Anatomy of an Entrepreneur
About a year ago today, I birthed a dream to own one of the biggest clothing brands in the country. So I started in my school, where I'm reading to become lawyer.
And in one year, I've swept the whole campus with my products "Double breasted waistcoats " and I see this not as an achievement but as a springboard to greater heights in the future but this is not my aim in this post. There are principles which I paid attention to and they've helped me over time.
Our intention here is to show how differently the body parts of an entrepreneur works from every other person. In my previous post How to sell anything (an entrepreneur's guide) I was able to distinguish between a businessman and an entrepreneur, so this is well settled now.
What then are the body parts of the entrepreneur?
The Brain
This is where everything starts from. This is the pool of ideas from where the business begins. The entrepreneur is a thinker. He brainstorms and develops ideas.
He then think up plans that would bring those ideas into life.
The entrepreneur is always thinking of ways to develop his business, his brain seldom rests. He gets very little sleep, why? He's awake, awake thinking.
The Eyes.
An entrepreneur's eyes are sharp and always looking for potential investors and opportunities. An entrepreneur sees what others don't. Where others see a problem, an entrepreneur sees an opportunity.
When others say "why" the entrepreneur says "why not ".
The entrepreneurs(called "ent" hereafter) eyesight is keen . He studies his environment, he knows the needs of people, his customers. He also uses his eyes to maintain good eye contact which is a powerful tool in communication .
The Mouth
This is perhaps the entrepreneur's most sensitive part. With the mouth, the ent communicates his vision to his friends and colleagues. However, he knows when to remain silent, he knows how to keep secrets, he doesn't talk anyhow, he doesn't talk too much.
Instead of discussing people, the ent discusses huge ideas. With the mouth, the ent tries to convince potential investors and business partners.
The ent is very good at public speaking too.
The Ears
This Part is even more important than the mouth. Someone said
"Your ears can never put you into trouble"
With them, the ent listens out for customer feedback. His ears are always on the ground. More so, the ent has perfect listening skills, he pays attention when People speak to him. He listens to all types of ideas regardless of whom they're coming from.
Nothing can match the power of a genuine customer testimony.
Also the ent listens to all his customers have to say. By so doing, he shows them that he is genuinely interested in them.
The Heart
The heart of the ent is full of passion.
That is why he sleeps very late at night. The passion moves him. When he looks into the future and sees where his business is headed, he is motivated and consequently works very hard.
The Stomach.
Yes, apart from digestion the stomach provides the ent with a gut feeling. It is the gut feeling that tells him this is an opportunity where other people see a problem. It is the gut feeling that makes him trust his instincts and take very dangerous risks. An entrepreneur should learn his to listen to his gut feeling and trust his instincts.
The Legs
The ends legs are strong and tough. He is always on the go. He never stays in a place. An entrepreneur knows that you may find very little opportunity in a place alone so he is almost always on the go.
He keeps pushing. Either he is going to deliver a customers products to them or he is going for a business meeting.
The ent is never satisfied.
The feet
The feet dreams high but sticks to the ground .
The ent does not allow his plans get in the way of his goals. When he notices that a particular strategy isn't working, he quickly changes course. An ents feet will take him to places he never imagined he would go.
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