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8 Common Traits of Successful Business People

Successful business people share a great number of common characteristics. If you want to be successful in your business, then there are certain traits that must be followed in order to reach this success. There are actually more than this article is going to go over, but I think that these are probably the most important. Even if you don’t have all of these, most can be learned with hard work and practice.

The following are eight success traits that many successful small business owners follow:

• Don’t be afraid to innovate and be different than the competition. Always improve the business.

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Focus and simplifying your time can produce larger results than too much diversification.

Success is a marathon, not a sprint, be persistent and work hard, never give up.

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• Always keep learning, read books, attend seminars, join masterminds, visit tradeshows and take classes.

• Always be positive. Customers, employees, vendors and friends want to deal with positive people. Avoid (ANTS) automatic negative thoughts.

Goal setters are ten times more successful than non goal setters. Goals must be specific, measurable, accountable, update every 90 days and you must always indicate why the goal is important and what the benefits are.

• Vision, strategy and planning will only work with an execution plan that works and is achievable.

Integrity is defined as honesty and dependability. Customers, employers, vendors, investors and lenders want to deal with individuals with integrity. This is #1 otherwise 1-7 above won’t matter. 

David J. Lucier CPA is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, Certified Public Accountant and business advisor. He has worked with hundreds of RI start-up and emerging companies over the past 30 years. His management advice encompasses strategy, marketing, sales, finance and operations.

You can read more about David by visiting his website - http://www.luciercpa.com.

Lucier CPA, Inc.
1308 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI 02919 (401) 946-1900 

                                     

 

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