7 Entrepreneurial Skills

I. Building Vision, Faith & Commitment
Confidence
in your vision and knowing that this is your path—along with the
commitment to make it real in the face of those who doubt or question
what you are creating (especially you)—is essential to making your
vision real.
1. Creating a vision
2. Believing your work is your calling
3. Having confidence and belief in yourself
4. Contributing to something greater than yourself

II. Utilizing Your Strengths
Knowing and understanding your
strengths allows you to focus on what you do best in the service of
your vision and purpose and find ways to support the areas outside your
core competencies.
1. Building on your strengths and passions
2. Acknowledging weaknesses
3. Commitment to professional development

III. Creating a Niche
By creating
your niche through choice, you can focus your energies and resources in
one area so that people can identify with who you are and whom you
serve.
1. Finding one thing you love and being the best at it
2. Maintaining a clear, compelling focus on your target market
3. Becoming established as an expert—creating a name for yourself

IV. Planning & Follow Through
Creating
a clear business plan that includes financial projections accompanied
by follow through and accountability to yourself and others brings
vision to life.
1. Creating a living business plan with written goals
2. Committing to your word by following through
3. Establishing accountability with yourself and others

V. Engaging Risk & Reality
Risk taking without assessing reality is just stupidity or naiveté. Efforts to assess reality with total
accuracy is a recipe for paralysis. There are no guarantees. You must engage both risk and reality
simultaneously to strike a balance that enables you to move forward with faith.
1. Practicing financial discipline
2. Embracing failure
3. Trusting your gut

VI. Partnering
The ability to ask
for help and to create synergistic relationships is essential to being
a successful entrepreneur—your business success depends on a network of
relationships.
1. Building relationships
2. Asking for and getting help
3. Being a resource

VII. Negotiating
Being clear about
what your services are worth and the ability to ask for it, without
hesitation, are the heart of the ability to negotiate.
1. Knowing your value proposition
2. Creating win-win agreements
3. Knowing your bottom line/Being willing to walk away

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