Could you be a successful
female entrepreneur?
The answer is YES!
We all have different personalities and
different strengths and skills but there are
three traits common to successful female
entrepreneurs such as Oprah Winfrey, Anita
Roddick and Adrianna Huffington.
They are all highly motivated, have a growth
mindset and possess excellent management
skills.
But did you know that even if you don’t
already have these traits you can develop
them?
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Perhaps you think that you don’t have a head for
business. Perhaps you lack belief in yourself.
Perhaps you think successful female
entrepreneurs are smarter, older, younger,
wealthier, better educated, more experienced or
just luckier.
They are not.
And contrary to popular belief, traits are not fixed.
In recent years, neuroscientific and psychological
research has demonstrated that you can change
your mindset and that talent is not born, it is
made.
Read on to find out more….
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Successful female entrepreneurs adopt a
growth mindset, which means they believe
that through learning and effort they can
achieve anything they want to achieve in
business and in life. They believe in themselves
and their business.
Successful female entrepreneurs tend to focus
on their skills and strengths. Any weaknesses
they do perceive are seen as opportunities for
further learning and growth.
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Successful female entrepreneurs acknowledge
their achievements along the way and tend to
consider themselves successful. However, this
doesn't mean that they have fewer failures.
In fact because they are more likely to take
calculated risks and break out from their comfort
zone from time to time, they may even
experience failure more often.
Rather than dwell on their failures
though, they view them as necessary learning
experiences on the path to success.
When you play it too safe,
you’re taking the biggest risk
of your life.
- Barbara Sher
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Successful female entrepreneurs are highly
motivated when it comes to running their
business.
They are motivated because they are
passionate about what they do and they
know why they are doing it.
Although successful female entrepreneurs
enjoy the monetary rewards and accolades
they receive, a desire for wealth, status or
fame is not what drives them.
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In fact we are all driven by the three basic needs
for relatedness (connecting with others),
autonomy and competence. Successful female
entrepreneurs recognise this and ensure that
their business allows these needs to be met.
Most notably they are driven by an intrinsic
desire to learn and grow both in themselves and
in their business.
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Successful female entrepreneurs set goals for
their business. But they also know that simply
setting goals isn’t enough. Successful female
entrepreneurs:
•
Understand why each goal is important to
them and their business
•
Know how they are going to achieve their
goal
•
Set about breaking the goal down into
actionable steps.
•
Put in place plans to overcome obstacles
they are likely to encounter along the way.
Successful female entrepreneurs understand
the basic elements of running a business such
as financial planning and marketing. They
know that marketing isn't just sales and
advertising and that social media isn't the be
all and end all of their marketing strategy.
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Successful female entrepreneurs manage their
time and their work-life balance. Although one of
the main drivers for running their own business is
the autonomy it offers them, they also know how
to delegate tasks to other people.
Above all, successful female entrepreneurs realise
the most important asset to their business is
them and so take time out to look after
themselves.
As a result they are resilient under pressure
and less likely to feel overwhelmed.
And that’s how to run your business the Brainy
Girl way!
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Are you ready to run your business
the Brainy Girl way?
Brainy Girl’s Guide to Business is a community
where aspiring female entrepreneurs and women
in business get together to find out more about
mindset, motivation and management. BGGB was
founded by Lynsey Whitehouse, former FTSE 100
Executive and management consultant.
Lynsey is officially a “Brainy Girl” with First Class
honours degrees in both Aerospace Engineering
and Psychology and a Masters degree in Business
Management .
Lynsey combines her ‘rocket science’
management experience with the latest findings
from neurosocience and psychology to bring you
proven systems for managing your business the
Brainy Girl way.
Join the Brainy Girl community of aspiring
female entrepreneurs and women in business
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