Top 10 mistakes
Just to develop the issues covered in the previous post I can’t stand the temptation not to review another article from a popular blog on Personal Development for Smart People. Steve Pavlina is the owner of the blog that is quite popular among the Internet self employed entrepreneurs.
It is a fact that most new business fail, still a certain portion survives. How to find yourself among those who succeeded to outlive most of competition ventures? I guess the right start is to research the experience of other people who have made it and learn from those who succeeded.
Below is the list of top 10 mistakes (Steve calls them ‘stupid’) that self employed people are likely to make at the start of the business career:
1. Selling to the wrong people.
2. Spending too much money.
3. Spending too little money.
4. Putting on a fake front.
5. Assuming a signed contract will be honored.
6. Going against your intuition.
7. Being too formal.
8. Sacrificing your personality quirks.
9. Failing to focus on value creation.
10. Failing to optimize.
You can read the full text and get the extended description of every point from the top 10 list. I do not think that it is universal and works in all life situations. But it is a good place to start.
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