How Do You Know If You Will Be a Successful Entrepreneur In Your Private Practice
One of the definitions of Entrepreneurship that relates to Optometry practices is the procedure that consists of setting up a practice and taking it from an idea to realization. Having an idea about starting a new Optometry practice is not complete and does not provide any information on whether the business will launch and stay successful and profitable. Even though, entrepreneurship can be taught the entrepreneurial spirit is relevant in leaders at an early age, the day they are born.
John Bradberry author of the book “6 Secrets to Startup Success” emphasizes that the entrepreneurship spirit is born with the person at birth and continues developing throughout the person’s life, in early jobs, and later when more senior responsibilities are assigned to them. Bradberry compares early experiences to the “winding of an inner coil” where the copper filament is packed around the coil. So are early experiences, they pack energy around an “embryonic Idea” putting the foundation of a future company effort.
As those experiences -good and bad- begin to pack around entrepreneurial ideas, dissatisfaction begins to grow parallel with a significant amount of search for new solutions. “Whether thinking about retirement, a sabbatical, or a dream business, most working adults fantasize from time to time about the day they will be free to pursue some deeper calling.” All of this advances toward the day when a founder
takes the leap into opening a new business and begins the process of transforming his idea into a viable business. At this point, he reaches his point of no return where he completely commits to the new business unleashing all his stored passion for the idea.
Cliff Ennico, author of “Small Business Survival Guide: Starting, Protecting, And Securing Your Business for Long-Term Success” and many other books on entrepreneurship, argues that more than anything else there are three things that predict whether someone is going to be a successful entrepreneur or not. These three things are cynicism, insecurity, and aggression. To become successful in a business you need to be more than obsessed with the idea to the point where if you were put in a situation where you need to act in a way of one or more of these three things you need to do it. Cynicism drives you to be less emotional and more realistic without judgment. Insecurity puts you in the stage of continuous alert of what will come next that might harm you. Aggression drives you towards audacity and ruthlessness. All three things show you that they can be learned as you build your experience into entrepreneurship.