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7 Ways To Get Satisfaction From Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

They emphasize, and I agree, that true success and satisfaction is most likely to happen when all your actions and choices are guided by a profound adherence to your deepest personal values, vision, purpose, and goals. Everyone develops a sense of what activities build their energy, and which ones drain energy from them.

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7 Steps To Greater Satisfaction As A New Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Unfortunately, from my own experience, it’s not that simple, and not doing some preparation first can easily result in stress, lack of satisfaction, and a hard road to success. Actively share info with entrepreneur peers. Find your level of passion early. Write a business plan for your first startup.

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6 Work Activities Are Required For Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Trying to do everything is a sure way to maximize stress, lower job satisfaction, and minimize productivity. I will outline here his six required activities of every successful business to get you started down the right path for you: Wonder: identify the value and need for change. Discernment: evaluate and refine the solution.

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10 Keys to Real Entrepreneur Mentoring Satisfaction

Startup Professionals Musings

Both sides need to practice active listening and thoughtful questions. That’s the ultimate satisfaction. Practice two-way communication and candid feedback. Mentoring is not a series of monologues and lectures, from either side. But candid feedback means not pulling punches when they are deserved. Constructive conflict is good.

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You Are Never Too Old To Learn To Surf (aka: Don’t Be Afraid To Suck)

InfoChachkie

Rather than attempting to master the new activity, I would moved on to another task, seeking a gentler learning curve. My frustration with new activities was heightened by my desire to be "the best." As shown below, most people do not realize their incompetence at the outset of a new activity. Consciousness Can Be A Bummer.

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8 Activities To Satisfy Your Boss You Are Accountable

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are my key recommendations for how to prepare and what to do in more mundane business environments and organizations: Make sure your activities are aligned with business goals. Personal accountability must be aligned with business requirements, or your performance will never be appreciated.

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Don’t Do Tequila Shots With Your Mentor

InfoChachkie

Without active management on the part of the protégé, the meetings with their mentor will become less frequent and less impactful, ultimately accelerating the end of the relationship. In my exchanges with my friend and mentor, Bob Wood, we engage in a number of activities which keep our time together both fun and productive.

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