What can I do on a daily basis to grow as an entrepreneur?

[JAJT]

I've always wanted to know what Every Entrepreneur should to do on a Daily Basis to Grow and Achieve More Success.

Well you have to understand that there are two parts to being successful:

1. How you live
2. How you work

Both of these are highly related.

When was the last time you a fat, lazy, cheeto eating, redbull downing, netflix binging, video game addict start a million dollar businesses?

Likewise, you can spend 5 hours a day in the gym but unless you do something meaningful related to your business, you're not going to get ahead in business.

IMHO you need to work on both of these at the same time to stay "in the zone". A healthy lifestyle greases the wheels to a productive work environment. It's hard to do great work when you feel tired, lazy, unmotivated, trapped, and not in control of your lifestyle. Likewise it's impossible to do great work if you simply don't do any work.

So go take a big piece of blank paper, run a line through the center from the top to bottom, label one side "lifestyle" and the other "work" and put yourself under a microscope. What's out of balance? What's broken? What's holding you back?

If you are a relatively active, fit, confident, and well adjusted member of society, you can probably put your "lifestyle" into a holding pattern and focus on the work side of the equation. Pick a direction and run with it. Get something accomplished. Work a few more hours per day. Make more business calls. Fix up your derelict website. Focus on the 20% of work that brings in the 80% of your income. Ignore the about page for now and optimize the sales page. Etc...

If you try to do work all day, every day, and just find yourself spinning your wheels and going nowhere, and your lifestyle is in shambles, well maybe focus a bit more on lifestyle. Read more every day, meetup with other local entrepreneurs, start exercising, drink and smoke less, clean your house, wake up earlier, listen to encouraging podcasts, etc...

If you look at yourself like a car - a broken down clunker isn't going anywhere. Tune the engine, fix what's broken, start it up and get going.
Likewise, the nicest car in the lot isn't much of a car if it never goes anywhere. At some point you need to lay off the wax job and put it into F*cking gear and go someplace.

A healthy lifestyle makes work easier.
But work is what produces the results, not lifestyle.

 

[theag]

Work?

 

[PureA]

I am assuming you mean, you don't have a business, but aspire to have one, so what should you do day to day to develop as an entrepreneur?

It is an answer easily swept underneath the carpet, but you need to get moving, in any way. - now, that can mean something totally different to your 'big picture' business. It means helping people. One, at, a, time. Listen to others, becoming insanely curious in what you can do to serve others. There doesn't need to be clear incentive either... Thought processes such as "I will never get rich doing XYZ, so whats the point".

Once you start to get in the arena, doing them seemingly insignificant tasks, opportunities will show themselves, but if you sit there behind your computer all day, watching Gary V, no hope.

Realise where you are at. Look at your position as objectively as possible. Making £0 as a businessman p/m? Try make £100 next month. Don't think you are too good for a quick hustle.

Another concept that I have found useful is Be, Do, Have.

What does that mean?

Well you want the 'stuff' right, the accolades. You want to have.

But what comes before having?

Doing - You must 'do' the actions that it takes in order to have.

And then figure out who you must 'be' in order to 'do' in order to have.

e.g. Would a rockstar entrepreneur be sitting behind their laptop, wasting time on instagram, browsing reddit, reading a book that feels good but isn't relevant to their current situation?

No they wouldn't.

In order to have what a rockstar entrepreneur has, you have to do what a rockstar entrepreneur does.

Something that helps, when derping around. Ask yourself the question "What would I do if I were Gary V (insert rockstar entrepreneur here)?"

Sometimes you aren't going to like the answer, but more often than not this reveals exactly what you should be doing.

e.g. You spotted a deal on craigslist that means you will earn $50 - "Ahh no I'm an entrepreneur I don't have time for that... Im working on my big idea (that doesn't exist)...."

Well wait... What would Gary V do?

He would get in the car, and go make that 50 bucks.

Act as if you are a rockstar entrepreneur, but simultaneously be super self aware and objective about your actual reality.

To have the rewards and be a rockstar businessman, you need to play the part, every, single, day.

 

[TonyStark]

• Make your bed
• Keep your room clean
• Take out your trash daily
• Shower
• Eat healthy
• Don’t smoke or do drugs
• Don’t day drink
• Be nice and friendly to everyone

You think rich/successful people live in filth?

 

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[Kak]

Hey guys,

I've always wanted to know what Every Entrepreneur should to do on a Daily Basis to Grow and Achieve More Success.

Let me have your point of view on this.

Thanks.

I do a couple of things...

First of all I set goals. Underlying goals. We have a vision for how we want our lives to look one day... Write it out. Let it exist somewhere besides your head. Not only is this a load off, but it is also cool to see it.

Write out short term goals daily. Almost like an ideal to do list. I like to sit down at my desk with a cup of coffee every morning, address and alter yesterday's goals and write some new ones. I then, for some reason, get some satisfaction out of grinding yesterday through my paper shredder. This all takes me about 2 minutes. Then I go about by day busting my a$$ trying to check them off.

One of my many goals it to amass ridiculous business knowledge daily. I do this mostly though business news and audiobooks when I drive. I also think there is great business and leadership wisdom to be found in the book of proverbs in the Bible. So it tends to be something I circle back into periodically as well.

Some here know I have been a fan of the WSJ for a long time... I recently canceled it... Why? Because the CNBC app hits more points faster. I feel like I'm more well informed than I was... So Im rolling with it.

I needed a release. Golf, flying airplanes, guns and building things work well for me. I am currently completely remodeling my master bathroom, as in down to the foundation, in my spare time, and it is a load off the technical ins and outs of my businesses.

Beyond that, I am a freak of nature and the rest of this is an advanced form of business a**hole... I have not had a cable subscription in 10 years. I don't waste time on social media because I don't have them. You wont ever find me at a bar. I don't give a flying shit about sports (even the masters if I'm being honest). I don’t “shop” in fact I loathe the word associated with going out with no particular purpose in mind other than to spend money on shit you didn’t “need” before you saw it. People who discuss these items bore me. Smile and a nod.

 

[Musashi]

I would say it pretty much depends on where you stand as an entrepreneur right now.

If you are new to the game, I believe the first crucial step is to shift your mindset in the right direction. Focus on the two main pillars of entrepreneurship: Finding problems (aka opportunities) and creating value. Make this a habit.

1) Create value everyday and
2) find at least one problem per day.

It worked wonders for me. Once you really commit doing these two habits every single day, your mind will start shifting. You will wake up and the first thought that crosses your mind is "how can I create value today?" You will walk through the street and keep an eye-open for value-opportunities. You will start listening to your inner-voice to find problems and things you dislike. When a friend complains about something, you will become interested because you want to discover that problem.

You will eat, sleep and breath value and opportunities. And your mind shifts.

 

[V8Bill]

Do something, anything. Inch forward and look for opportunities. Know and believe that massive things can happen not inly in a single day but also in the blink of an eye. During my near wealth experience I discovered a few things but two things stay with me daily...conversations create pathways. Whether you're having them or listening to them make sure you expose yourself to ideas outside your own. There are lessons everywhere. And big money comes fast. Believe that success could be (both metaphorically and literally) around the corner.

Actions accumulate and people can help you. Expose yourself to both of these as often and is as meaningful a way as possible and do it as often as you can. Be on the lookout for opportunities, they're everywhere but beware, sometimes they like to play hide and seek - you'll have to chase. Sometimes the chase will lead you into a dark fruitless alley but one day it will lead to a door which when you push open will reveal the secrets to wealth, success, joy and happiness.

Do, think, act and listen. It will either pay you in the success you seek or at least will lead to an interesting day. Aim for daily growth. So many people do nothing with their lives that if you aim for daily growth you're bound to rise above your situation and one day will be where you want to be. In the meantime be grateful for what you have already - many have far less. You're already a success in someone's eyes.

 

[robodale]

Make sure you have a rough plan...and Take Action. I say "rough plan" because it's easy (and I've caught myself doing this) to get lost in creating massive detailed plans, with every possible outcome thoroughly documented.

Don't do that. A simple list of to-dos with an overarching goal at the top is all you need. Take action on that first to-do you wrote. Is that first item too overwhelming and you don't know where to start? Break that guy up into smaller steps...what's the very next thing you would need to do?

 

[ALC]

@JAJT Great answer, and you're right on the lifestyle/health side, i've took a little bit of weight 2 months ago because i was so focused on finding/building businesses aside of my daily task and wasn't going to the gym, i was just overfocused on things and didn't achieve anything.
So then the best decision i took was just to breath a bit and go the gym at least 2x a week and mate that decision was the best thing i could do.
I was back with more determination and i was more excited about the business than before.

You really need to work on the lifestyle and the work at the same time but be sure to have a healthy life, to be proud of your body and your health in general, because even if the business is not where you want it to be, you are proud of you health/lifestyle.

 

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[NanoDrake]

• Make your bed
• Keep your room clean
• Take out your trash daily
• Shower
• Eat healthy
• Don’t smoke or do drugs
• Don’t day drink
• Be nice and friendly to everyone

You think rich/successful people live in filth?

<<<<< Jordan Peterson approves

 

[Raoul Duke]

• Make your bed
• Keep your room clean
• Take out your trash daily
• Shower
• Eat healthy
• Don’t smoke or do drugs
• Don’t day drink
• Be nice and friendly to everyone

You think rich/successful people live in filth?

Know wonder I am a failure.

 

[Hvazquez07]

Learn from people that are already in the place you want to be, every day. I cannot tell you how important a good, uplifting mastermind really is. This forum is great because of that, but there are lots of Facebook groups, Slack Channels, Discord Servers, etc., that they'll help you change your perspective on what's possible.

 

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[Andy Black]

Hey guys,

I've always wanted to know what Every Entrepreneur should to do on a Daily Basis to Grow and Achieve More Success.

Let me have your point of view on this.

Thanks.

Hmm... What would happen if we helped one person a day? I wonder where that would lead?

 

[Olimac21]

Solve problems that really matter.

 

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[NVaz]

I'm surprised how this hasn't been recommended yet...

8 Steps That Will Radically Change Your Life in 30 Days or Less, Guaranteed

... and this doesn't apply only to entrepreneurship.

 

[TonyStark]

But...but when will I find the time to drive my Ferrari?

to work.

 

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[animalstyle]

Setting course before you head off to sea is key. Yes, you can just go 'work', but there needs to be self awareness tied to this so you work in good, positive directions. The balance of lifestyle/work talked about above will help you set course and continue steering as you go, but I want to break it down in a different way.

Just as most successful people haven't watched every season of that hot new show, have a level capped MMO character etc... these same people usually operate at a much higher level than the rest.

One great way to do this is to seek self-actualization through Maslow's hierarchy of needs:

Sorting out these needs through building better habits can bring big inspiration, ideas and focus shifts that change the course and outcomes of your day-to-day actions.

I'd highly suggest spending enough time working on yourself by making sure these needs are being met and climbing this pyramid to the top. That basically boils down to making sure your micro processes are on-point, breaking limiting habits, and building better ones in their place.

"The man makes the habit, the habit makes the man"

 

[focusedlife]

Without reading everyone else's responses, I'll take a crack at this...

To GROW as an entrepreneur, in my interpretation of what that means, is to be MORE than you were the day before.

If you want to grow, you've got to create, develop, improve and do that CONSISTENTLY.

It is thematically simple...

You have to do the things that are pertinent to your growth.

You have to take in the "nutrients" which feed your growth, whatever those are.

Reading industry material: books, magazines, blog posts, newsletters, etc....

Developing and acquiring new skills related to what you're trying to do....

Taking courses, classes, seminars, etc...

And then taking all that stuff you're learning, and APPLYING it to the real world.

You can't just learn, you've got to do.

Testing theories, validating or disproving assumptions, executing on plans and going through the experiences....these are the things that will help you "grow" as an entrepreneur.

Did I address your question or miss something?

Regards

Carlos

 

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[Kak]

I'm just writing this out more as a way of cementing this in my head, but I think it will help others.

I think what you've said here is that in your free time, you're taking part in tasks that where you produce something or exercise a skill. What you don't do is consume or take part in things designed by others to give you a hit of consumer-grade dopamine (stuff's addictive!)

I'm pointing this out because this year I've been focusing on finding a similar balance in my life - and it's tricky! Kicking these nasty consumer habits is a very, very tough thing to do and it can sneak right back up on you!

Please correct me if I am wrong @Kak

Unintentional, but yes now that you think of it... You are absolutely correct. Good catch.

I read a book recently called “Hacking of the American mind” it touched on dopamine driven society. That’s the only reason I knew what you were talking about haha.

 

[RobD88]

Learn through taking action and moving forward.

You seem to ask a lot of "what do I do....", "How do I...." questions. I'm wondering if you're suffering from analysis paralysis? Just do something. No one will ever be able to give you the answers to all your questions. Your situation is unique and only you know what motivates you.

Just take action. Make mistakes. learn. Make more mistakes. Learn some more. Keep pressing forward with some positive action each day.

 

[Lord Business]

1. Worker harder than anyone else
2. Work smarter than anyone else
3. Be willing to do what noone else does
4. Read
5. Reflect on your goals and progress/stay focused (say no to 99% of other stuff)
6. Enjoy the process of selfdevelopment
7. Grow networks

 

[GMSI7D]

Read. Take free online classes. Learn. Research. Start creating everyday. I have a notebook I keep with me all the time and write down ideas for books and inventions. Build off it. Delete things.

The most important thing? Do these things daily.

yes

reading and meeting the right people that aready have the life we want

because they know the path we must follow instead of wandering in the dark

finding the right mentors and masterminds group is leverage

most people try to reinvent the wheel in their life while the knowledge is already there

 

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[andrewthomas]

Hey guys,

I've always wanted to know what Every Entrepreneur should to do on a Daily Basis to Grow and Achieve More Success.

Let me have your point of view on this.

Thanks.

 

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[TreyAllDay]

Hey guys,

I've always wanted to know what Every Entrepreneur should to do on a Daily Basis to Grow and Achieve More Success.

Let me have your point of view on this.

Thanks.

LEARN and PRACTICE.
I've learned more in the last year than I ever have, especially about sales, psychology, business, etc. But you lose it fast if you do not put it into practice. Just try to learn something new every day.

 

[Ninjakid]

Self-discipline. If you can't stick to your goals because of laziness and instant gratification, you have no chance of success in anything, let alone entrepreneurship.

 

[animalstyle]

I needed a release. Golf, flying airplanes, guns and building things work well for me. I am currently completely remodeling my master bathroom, as in down to the foundation, in my spare time, and it is a load off the technical ins and outs of my businesses.

Beyond that, I am a freak of nature. And the rest of this is an advanced form of business a**hole... I have not had a cable subscription in 10 years. I don't waste time on social media because I don't have them. You wont ever find me at a bar. I don't give a flying sh*t about sports (even the masters if I'm being honest).

I'm just writing this out more as a way of cementing this in my head, but I think it will help others.

I think what you've said here is that in your free time, you're taking part in tasks that where you produce something or exercise a skill. What you don't do is consume or take part in things designed by others to give you a hit of consumer-grade dopamine (stuff's addictive!)

I'm pointing this out because this year I've been focusing on finding a similar balance in my life - and it's tricky! Kicking these nasty consumer habits is a very, very tough thing to do and it can sneak right back up on you!

Please correct me if I am wrong @Kak

 

[WJK]

Live every moment! Work; read; grow; notice the world around you; get interested in other people; listen twice as much as you talk by asking lots of questions; breath deeply; get out and move around

 

[GoodluckChuck]

Read

 

[BigRomeDawg]

Work?

Thread should've ended here

 

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[Azure]

• Don’t day drink

While I agree with the rest of your post, sometimes productivity can be fueled by a couple of beers in the afternoon.

Nothing excessive of course

 

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