How to Develop an Entrepreneurial Mindset

Picture this:

You just found a position opening at a company that’s highly reputable. You truly believe in their mission and feel you’d be a tremendous asset to them. You meet their requirements, dust off your resume, and send it to them. Within a couple days, they give you a call and set up an interview.

In the days leading up to your interview, you prepare yourself mentally by studying the company and preparing relevant questions to show your true desire to gain employment.

Then, you go to the interview, and you absolutely knock it out of the park! You blow them away. They call you back and immediately offer you the position. You accept it.

You’re excited. You can’t wait to get started. You’re so engaged in your new opportunity that you tell everyone about it.

Then…on the first day, you walk into your boss’s office and say, “Thanks for giving me this opportunity. I’m going to give it a try one or two hours every other day and see what I think.”

I don’t think I have to tell you what would happen next, but needless to say, you’d be dusting off that resume one more time.

As ridiculous as this scenario sounds, it’s this exact attitude that runs roughshod all over Network Marketing. Brand new people will join an opportunity, be excited about it, tell everyone about it, but then “test the waters” by working their new business a couple hours a week. Then, when they don’t get the results they expected, they don’t blame themselves…they blame anyone and everything around them.

Network Marketing opportunities provide you with a great opportunity to generate extra income, replace income lost due to recent job loss, even full-time business ownership. The important thing to remember is that you are now a business owner. Regardless of the amount of time you have available to work your business, you have to realize it will never take off if you just “dip a toe.” You need to dive in and commit yourself to your business.

Fully committing yourself to your work-from-home business does not mean canceling all other aspects of your life. You don’t even need to quit your day job until you feel you’ve reached the levels of success you’re comfortable with. But fully committing to your business does mean you have to set goals for yourself, and hold yourself accountable for reaching those goals. If you commit to devoting 15 hours a week to develop your business, hold yourself accountable to that number. Don’t allow yourself to make excuses.

It starts with developing an entrepreneurial mindset. If you want things to change, then you have to change!

Think about how much work you do for your boss in an 8-10 hour day. Now, ask yourself: Do you believe in your goals enough to dedicate that same sort of work ethic to your own business? How much will you do for yourself and your family to ensure the best quality of life?

The mindset shift you must go through is from “employee” to “entrepreneur.” Society pre-programs everyone to be an “employee,” but it’s impossible to be successful in your own personal enterprise if you bring an “employee” mentality to the table.

You have to develop the ability to hold yourself accountable for your goals. This doesn’t happen overnight, but you are the common denominator when it comes to your own success. Only you can decide whether you’ll be a success story or a network marketing casualty.

You may be running your business from home, but treat it like a multi-million dollar, brick-and-mortar operation. You need to devote time and energy, and expect frustration and setbacks. IT’S A BUSINESS!

In order to be a winner in the network marketing industry, you have to think like a winner. Every winner was once a beginner. As long as you develop consistency and persistently strive to achieve your goals, your results will show. And from positive results, you’ll continue to feel the shift in mindset that is crucial to long-term business growth and development.