Speaker, author, and psychologist Sherrie Campbell said: “IQ is a fixed metric according to the time, and the core of wisdom is self-awareness and acumen. In addition to experience and wisdom, a wise person is also someone who is always ready to "fight" and knows how to handle problems skillfully.
According to Sherrie Campbell, wisdom is a combination of many of the following personality traits/qualities that every entrepreneur can train to accumulate:
1. Trust your intuition
Wise entrepreneurs rely not only on surface facts but also know how to listen and follow intuition. Intuition helps them recognize the motivations of others, so they can make the right decisions in choosing partners, projects and potential customers.
2. Capable of self-consciousness
Wise people always understand their position as well as their behavioral tendencies in all situations. They are aware of their strengths, weaknesses, value systems, and beliefs. Because they know that, The more self-conscious you are, the easier it is to understand others
3. Learn from experience
Wise entrepreneurs do not depend on the past, but they always look back on the past to promote the right thinking or learn from the wrong decisions.
4. Creativity
Wise entrepreneurs are never satisfied with a certain level of development of their product/service as well as their own and the business. They always welcome new ideas and desire to change and improve work efficiency. Wise entrepreneurs always believe that getting out of comfort zone is a must for success.
5. Open-mindedness
The Wise entrepreneurs views his mind as a umbrella, meaning it works the best in an open state. When they need to solve problems, they are willing to listen to different points of view, thereby formulating action strategies in a new and effective way.
6. Quickness
Quickly recognizing opportunities that need to be seized immediately is the strength of a wise entrepreneur. Procrastination and passing opportunities are not their habit.
7. Manage well in any situation
Have a wide network of relationships, whenever there is a need for any kind of resource (information, personnel, training programs...), a wise entrepreneur always knows the exact "address" to find it. Therefore, they always find the optimal solution to achieve the goal.
8. Independence
Blindly trusting the opinions of experts is not a habit of wise entrepreneurs. They always ask deeper questions to find their own "truth" and based on that to map out new strategies.
9. Eager to learn
Wise entrepreneurs make the most of their mind's ability to work by constantly learning. They often collect information from many sources such as books, newspapers, magazines... to enrich their knowledge and skills. For them, learning is never something too difficult or boring, on the contrary, it is always rewarding and interesting.
10. Look at the problem a simple
Never taking things too seriously is the hallmark of a wise entrepreneur. They even have the ability to find the funny side of the problem so that they feel happy and comfortable in the process of finding a solution. So that, they easily succeed and are always satisfied with life.
11. Likes to take risks
Wise entrepreneurs are always ready to try new things because they always keep in mind that, even if the results are not as expected, past experiences will still be useful in some way. In the process of doing business, wise entrepreneurs often take risks to do things that many people are afraid of. And their recklessness will often pay off.
12. Believe in yourself
Without needing help from others in decision making, smart entrepreneurs always know who they are and have faith in themselves. They do not want, do not wait for change, but act to create change.
13. Write your goals down on paper
Writing is the first step in realizing the goals, visions and dreams of smart entrepreneurs.
14. Tend to share
Wise entrepreneurs are always "generous" sharing knowledge, information and secrets of success with others. They are always passionate mentors who aim to help others become better. Through that exchange process, their knowledge and skills are also constantly expanding.
15. Always renew yourself
The status quo or stagnation is a problem that no wise businessman can accept. They aspire to growth and are always ready to change their image, brand, logo, company name, operational orientation, etc. if necessary.
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