The idea of being an entrepreneur and creating your own businesses is something really foreign to most of the world. Unless you’re highly involved in the entrepreneurial community or have other friends, it’s really hard often times to really share with other people what you do.
However, it isn’t your fault. The truth is that entrepreneurs do a lot of things that most other people haven’t ever thought of doing or are unwilling to do. Entrepreneurship isn’t easy in any way and it requires a lot of mental toughness to continue pushing forward every single day.
In this post, I share what entrepreneurs do that most people don’t:
They Obsess
This is a really hard concept for many outsiders to understand. Entrepreneurs love the that they do so much that they become obsessed with it and sometimes they’d rather keep building their business instead of going out. See, everyone has one or more things that they’re obsessed with.
Entrepreneurs are different because they are obsessed with their vision, ideas or businesses. Other people might be obsessed with music events, drinking, sports, building model rockets or whatever else it is. While it isn’t bad to have other passions and obsessions, many people can’t fathom how someone can enjoy working over doing something else that others might see as more ‘fun’.
They’re Always Recruiting
Good entrepreneurs know that they can’t carry out their mission alone. They need a team of really reputable individuals around them that can help carry out their vision. Thus, they’re always recruiting.
Usually, you don’t ever think about recruiting other people or even surrounding yourself with people who are better than you due to jealousy or simply being threatened by someone else’s superiority in a specific domain. However, entrepreneurs are the opposite. They’re constantly recruiting others and selling others on their vision in hopes of surrounding themselves with a strong group of people.
They Are A Jack-of-All-Trades
If you were asked one day to do the accounting for your company and the next day to clean up the entire warehouse, would you do it with a smile on your face at minimum wage? Most people really wouldn’t. That’s what separates entrepreneurs from others.
Entrepreneurs are jack-of-all-trades and they DO whatever is required of them on any given day without a single complaint. Not only that, but most entrepreneurs at this stage aren’t getting paid a dollar. When I started my first company, I was putting on 7-8 different hats every single day and I loved every minute of it.
They Question Everything
At some core level, every entrepreneur questioned something that led them to follow the path that they are following today. It can be as simple as asking why there isn’t a better solution to a problem that they experience?
Not only do they question everything, but they take action on things that they discover. Most people would never in a million years question a problem only to go on and solve that problem. Most of the world lives with the ‘who cares’ mentality and they’ll experience an issue, but remind themselves that they don’t care enough to question it or fix it.
They’re Thirsty For Knowledge
I love learning. If you give me any opportunity where I can learn something new that interests me, I will jump on it. Entrepreneurs understand how important education is and they also understand the different forms of education available. Entrepreneurs don’t solely rely on a classroom with a professor to learn, they take any and every opportunity available to them.
Most people think that they just need to finish the bare minimum requirements of schooling and they will have a solid educational foundation. While you do develop the foundation, you don’t continue improving your knowledge and skills. As a result of that, you get left in the dust as those who are constantly learning end up going the furthest.
Conclusion
In this post, I shared what entrepreneurs do that most people don’t. What are some things that you do as an entrepreneur that you haven’t seen many other people do?
