INC.com outlines seven different habits in which successful millennial entrepreneurs share. Seeing as this website is entitled “millennialentreprenuers.com” I thought this would be the perfect place to share these seven habits. I will be sharing my 3 personal favorites from the list that I view as most important;
- Prove Your Worthiness- As a small player in the business world, we as entrepreneurs, especially millennial entrepreneurs, must find a way to stand out to customers. It is easy to be drown out by the thousands of similar products that are fighting for the same customers you are after. An example of this can be seen through Apple’s successful attempts to seize the cell phone and electronic market. Apple has proven itself over and over again by providing quality products that can last a lifetime.
- Defeat Distractions- Living in a world where millions of distraction are all around us at all times is brutal. Whether that is our phones, relationships, or watching TV we are fighting to stay focused at all times. We have such small attention spans that we can be thrown off in a matter of seconds. The successful millennial entrepreneur must develop an intense focus that can fight off any discretion that comes our way.
- Adapt of Die- The way technology has impacted our lives in the past two decades has been incredible. As we develop business we must keep in mind that changes in the future are inevitable and that a failure to adapt to the changes in the future may be the end of our business. A prime example of this is Blackberry. About a decade ago owning a blackberry meant that you were a sophisticated business woman or business man. Now, I personally do not even know of one person who owns one. When the cell phone industry moved toward all glass screen with no keyboard, blackberry apparently did not get the memo, and as a result fell of the map. Adapting to the current state of the industry is important
Prove Your Worthiness, Defeat Distractions, and Adapting are three habits out of many that will aid the entrepreneur in their success. I hope these will help the reader accomplish whatever goals you have set going forward. The link to the INC webpage can be found below.
https://www.inc.com/quora/7-habits-of-wildly-successful-millennial-entrepren.html
Another one of the ones listed on that website which really stuck out to me is the need to develop strong habits. A lot of successful entrepreneurs talk about how they do unusual habits, like wake up really early, to get stuff done. I think it is these consistent habits which, over time, develop the entrepreneur.