Succeeding in Business: Who You’re Really Up Against

September 13, 2009 | Comments 1

The biggest obstacle faced by those wishing to go into business, is fear of failure. One may think, “If its such a good way to make money, why wasn’t this tried before?”

Who is your competition? What exactly are you up against?

The average American household spends 8 hours and 18 minutes a day watching TV!!! That means, if they sleep 7 hours and work 9 hours, the rest of the time is spent in front of the television!

An acquaintance of mine who successfully opened and runs 4 different businesses in Texas once told me how surprised he was to find that it was so easy to succeed in business. He said that he never would’ve imagined that with a little determination, work, and drive, how far he could get. The reason why – no competition. He found that his competition was so slow and not focused that he was easily able to capture their customers over to his company by just offering to show up and do the job on time.

Most of us don’t watch TV. But we easily can spend many hours a day being just as unproductive. Browsing the web, schmoozing, reading papers, chasing ambulances. Instead of all the wasted time, apply it towards your dream of operating your own business. You’ll be amazed at how far you get in so little time.

After all, everyone else is busy finding ways to kill time. Be smarter than them, and you are bound to win.

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