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Introduction

Becoming an entrepreneur is no easy task. Unfortunately, several facets go into getting a new start-up that can overwhelm new business owners. The good news is that you're not the first person to feel overwhelmed by this situation. Unfortunately, whenever people throw themselves into a new industry, they're likely to encounter some problems right off the bat.

New start-ups need to take everything step by step. For example, if you worry about the hiring process while still formulating a business plan, you'll set yourself back. Instead, we recommend writing out your business plan and making adjustments as you go. You'll discover that some aspects of your plan come easier than others.

After you figure out what you want to do as a business owner, you're ready to take the necessary steps to become an entrepreneur. Don't let yourself get overwhelmed by thinking ahead too far. Remember, your start-up won't be a million-dollar company within a week. It'll take plenty of time and effort to garner success.

So, are you interested in starting your entrepreneurial journey, but you don't know where to start? We can help you with that. Our guide will teach you the ins and outs of formulating a business plan, getting started, and keeping your business afloat.

The Stages of Idea Development and the Entrepreneurial Journey

Many people realize they want to start a business but don't know what type of business they're interested in. If this resonates with you, don't worry. We will help you discover your interests so that you set off on a journey that you enjoy.

Think about what you do with your free time.

When you become an entrepreneur in an industry you already enjoy, you’re taking a great first step. For example, if you enjoy cooking, starting a culinary business could be an excellent idea.

Alternatively, if you find things like cleaning or relaxing, you could start up your own cleaning company.

Starting a business with something you already do in your free time is more natural than learning new skills. In addition, when you become an entrepreneur for a business without passion behind what you're doing, you can get burnt out.

Talk to your loved ones about business ideas.

It is common for new entrepreneurs to get extremely excited about their ideas. However, you need to understand whether or not these ideas are practical for other people. Discuss your plans with your friends and family to hone and simplify your business ideas, so you have a good starting place.

Tell the people you care about that you want their honest opinions. You don't want them to soften the blow because starting entrepreneurship is a big investment. You need other people to help you cut out unnecessary parts of your business plan until you have the funds to bring them to fruition.

Pay attention to your daily obstacles.

Let us revisit the idea of joining the culinary industry as an avid cooker. This doesn't necessarily mean becoming a chef or restaurant owner, although you may assume that as a default. You can also pay attention to obstacles you encounter while cooking and develop products that combat the problem.

Kitchen tools and utensils are a big industry because a lot of tedious work goes into cooking and baking. That's why you notice things like air fryers take off in popularity even though most people with modern ovens already have a conventional function.

Your daily obstacles don't have to involve your passion, either. As you go about your day, consider things you can make convenient with a product, and work on your planning process. If a product already exists in this realm, think about ways you can improve it.

Put your plan on paper.

After you decide which product or service you want to bring to the world, start writing things down. It would be best to start a business-related journal to visualize what you are looking for in your company. You can always go back through this journal and add or edit things throughout your start-up development.

You can start your plan off by listing budgeting information. Unfortunately, every feature you want your business to have comes with a fee. Creating a budget is the best way to ensure your business stays within the realm of possibility. Otherwise, it can be easy to get carried away and garner more debt than you can pay off.

Get started on the boring aspects

starting your business is not as glamorous as you may expect at first. You might discover that your start-up needs special licensing Before you get started. The boring parts of business development are annoying to deal with but important to overcome.

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Introduction

The challenges we face today are almost unavoidable. No matter what, we’re bound to face them at some point. It doesn’t care what goals you are trying to achieve.
Whether it’s saving money, losing weight, or getting that dream job - there are always setbacks that can pop up. The real question is: do you have the perseverance to handle them? If not, this book will be able to help.

This is a short book. But we’re going to make it as informative and valuable as possible. We don’t think you should be reading something ridiculously long about perseverance.

Our goal is to make it short, sweet, and to the point. On the other end of the coin, we want something from you. That is to follow the actionable steps that we mention throughout this book.

We’re not putting together this book for entertainment. We do it for education. The goal is for you to take the right kind of action to build up perseverance.

When you do this, it will build up over time. And once that happens, you’ll feel that nothing will be stopping you. Regardless of the goals you intend to achieve, the challenges and setbacks will seem like nothing.

This book won’t “work” for you if you don’t take the right course of action.

What is the purpose of this book?

The purpose of this book is helping you break through the barriers that are placed by these challenges and setbacks. Furthermore, you'll learn how to build and harness the power of perseverance. This way, you’ll develop something that may seem like a superpower.

The reason why we say „superpower’ is because not a lot tends to use it. The usual course of action is people don’t persevere when something goes wrong. They drop everything and quit doing it.

They’ll say that it was „too hard’ or something similar. It’s important that you do the opposite of that. You want to be clear in what you want your ultimate goal to be.

Likewise, you also want to be clear on how you are going to achieve them. This also includes brainstorming about possible setbacks. You’ll know a few of the common ones that exist.

Once you do, you’ll find a way to navigate through those obstacles. All the while, you’ll be able to utilize the power of perseverance in order to successfully break the barriers and move forward. It’s the reason why you have this book in your hand right now.

It is your intent to persevere through the challenges. To break through the barriers set up by external factors and your self-limiting beliefs. There may be some „shiny objects’ or similar things that may throw you off course.

All you need to do is stay the course. Don’t take your eyes off the prize. Even on days when things seem to be painful, you want to remember what you’re focusing on.
What this book will cover So here comes the fun part. We’re going to give you a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of what this book will cover. We think it’s a great idea to give you a sneak preview of what’s inside the book.

Let’s cut to the chase and list off what you’ll be learning in each chapter:

? Chapter 1 - The Anatomy of Perseverance: Understanding the Inner Strength: This chapter will discuss the anatomy of perseverance. You’ll explore the psychological and emotional components of it. And you’ll learn what motivates and drives people to persevere. We’ll talk about how self-belief and optimism play an important role as well.

? Chapter 2 - Breaking the Barriers: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Fear: Here, we’ll identify the common self-limiting beliefs along with the strategies to overcome them. This chapter will introduce you to the use of positive self-talk and reframing for the purpose of building confidence. And you’ll also be using your fears as a way to grow and move forward.

? Chapter 3 - The Journey Begins: Setting Bold Goals and Embracing Challenges: The title itself for this chapter is self-explanatory. But we’ll get a little creative on what you can do to set goals and embrace the challenges.

? Chapter 4 - Navigating the Obstacle Course: Strategies for Overcoming Roadblocks: Obstacles can stand in the way or pop up out of nowhere. You’ll learn how to tackle them along with adapting any unexpected setbacks that may happen out of nowhere. You’ll learn how to be creative and resourceful during the challenges.

? Chapter 5: The Power of Resilience: Bouncing Back from Setbacks - You’ll learn about resilience and how it can help you during challenging times.

? Chapter 6: Cultivating a Perseverance Mindset: Building Mental Toughness - Mental toughness and perseverance go hand in hand. You will learn how to forge mental toughness so you can be even stronger in mind.

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Introduction

Dreaming about what you want to do and what you want to be later on in life is easy. It?s the journey getting there that?s not. It?s easy to say you want to become a successful entrepreneur or business owner in 5 years or so, but then not do anything about it. Or, you do get to doing something, but you give up in 6 months because it got too difficult and you think you?re in over your head. It?s like wanting to go on a round-the-world trip without planning all the logistics of how you?re going to get to different places. You make very little preparations, and you don?t know exactly how you?re going to keep yourself safe throughout your journey. There?s a lot of elements and planning involved in making your dreams come true.

Without that ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS you, you?ll find it hard to succeed in anything. You?ll be tied to a job you hate. You?ll be living a mediocre life. You?ll be wishing you can someday live the life you really want. If you want to finally succeed in life, then read this entire guide. You?re going to learn a lot about what you can do to uncover what drives you. You?re going to discover how you can set the right kind of goals and how you can keep your enthusiasm and your motivation all throughout your journey. The road to success is going to be filled with obstacles. Let this guide help you navigate your way around the potholes and the roadblocks. By the time you finish you reading this guide, you?ll be better equipped to tackle all challenges. You?ll have everything you need to accomplish your goals and finally achieve success!

Chapter 1 – Chase The Right Kind Of Goals

“All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.” - Norman Vincent Peale Norman Vincent Peale is right – you can?t get anywhere if you don?t know where you want to go. If you want to ultimately end up successful in life, then you need to have a goal in mind.

Where do you want to be in 5 years? 10 years? Are you happy with where you are right now? Can you see yourself doing the same thing until you say goodbye to this world?

If you can, then good for you. Maybe you?ve already found your passion, and you?ve achieved your life goals. But I bet, for the majority of people reading this guide, If you can see yourself doing something else, doing something you really love, then you can set that as your goal.

If you can see yourself moving someplace far away doing the things you really want to do, then start planning how you?re going to get there.

Now, this is where it gets tricky. How do you know if you?re setting the right kind of goals for yourself?

Realistic Versus Unrealistic Goals

If you answer “no,” you could end up wasting all your time, energy, even money, for nothing.

Dreaming big is perfectly fine. Many successful people started from humble beginnings, but they dreamt big and they managed to achieve their dreams!

However, it?s important to mention here that when they first set their eyes on their target, they already knew there was a possibility – no matter how small – that they can achieve it.

If they set their eyes on something where they have zero chances of succeeding, then they wouldn?t have succeeded. At all.

If you want even the slightest chance of succeeding, then you need to make sure your goals are still within the realm of possibility.

Let me give you an example: you love basketball so much that you want to someday play in the NBA, the most prestigious basketball league in the world.

You?re a great player, but you?re only 5 feet tall and you?re not going to grow another inch. Plus, you?re scrawny.

What are the odds of you ever becoming a professional NBA player? Zero. That?s the harsh truth. You may be a great shooter, but you?ll be a defensive liability on the court.

There are many great basketball players who are tall, strong, and talented. But a great majority of them are never going to make it to the NBA.

So, why would you think you can? If getting into the NBA is your dream, then you?re setting yourself up for failure.

Maybe a more realistic goal for you would be to someday watch a live NBA game. Or have your picture taken with your favorite player and get his autograph, too. Most people would be happy with that.

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Introduction To Website Speed Optimization

Have you ever been on a website that took ages to load? And by ages, I mean 5 seconds or more. (In the real-world, however, 5 seconds isn?t so bad. In fact, 5 seconds is fast).

How long does it take you to get from your house to your office? Or how long does it take you to brush your teeth? I?m absolutely, positively sure you don?t get either activity done in 5 seconds!

So, why does it matter if a website takes 5 or more seconds to load? Why do we „hate? sites like these? (Admit it, you dislike waiting and staring at your computer or mobile phone screen as a web page loads ever so slowly!).

The Internet and Instant Gratification

The answer lies in our desire for instant gratification. We?re living in a fast-paced world, and we want things to happen when we want them to happen! Of course, in many situations, instant gratification is impossible no matter how hard you will it to become possible.

In the online world, however, we?re all spoiled for choices. We?ve got blazing-fast Internet connections at home, at work, and even while on the go.

When we type something on Google (or whatever your favorite search engine may be), we want answers right away. We expect information to magically appear right in front of us with just a single swipe or a single mouse click.

When we click on a link, and it takes more than a few seconds to load, we hit the back button so hard our fingers literally throb with pain. We go back to Google and click on another link until we find a website that loads instantly.

What A Slow Website Means For Your Business

If you own a slow website, then you?re losing tons of high-quality traffic which translates directly to lost leads, lost sales, and lost revenue for your business.

By high-quality traffic, I?m referring to the fact that these are people who purposely typed something into Google looking for information that?s

directly related to your service. That?s why Google offered up your site – it thinks your content is relevant to what the user is searching for.

If people leave before your site even loads, then you really can?t blame them now, can you? After all, you?re not the only website on the Internet. You?ve got tons of competition. Why should they bother waiting for you if they?ve got better and faster websites to check out?

Instead of your site getting all that traffic, it?s your competitors benefiting hugely from your slow website! They?re the ones getting all that free traffic. They?re the ones getting people to sign up to their mailing lists. They?re the ones people are buying stuff from and booking appointments on. NOT YOU.

If your website weren?t slow in the first place, then people wouldn?t have clicked on that back button to go check out your competitors. They would have remained on your website. They would have read your awesome, valuable content. They would have signed up to YOUR mailing list. They would have bought YOUR product and YOUR services.

So, what can you do then?

Well, at this point, giving up shouldn?t be an option especially if your site?s already ranking on Google. You?ve also spent a considerable amount of time creating and setting up your website, making sure it looks good, writing good content you know people and search engines will love.

You?ve invested time, money and energy into your web property. You can?t quit when you can tweak your website to make it run as fast as it possibly can!

What you?ve got to do now is work on optimizing your website?s speed by making it run as fast and as efficiently as possible. You?ve come this far so tweaking your site to make it run faster is a must.

The Benefits Of Having A Fast-Loading Website

If you haven?t already guessed, there are a ton of benefits associated with having a speedy website. As we?ve demonstrated in our earlier examples, these benefits are very real and tangible, not imaginary.