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Mindset

In 1995 there was a survey done called the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics.

64,622 American households were called at random.

From this group, researchers found 800 entrepreneurs who had been in business 3 months or less.  (As a control group, they also got together 400 average people as a sample of what average people think).

Each survey participant got a 15-page questionnaire.

As detailed in the article The Psychology Of Success on Fortune.com, the survey basically identified the two mental ingredients that leads to the kind of success experienced by Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.

Successful entrepreneurs:

  1. Don’t have as many reasons for why they won’t succeed.
  2. They don’t care as much about what other people think about them.

Discuss

Which one is challenging you the most right now?  What are you doing to overcome it?

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I came across this excellent write-up on the word Commitment and thought you would appreciate seeing it as well.

Commitment

Until one is committed
There is hesitancy, the chance to draw back
Always ineffectiveness.

Concerning all acts of initiative (and Creation)
There is one elementary truth
The ignorance which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:

That the moment that one definitely commits ones self
Then Providence moves too.

All sorts of things occur to help one
That would never otherwise have occurred.

A whole stream of events issues from the decision
Raising in one’s favor all manner
Of unforeseen incidents and meetings
And material substance
Which no one could have dreamt
Would have come your way.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

GOETHE

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