Consistency

Consistency

My dad told me once that College was not for the smart, but for the stubborn. I made a fortunate mistake this week by reading articles from next week’s lesson and my dad’s principle really hit me. Those who have success in business (and most other things in life) are not the smartest or more skilled people but those who persevere and are consistent.

Jeff Hawkins states that any business that consistently makes better choices than its competition will, over time, grow much more than them. Working hard it’s not enough but making effective choices gives and edge. The real difference comes when those effective choices are made consistently.

A lot of entrepreneurs agree that the most important things in business are your attitude, your ability to sell your product, your project and yourself. All of them also agree that consistency is the factor that really makes the difference.

My new objective now is to learn how to sell; it is the hardest part about business for me but I now realize that I must learn this valuable skill.

Networking

There are a lot of YouTube videos and online courses on networking that I have seen. Many of them teach how to approach people in different settings and even ‘’how to be authentic and friendly’’. I have sought them since I am quiet by nature; however, I now realize the obvious: I just need to be myself and although I must seek to get out from the comfort zone, I don’t have to be a different person or do things that make me uncomfortable in a bad way. Another part of networking is seeking to help others. That must be the number one rule, after that everything will follow.

Jeff Hawkins video: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2250