EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches
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Once you can clarify your unique vision for the end goal—comfort, happiness, security, etc.— you can get started on the path toward the reality of success.
you must get the right talent and set the proper expectations. If you don’t, you will pay for the job twice—through your employees’ time and your own.
I want to see a world in which entrepreneurs give time to their visions to reality so that they have more money, more family time, and more support, a world in which they can stop working so hard and start living!
It is an acceptance of being uncomfortable that drives change.
Stop overestimating, thinking that you have all the time in the world. In fact, you don’t have time for most of what you think you have time for.
Business leaders make one of two mistakes: overestimating or underestimating their capabilities.
Communication is how entrepreneurs tell their story, which, in turn, should inspire employees to work smart and encourage customers to action.
Entrepreneurs never get to the realization of their vision by doing what got them to the point they are currently at.
Every entrepreneur faces mediocre moments or points in their careers when they are not meeting their goals. What they do in response to these shortcomings is what either leads them astray or guides them to success.
Every entrepreneur should spend time with all their employees, individually and collectively. It is the only way to understand what they want, what is in it for them, what they are hoping to achieve, and what they aspire to become.
If you want to build a better business, you must build better relationships. Relationships are crucial to developing the business you hope to achieve.
Hard work without a solid plan isn’t likely to get you where you want to be. You need to be teachable; you need to be dedicated, and you need to work smart.
Entrepreneurs must organize their business for success by developing a project management mindset that allows them to plan, build, divide, and conquer.
A leader can bring the solution to people, but sometimes a leader has to bring the people to the solution.
Think of one thing you can do that will make a big difference in what you are trying to achieve.
Entrepreneurs aren’t looking to go backward. They are looking to go forward, toward their prize of realizing their dreams.
Knowing your “why” is much more important than setting a random goal.
Succeeding in business is no easy task, but my approach, backed by many years of experience, can help each unique entrepreneur—including you—clear the fog and take the next logical steps forward toward the realization of their dreams.
A Visionaire always takes a step back during a crisis to get out of their own way.
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About Curtis L. Jenkins
About the book
Entrepreneurs who are facing challenges with growing their businesses often face the same issues that impede their growth.
Many entrepreneurs believe that to grow their businesses, they must work harder and harder. They overlook the importance of the team, the financials, and a solid plan that must be executed and adjusted on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. They don’t understand the concept of working “on the business” because they are too often working – harder and harder – “in the business”, creating another job for themselves instead of rising to leadership and orchestrating a well-run business.
Vision to Reality provides a simple set of steps to help entrepreneurs realize their vision for their business and “clear the fog” for everyone involved to get on board with executing the vision. The goal of Vision to Reality is to help entrepreneurs clear the fog for themselves an
Book details
- First published
- 2022
- Author
- Curtis L. Jenkins
- Genre
- Nonfiction
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- 4.31 (5k ratings)
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