Most, if not all, entrepreneurs have their own Cinderella stories: from living on welfare and waiting tables, to making their first million before they're 30 and owning jets.
And while all those stories are inspiring to hopeful entrepreneurs, the road to riches is a bit more "down and dirty."
Consider the approach taken by Mike Michalowicz, and ask yourself, "Am I a 'Toilet Paper Entrepreneur'?"
His analogy for true entrepreneurialism is a typical bathroom experience: "Business" is done, and you discover only 3 sheets of toilet paper left on the roll. As they say, necessity breeds invention, and you're racking your brains to find a solution to this dilemma.
In the network marketing industry, Serious Entrepreneurs achieve success by not merely sitting and waiting for someone to "give them a roll of toilet paper."
They take matters into their own hands and search within reach that they use. If you must, dig through the garbage, or use the roll of cardboard instead and move on.
Serious Entrepreneurs don't make excuses and don't have patience for people who do.
These are things that you will never hear them say. . .
"I'm broke right now."
"I'm not smart enough."
"I am too busy and I don't have the time."
"It'll take too long to build a business, let alone a successful one."
"There's too much risk involved."
"I'm too old for that."
They do not sit and dream about their big breakthey get off the pot and create it themselves.
They don't sit on their money, waiting for it to grow on their own. They'll go out and make their own moneymaking ventures, whether it's selling lemonade by the street, or setting microchips in Silicone Valley.
On a lighter note, most millionaires live frugal lives: Warren Buffett, for example, is third on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world, but still he remains living in the house in Omaha, Nebraska that he bought for $31,500 forty years ago.
Contrary to popular belief, they focus on one project at a time until its finish. They don't multitask.
They aren't perfectioniststhey say, "Good is good enough."
Because they know that money likes speed.
They know that by the time they've perfected their sales letter, website, or ad campaign, their competition will have already capitalized on their idea and left them in the dust.
They take take action, instead of taking a long time on planning and making revisions.
They are thrill seekers, but they have gone out of their way to calculate the risks involved.
Dick Costolo, founder of Feedburner.com said, "The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike is to stop thinking about 'there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off' and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way."
Determined entrepreneurs need no toilet paper.
It's probably because they'll have a spare napkin or piece of paper somewhere in their pockets with their next million-dollar plan scribbled hastily on its back.
And while all those stories are inspiring to hopeful entrepreneurs, the road to riches is a bit more "down and dirty."
Consider the approach taken by Mike Michalowicz, and ask yourself, "Am I a 'Toilet Paper Entrepreneur'?"
His analogy for true entrepreneurialism is a typical bathroom experience: "Business" is done, and you discover only 3 sheets of toilet paper left on the roll. As they say, necessity breeds invention, and you're racking your brains to find a solution to this dilemma.
They take matters into their own hands and search within reach that they use. If you must, dig through the garbage, or use the roll of cardboard instead and move on.
Serious Entrepreneurs don't make excuses and don't have patience for people who do.
These are things that you will never hear them say. . .
"I'm broke right now."
"I'm not smart enough."
"I am too busy and I don't have the time."
"It'll take too long to build a business, let alone a successful one."
"There's too much risk involved."
"I'm too old for that."
They do not sit and dream about their big breakthey get off the pot and create it themselves.
They don't sit on their money, waiting for it to grow on their own. They'll go out and make their own moneymaking ventures, whether it's selling lemonade by the street, or setting microchips in Silicone Valley.
On a lighter note, most millionaires live frugal lives: Warren Buffett, for example, is third on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world, but still he remains living in the house in Omaha, Nebraska that he bought for $31,500 forty years ago.
Contrary to popular belief, they focus on one project at a time until its finish. They don't multitask.
They aren't perfectioniststhey say, "Good is good enough."
Because they know that money likes speed.
They know that by the time they've perfected their sales letter, website, or ad campaign, their competition will have already capitalized on their idea and left them in the dust.
They take take action, instead of taking a long time on planning and making revisions.
They are thrill seekers, but they have gone out of their way to calculate the risks involved.
Dick Costolo, founder of Feedburner.com said, "The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike is to stop thinking about 'there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off' and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way."
Determined entrepreneurs need no toilet paper.
It's probably because they'll have a spare napkin or piece of paper somewhere in their pockets with their next million-dollar plan scribbled hastily on its back.
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