In the past few years the world has witnessed an a growth in small businesses. This growth has been caused partly by the spreading of the internet, and partly because of the instability of conventional career paths.
This new entrepreneurial age is creating new opportunities and new challenges as our traditional models of education and business are struggling to keep up with the lightning-fast changes that occur in our new highly-connected worldwide economy. The skills that large corporations and academic centers traditionally value are becoming obsolete. Traditional education is being replaced with the development of entrepreneurial skills. The ability to develop these new skills quickly will determine your ability to thrive in the new entrepreneur-based economy.
Here are 6 skills you'll need to develop to succeed:
1. The Skill of Selling
Whether you want to sell a product to potential customers, or simply sell yourself in an interview the ability to connect with others, to communicate the value of what you're offering, and to convert the potential buyer into a loyal customer is necessary.
2. The Skill of Networking
The term self-made man gets thrown around a lot when talking about entrepreneurs. But any entrepreneur will tell you that while they did a lot of hardwork their success was not their doing alone. Most entrepreneurs have groups of friends and colleagues that worked tirelessly to get their brand out and noticed. The ability to create relationships that will benefit you and move you further along to success is simply part of the price of admission in the world of business.
3. The Skill of Self-Directed Learning
If you're reading this novel this is already a skill you've developed to some point. What makes self-directed learning an asset is the ability to learn new concepts and figure out how to apply them quickly. Anyone can understand the principles of SEO if given enough time, but the real rock stars of the entrepreneur world will be the ones that can learn a new idea quicker than the rest. This means being comfortable really immersing yourself in a new topic and not slowing down until you develop real understanding of it.
4. Communication
The ability to comfortably and competently communicate an idea is imperitive to entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are constantly at the forefront of new ideas and as such should be able to describe abstract concepts in a way that is persuasive and easy to understand.
5. Self Confidence
Self confidence may not seem like a skill at first. But when you consider that a lot of your time as an entrepreneur is spent pursing ideas that are untested with no one there to tell you the 'best way' to continue, then you'll realize how important developing real self confidence is to achieving success on your own.
6. Time Management
As an entrepreneur there is no boss that keeps you on task, any deadlines that are set are done so by you, and no one will be there to make sure you work 8 hours every day. This is why time management is something that you need to learn in order to succeed as an entrepreneur.
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Evan West is a freelance blogger. He provides personalized content focusing on life-skill development. If you're interested in learning about networking, developing social-skills, self-guided learning, or anything else regarding personal development, then check out more articles on his website Evan West | Freelance Blogger.The post 6 Entrepreneurial Skills You’ll Need to Suceed appeared first on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement.