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The Affluent Entrepreneur: 20 Proven Principles for Achieving Prosperity
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The Affluent Entrepreneur: 20 Proven Principles for Achieving Prosperity

by Patrick Snow
May 2011
Beginner
270 pages
5h 30m
English
Wiley
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The 20 Character Traits of Affluent Entrepreneurs

For years, people have been telling me that I am different, more driven, and more determined. It did not take me long to come to agree with them. However, I never really understood why that was the case. As a result of studying the Affluent Entrepreneurs profiled in this book, I have discovered why. Here are the traits that I consider define me as being different and which I amazingly found to match or be similar to those of the Affluent Entrepreneurs profiled in this book. Since you have gotten this far in my book, I suspect you and I are more alike than you think. I ask you now to look inwardly at your own character traits and see whether the traits below that describe Affluent Entrepreneurs also describe you:

1. Always keep their faith and families as a top priority.

2. Learned how to earn money for themselves in their early teens.

3. See their exact visions clearly and never stray from those visions or their beliefs.

4. Quick to identify and take action on a multitude of opportunities.

5. Will begin a project even when the means to achieve the goal is not known, realizing it can be course-corrected as progress is made.

6. Self-confidence that is often mistaken for too big an ego.

7. Driven to accomplish audacious goals and make a difference in the world.

8. Willing to work tirelessly and do whatever it takes to get the job done.

9. Ignore ridicule from others for having an optimistic and dreaming mind-set.

10. Almost always ...

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