What, according to you, being an entrepreneur means? If as per your thought process, entrepreneurship means to start a business, then you are wrong in interpreting the meaning of entrepreneurship. The real understanding of entrepreneurship is more of a mindset. If you do not possess this mindset, then from the mind, you are still an employee.
Now you must be thinking, what does it take to be an entrepreneur? It is essentially what you think and how you do things. Being an entrepreneur is not something mythical. It is to figure out how you need to get a mental leap from the mindset of being an employee to an entrepreneur. As working for the company as an employee and acting for the company as a boss is different, it is more demanding. Being an entrepreneur is a massive lifestyle change.
Let us discuss the thought process of how mindset is different of employees as compared to entrepreneurs.
Remodel Yourself from Working Hard to Working Smart
It's common when we work for someone, tend to believe that we work smartly, but we are working hard. As an employee, we want to create a good impression for our boss, this leads to more work, and this cycle keeps continuing.
But as an entrepreneur, you classify the work into a checklist of urgent and not urgent. Being an entrepreneur, you need to work smartly and generate good results.
Valuing of Time over Money
Being an entrepreneur, you have a mindset that tends to pay importance to time over money. But on the other hand, you tend to wait to deliver the right amount of money to start working on your dream. Being an employee, you invest in money, but being an entrepreneur, they invest in time.
Being an employee, you work for earning more money, but being an entrepreneur, you value time and always endeavour to invest more in it.
Handling Disappointment in Everyday Base
Being an entrepreneur tends to face some setbacks. As employees working for a couple of years, eventually routine catch up and let you lose focus easily, which results in being frustrated and let it take a permanent place in us. But being an entrepreneur, you won't let frustration and setback permanent space at work.
Trusting Your Abilities and Skills
Being an employee, you believe you need to have specific skills for running the business, but as an entrepreneur, they take off with whatever they know and learn while running the business. As an entrepreneur, they incline to trust their abilities, and on the other hand, as an employee, they start doubting their abilities.
As an entrepreneur, you tend to have a leader’s skill on you, and as an employee, you tend to be a follower. It happens because an employee focuses on tasks assigned while entrepreneur, they go the extra mile and try to see the bigger picture. If after, going through the points we mentioned, you think you have the skills of an entrepreneur, then go ahead, take a step forward to the journey from employee to entrepreneur.
