Attaining success is
not an easy task, so as staying successful. There are many entrepreneurs today
who have adopted certain traits and attributes which are worth emulating and
considering if you aim at being successful also. Many household names and well
known people like Aliko Dangote, Folorunso Alakija, Femi Otedola are people who
have given it all it takes and strive so hard not only to attain success, but
to also maintain it.
Here are few traits
common with successful entrepreneurs.
THEY THINK BIG:
entrepreneurs think big and outside the box. Despite the fact that many of
these known names started small, they think beyond the present and have the
capacity of a mind that can achieve beyond their goals. They think big and
wide. Despite Aliko Dangote being in the food processing line, it didn’t stop
him from going into cement distribution and he is also considering the
structuring of a refinery. Small minds can’t dream this big or huge. Only
people who are aimed at success think way outside of the box.
THEY ARE OPPORTUNIST:
people who cannot identify opportunities and seize them are not likely to go
beyond mediocrity. Successful people are opportunist. They take advantage of
ideas and means many people do not consider and make something huge out of it
eventually. If Folorunso Alakija, who is a fashion designer and banker could
apply for the allocation of an Oil Prospecting License and she is the most
successful and richest Nigerian woman today, it is obvious that identifying
opportunities are crucial to success.
THEY HAVE PURPOSE AND
VISION: every successful hand has a vision and purpose that drive them, they
have solutions to problems and they have wants they want to satisfy. Dangote
group for example have the vision of providing basic needs for all Nigerians
and today, they have at least a product any Nigerian can purchase and derive
value from. There must be a valuable purpose for a vision to be successful.
THEY ARE FOCUSED ON
THEIR NICHE: every man has his path. If you are going to be successful, you
have to create your area of comfort and expertise and stick to it. Femi Otedola
stuck with oil and gas, Dangote concentrated on commodity provision while Mike
Adenuga focused on oil and gas, then telecoms.
THEY ARE FLEXIBLE:
Successful people know how to stay flexible, they know when to invest into a
business and when not to. They can read the economy and the society and they
know how to make the right decisions when it comes to investments and making
money.