Peter Fuller MBA CA

Well thought out and designed to make ME think!

Yes, I have an entrepreneurial mindset, but I have to admit it is a real challenge for me to take action before I feel I have all my ducks in a row. I don’t like to make mistakes. But that in itself is a major mistake. It’s not so obvious, or visible, but it’s a big reason for not moving ahead consistently in business.

I’ve learned to take action anyway.

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I agree with you,entrepreneurs are not afraid to fail. They do everything to succeed. That should be the character of a true entrepreneur.
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Peter,
Excellent pyschological profile of an entrepreneur. I like how you said:”Notice that I did not mention that to have an Entrepreneurial Mindset means being a risk taker.” As I am sure you will agree and know that you are implying, you just cannot avoid risk. Trying to avoid risk in today’s economic environment is folly. When you commit to a job or a career, you risk being unemployed for two or more years if you get laid off. They are saying they may lay off tens of thousands of Post Office Employees! I thought that was supposed to be a secure job. I’ve seen teachers, teachers’ aides, firemen and policemen laid off in this environment. I’ve seen too many people waste two years of their lives “looking for work” instead of starting their own small business, online business or networking marketing business. The biggest risk is in NOT starting some type of part-time or spare time business!
Thanks,
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Thanks for this excellent post and list,

I especially like the “Seeing Opportunity Everywhere” and “Not Needing 100% Certainty to Act” I think that entrepreneurs may have high standards but don’t insist on things starting out perfect.

The “hands in the clay” mindset of always testing and improving always helps me when I am hesitating to act because I don’t want to make too big of a mess starting out.

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Hello, Peter!
After reading your ideas of how should an entrepreneurial mindset look like, I am not sure I can fully cope with it, but with more than 50 percent of it, I could, yes. I read here in the comment section someone saying that it all just matters of how much we want to expand our minds in entrepreneurship. I guess that is it-we never fully have entrepreneurial mindsets as long as we want to develop. And there is always place for development.
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Hi Peter. Thanks for sharing this. I believe that everyone actually have their own mindset of entrepreneurial. It’s just that whether they can expand it or not.
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Hey Peter, I like your outlook on risk. Not doing the things that create the income would certainly put you in a riskier position than just doing the work that would create the income. Spot on!
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What I like best is the focus on the mindset of “Take action, fail, learn, and keep moving. Don’t repeat the same thing over and over if it isn’t working but modify. Don’t be afraid of taking action and don’t be afraid to fail.”

However, I notice that other readers latched on to the small piece about the homeless man blaming others. This was basically one line in your piece and not necessarily the main point. I believe in balance and I fear some take an extreme view about those who play the victim. There ARE victims on this planet. Surely those who are raped and those who die in so-called ethnic cleansing are not “100% responsible for what happens” in their lives. Surely there are many such examples where individuals (yes victims) are close to 0% responsible. Such generalizations by your readers really disturb me. Like so many things, a continuum makes better sense than “black and white.” Responsibility for what happens to you is more of a continuum and the reality depends on many factors, both genetic and environmental. At the 2 ends of the continuum would be “I alone am 100% responsible” and “I have 0% responsibility for what happened to me.” The truth actually lies somewhere along that continuum. And so it is with the homeless man. He is neither 100% responsible nor 0% responsible.

I think the real lesson about the homeless man (and you are the only one here who spoke with him, so what I say and the rest of us say can be way off the mark) … the real lesson is that while some of his excuses may be legitimate and in fact “not be his fault”– it doesn’t matter. What matters now is- does he have the courage to learn and take uncomfortable actions that can change his circumstances. I think that is the real message of your post. Of course, the more he says “no” to implementing some small changes, small uncomfortable actions, the more he becomes responsible. The more he slides along the scale toward the 100% personally responsible end of the scale. I just find it hard to accept that any of us are either 100% responsible or 0% responsible.
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Hello Peter

The mindset that you describe is more than just an Entrepreneurial Mindset. When one analyzes each item that you have listed, they will discover these are also need to live a full life. In this changing economy these are the characteristic needed to enable people to navigate through the changes. We must learn that we cannot blame external causes, we must examine ourselves become responsible for ourselves. peter great post.

Thanks

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Peter, aloha. Great post topic. Peter, not only do I have an entrepreneurial mindset, I would say I am probably totally unemployable. Giving control of my life over to someone else has no appeal for me.

Peter, I have owned many different businesses in diverse fields over the years. The good and the bad news, is that I was in charge of what did or didn’t happen.

What that gentleman did not realize, Peter, is that he is 100% responsible for what happens in his life. Failing to take an action is just as much an action as choosing to take one. YOU are the only one in charge of YOU.

Peter, I often think that if people would ask themselves questions like “what would happen if I did or didn’t do ________” they would find the impetus to take the action, to make the change.

Thx so much, Peter, for this compelling post. Until next time, aloha. Janet
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Hey Peter,

The poor fellow in your picture above obviously hasn’t heard or understand the famous quote by Emerson,

“Nothing external to you has any power over you.”

He blames other people, circumstances and situations for his own misfortune.

He refused and continues to refuse to take responsibility for his own destiny.

If you study leadership, personal growth, or of course the entrepreneurial mindset who will have heard the same basic principles over and over again. Why, because they work … without fail if you embrace them!

As you stated in your article; It is not enough to just read the above, you have to live it. Your job and mine is to find others who want to “live it” or “embrace” the entrepreneurial mindset too!

Thanks so much for sharing this Peter.

Kevin
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