How To Design And Build A Successful Business-Part 1

Hello and welcome to Prosperity Cometh.

If this is your first time here… let me say to you, “come with us and we will do you good.”

Ok, everyone is feels welcome now … so let’s get going.

In the last post, we established that there are really only THREE ways to become wealthy.

And this are:

1. LUCK
2. CRIME
3. BUSINESS

We’ve also agreed that the first two ways are not our objective… Our aim is to design and start a successful business.

However, we also agreed that not everyone can start a successful business. But there is hope for you.

Because, in this article we’re going to touchbase on the reasons why most new business comers fail and how you can avoid being part of the statistics.

Whats more, by the end of this post, you will be very clear about whose responsibility it is to ensure your business success and what it really means to be an entrepreneur.

You see, there are several reasons why small businesses fail in their first five years of existence.

One of the major reasons is that most people go into business with wrong believes and assumptions about business. In other words few people really understand what it really means to be an entrepreneur.

For example, most people believe all you need is to build a business then customers will come. Even more dangerous most people think you need common sense to succeed in business. The problem with that ideology, is that common sense is not common. Furthermore, this lie has killed so many good business ideas.

Just for a moment, do you think Bill Gates relied on common sense to build microsoft? What about Richard Branson of Virgin? What about Steve Jobs of Apple.

My friend, if all it took was common sense… many will be making it big time.

But that’s not the story.

In fact, 90-95% of all new business fail within two years of existence. And of the 5-10% which remain, most of them are just glorified jobs.

And here is why:

“Of the small businesses that fail, 90% do so because of a lack of skills and knowledge on the part of the owner.” Dunn and Bradstreet

I think you should read this quote again and let it sink in.

If nothing else got your attention this far, this quote must. Do whatever you deem necessary and make sure this gloom picture challenges you to grow your business knowledge.

So how do you overcome being swallowed along with other cluessless entrepreneur wannabies?

Before answering this great question, I want to remind you of the following quote that you have already seen in the first post in this series.

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge

Did you get that? Great!

Now I want you to do me a little favor. I want you to grab a cup of tea or coffee…its your choice. And find a quite place…empty of all things human, if thats possible.

In the remaining part of this report, we’re going to focus on the must have qualities for business success.

This would give you an immediate advantage in business. (If you don’t want to start or run your own business you might as well stop reading now).

If you’re still here thats great.

Let’s continue.

In short, here is what you need to succeed in business. In fact, these principles can help you achieve success in almost every area of your life.

Here there are:

• An Unquenchable  Desire
• Definite Goal(s)
• Decisive Action
• Determination
• Discipline

For the time being we will focus on these big guys only. And that’s because, for you to succeed your must be very clear of what is it that you really want to achieve and have the drive to see it through.

Do you think you have what it takes? You sure do. All you need to do now is listen up.

Pay attention!

This is a matter of good life and not so good life… it all depends on what you will do with this quality information.

But before we get any further lets define what success is.  In fact let me share with you what I consider to be the best definition of success…

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” Earl Nightingale

Maybe you’ve heard this quote a hundred times before and you have tried all you know how to realize your dreams, but failed.

Maybe you’ve even ‘shouted’ about it or dreamt about it…

Maybe you’ve come to doubt if you will ever live your dreams…

I’ve been there too. My doubting Thomas… screamed every time I saw an opportunity like this … and I couldn’t blame you either.

In fact, I nearly gave up. But the passage below changed my life…and can change yours too.

The Portrait of an Achiever

1831 He Failed in Business – Bankruptcy.

1832 Defeated for Legislature.

1834 Failed in Business again – Bankruptcy.

1835 Sweetheart and Fiancée died.

1836 Nervous Breakdown.

1838 Defeated in an Election.

1843 Defeated for U.S. Congress.

1846 Defeated again for U.S. Congress.

1848 Defeated once again for U.S. Congress.

1855 Defeated for U.S. Senate.

1856 Defeated for U.S. Vice President.

1858 Defeated again for U.S. Senate.

1860 Elected President of the United States.

Yes! This is a true story. Can you see the power in this simple summary.

It seems like this guy knew something about success that only a minority know today.  He knew that there is no such thing as failure… unless you quit.

And guess what? You might have heard about him before. If not don’t worry.

His name?… Abraham Lincoln.

Does that ring a bell?

Abraham Lincoln had a definite goal and refused to fail.

You see,  “You cannot fail…UNLESS you quit!”

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

Check this out.

It took Abraham Lincoln almost 30 years to achieve his goal.

And this reminds me of the story of another Abraham in the Bible, who also saw victory in what many people would have considered hopeless.

For 25 years, he believed that he was going to be the father of many nations as promised by God. And when he was 100 years and his wife 90 years, his promise came to fruition…

Just pause for a moment here and let this sink in. This guy was 100 years and his wife 90 years … and had no legitimate child.

And guess what?

He didn’t have Viagra either… But he refused to fail and finally he got his reward… Isaac was born.

Ok! May be you don’t want to wait that long. And that’s purely understandable. But what if you give up? Will that make any difference?

Have you ever heard those people who say “I can’t do this course or that because it takes five years or so and by the time I finish I will be 40 or whatever years old?”

If thats you, Shame on you. Because you fail to realize that either way you will get old … anyway.

Furthermore, things might get worse for you. And here is what worse looks like – Old and Poor.

You seriously don’t want that to happen to you. Do you?

Well there is hope.

Quite frankly, it doesn’t matter how bad you think your situation is. Believe me it’s not all that bad … not that bad at least.

The fact that you can still breath means you can change. Nothing is strong enough to hold you back against your cooperation.

Also the fact that you have read this far, shows me you have the necessary ingridients for success.

Ok! I know you’re enjoying this post, but I will have to continue from here tomorrow…

I just love helping you… so much that I ended up giving you more than I planned.

Now take some rest and revist this post and take some notes.

I’ll see you tomorrow.

To your success.

T B Mosweu

P.S. I promise to go through all the “BIG FIVE.” tomorrow and I’ll even give you the single most important step you can do to gurantee you build a successful business. c ya 2mrw.

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