeless and helpless. When you believe that it won’t do any good to market because no one is buying, you have created a self- fulfilling prophecy: You think no one will buy, so you do not attempt to sell, so you do not make sales.
With more bad economic news every day, it is tempting to be like a turtle, pull yourself into your shell, and wait for things to calm down. However, as a business owner, you can not afford to do that.