BY MARTIN ZWILLING, FOUNDER AND CEO, STARTUP PROFESSIONALS@STARTUPPRO
For Inc.
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After years of working in small businesses as well as large ones, I’m convinced that you shouldn’t expect to get it all right the first time, and learning how to run any business is more a result of practice and experience than just academics. Therefore, I often recommend to entrepreneurs and business professionals that they not get too frustrated with initial failures or give up too soon.
Here are the key recommendations I offer all my clients for learning and moving forward in the business arena, based on my own experience and listening to business leaders and professionals in technology, as well as services:
1. Define your success objectives early and don’t stray.
Successful people find that setting goals and objectives provides motivation, rather than waiting for other incentives, such as easy cash or living free. Yet I find that motivation takes you only so far. Goals, when used correctly create habits, which drive true success.