Dare To Dream: The Power Of 5 Ds For Business Success!
Entrepreneurial life gets mixed reviews. But for the most part, this is a lifestyle that so many professionals dream about.
Why? Because an entrepreneurial lifestyle allows you to work for yourself, set your own business goals, and make your visions a reality. It’s about creating a life you love, which enables you to be the best version of yourself and to share your ideas with the world. Who wouldn’t want that?
After all, time is precious; too precious to spend your life doing something you don’t enjoy. Too precious to spend your days in a job that leaves you feeling unfulfilled.
In a job, you are helping another business owner/employer make his/her dreams come true, at the expense of your own, potentially because you’re afraid to take the leap and scared of failure.
“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn” In order to create a life you love, you must take a risk. The journey of an entrepreneur begins with big ideas. But what does it take to make those ideas real? And, is every entrepreneur successful at doing so?
How you make your ideas real depends on multiple factors. There is no single template that an entrepreneur can use. As far as success goes, while it cannot be guaranteed, it can definitely be aimed toward. However, there are some secrets that can help an entrepreneur maximize their chances of success. Here are the 5 Ds that I have identified.
Dream
Mark Twain famously said, “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover”.
The true entrepreneurs are those who dare to dream and define a vision for themselves.
Steve Jobs introduced a cigarette-box-size digital music player and the world has not been the same again.
What are your dreams? It’s time you dust them off. If someone’s dream has given you a better life, your dreams can make this world a better place too.
Decisive
Stephen Covey quotes it well, “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
Entrepreneurship is all about decision-making. It’s a consistent branching logic that defines your journey. A decision can take you to the pinnacle or make you hit the ocean bed.
No one ever has been right all the time. The important thing is to ride the journey whatever the outcome may be. In fact, you learn more when you lose than when you win.
It’s so important to back your decisions and never regret them. “Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.” – Peter Drucker.
In conclusion for decision-making, a wise entrepreneur will always reflect and learn.
Doers
Nolan Bushnell, an entrepreneur nailed it, “The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.
It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them.
Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
How many of them have we come across in life who have said, “Gosh! I had this idea 2 years earlier and this guy did it".
It’s really not about who had an idea first, it’s about how they did it.
If you have an idea, it’s time to get out of your comfort and start acting on it so you don’t utter that sentence 2 years from now. Good Luck!
Devotion
Steve Jobs gave a piece of simple advice, “The only way to do great work is to love what you do”.
The real entrepreneurs are those who don’t do what they do for the sake of money. They do it for the love and commitment to leave this world a better place. They do it for people to adore what they do and they find a purpose in what they do.
“Don’t start a company unless it’s an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it’s not an obsession” – Mark Cuban. If you are starting up and looking to build a brand that people love, first make sure that you are obsessed with what you do!
Destiny
William Jennings said, “Destiny is not a matter of chance. It’s a matter of choice. It is not to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved”. The greatest thing about entrepreneurship is not just the fact that you get to define your own destiny but have a chance to make a lot of people achieve their destiny along the way.
“The more you follow others the further you will walk from your own destiny. Follow your own star and illumine the world in your own way.”
Last but not least, “Regret is not when you could not finish what you started but regret is when you do not start what you could have finished.”
Entrepreneurship is a long journey. It is not for people who start doubting themselves after the first failure. Being devoted to transforming an idea into a real product, into something that users would love and cherish - that is entrepreneurship.
Getting to work every day and getting everyone to work, no matter how tough the times are - that is entrepreneurship.
As much as it is an outer exploration of what can be made, it is also an inner realization that every dream can become real.
You are the backbone of our economy and the hope of our future. Keep on creating, innovating, and leading the way to a better tomorrow. Never give up on the dream that you embraced and followed so passionately.
In the early dawn, while others sleep,
The entrepreneur begins to creep
Into the world of endless possibilities,
With ideas and dreams that never cease.
Days are long and nights are short,
The journey is tough, but they never abort,
For passion and purpose drive them on,
And setbacks only make them strong.
They brave the storms and face the winds,
With grit and determination that never bends,
For they know success is not guaranteed,
But the journey is what they truly need.
Sometimes they stumble and sometimes they fall,
But they rise again, standing tall,
For them, the vision is bigger than their fears,
And their passion burns away the tears.
So here's to the entrepreneur,
The dreamer, the doer, the conqueror,
May their spirit never be broken,
And their dreams, never left unspoken.
For they are the ones who change the world,
With their ideas and innovations unfurled,
And though the road may be rough and tough,
They know that they are more than enough.