DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

Moving through these seven levels requires a certain attitude. Most people will go through their entire life working in a job feeling powerless to take charge of their own destiny. If you’re going to be different, you’d better be ready for the challenges that come before the glory. So don’t even embark on the journey of entrepreneurship unless you have the following three ingredients.

1. WILLINGNESS TO STRETCH

The very fact that you wish to create something new (a new lifestyle, a new product, a new business, a new result) means that you need to accept that it doesn’t currently exist within your sphere of influence. If it did, you wouldn’t be creating it. If you’re creating something new, don’t be shocked when it requires ...

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