Top 15 Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs + 20 Quotes for Inspiration
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:26 am
Why are some entrepreneurs more successful than others? We analyzed hundreds of interviews and several dozen business books and selected the best habits of businessmen, the development of which led them to triumph. Choose what you do not have and implement it in your life. The results will pleasantly surprise you.
Habit #1 – Never Give Up!
If you think you're in the deepest hole in the world and there's no way you can get out of it, remember Donald Trump and his most valuable piece of advice. But first, some background.
Donald Trump
Donald Trump, who is $1 billion self employed database bankrupt, was walking with his daughter one day. He saw a homeless man and asked, "Do you think this man is poor?" Then he added, "But he has a billion dollars more than me . "
Many people know the fact that world-famous billionaire and former US President Donald Trump entered the Guinness Book of Records as the person who suffered the most significant financial collapse in history.
"But the thought of giving up never crossed my mind. Not for a second! And that's why I was able to overcome my critics. I don't advise you to dream about going through such stress, but I know for sure: the best strategy is not to give up! "
Donald Trump
Habit #2 – Plan!
Robert T. Kiyosaki is an American investor and entrepreneur with a million-dollar capital, a world-famous motivator and the author of the bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad:
"A clear plan with written steps is 50% of the way. Set a goal, write down the steps, visualize and be sure to check the results regularly."
Robert Kiyosaki
The clearer the system, the greater the likelihood of success.
A good example is that of Fyodor Ovchinnikov , a well-known Russian entrepreneur and founder of the Dodo Pizza fast food restaurant chain.
Fedor Ovchinnikov
The niche was not unique, and he had to do the impossible - bypass competitors such as Domino's and Papa John's. The result - 25 billion rubles in annual revenue.
Business is like mountaineering. Imagine that your task is to climb Everest. If you go straight away, without preparation, you will most likely die. But there is a long-term strategy , but it is more effective in the long run - first Mont Blanc, then Elbrus, then Everest.
Habit #3 – Chase results, not money!
"You don't have to make money with business! You have to make money with what you have a passion for!"
Sergey Galitsky,
Founder of the largest retail chain "Magnet"
None of the most famous and successful entrepreneurs of any era ever started building a corporation out of a desire to make money. In the beginning, there was always an idea. An incendiary, passionate idea, it made the consciousness of its creator literally "burn".
Sergey Galitsky
Only my own genuine interest in creating something outstanding was the driving force behind progress and success.
"If we were doing everything for the money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and would be relaxing on the beach."
Larry Page, co-founder of Google
Or another quote, this time from Rupert Murdoch, an Australian and American entrepreneur and media magnate, founder of News Corporation, which owns not only 20th Century Fox, Fox News TV channels, but also The Times, The Wall Street Journal and New York Post newspapers.
"I don't make money. Become the best in your field - then power and fortune will come to you."
Rupert Murdoch
Habit #4 – Look for Opportunities!
Comments are unnecessary here. If you see an opportunity, don't think twice - act. Until your competitors are bolder than you.
Alisher Usmanov opened his first business by chance: he broke his leg and ended up in the hospital, where he was captivated by a book by his roommate called "Polymer Processing Technology". He did not go into chemical technology, but the production of polyethylene bags for a ruble apiece from cheap raw materials (a ton of raw materials cost 473 rubles at that time) made him think.
"It was impossible to leave such technology unmastered, so after leaving the hospital I agreed with the director of the Moscow region agrocomplex "Ramenskoye" Konstantin Kunitsky about renting premises, visited the directors of polymer production plants and agreed that I would work at night when the equipment was idle. Soon the cooperative "Agroplast" appeared.
Habit #1 – Never Give Up!
If you think you're in the deepest hole in the world and there's no way you can get out of it, remember Donald Trump and his most valuable piece of advice. But first, some background.
Donald Trump
Donald Trump, who is $1 billion self employed database bankrupt, was walking with his daughter one day. He saw a homeless man and asked, "Do you think this man is poor?" Then he added, "But he has a billion dollars more than me . "
Many people know the fact that world-famous billionaire and former US President Donald Trump entered the Guinness Book of Records as the person who suffered the most significant financial collapse in history.
"But the thought of giving up never crossed my mind. Not for a second! And that's why I was able to overcome my critics. I don't advise you to dream about going through such stress, but I know for sure: the best strategy is not to give up! "
Donald Trump
Habit #2 – Plan!
Robert T. Kiyosaki is an American investor and entrepreneur with a million-dollar capital, a world-famous motivator and the author of the bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad:
"A clear plan with written steps is 50% of the way. Set a goal, write down the steps, visualize and be sure to check the results regularly."
Robert Kiyosaki
The clearer the system, the greater the likelihood of success.
A good example is that of Fyodor Ovchinnikov , a well-known Russian entrepreneur and founder of the Dodo Pizza fast food restaurant chain.
Fedor Ovchinnikov
The niche was not unique, and he had to do the impossible - bypass competitors such as Domino's and Papa John's. The result - 25 billion rubles in annual revenue.
Business is like mountaineering. Imagine that your task is to climb Everest. If you go straight away, without preparation, you will most likely die. But there is a long-term strategy , but it is more effective in the long run - first Mont Blanc, then Elbrus, then Everest.
Habit #3 – Chase results, not money!
"You don't have to make money with business! You have to make money with what you have a passion for!"
Sergey Galitsky,
Founder of the largest retail chain "Magnet"
None of the most famous and successful entrepreneurs of any era ever started building a corporation out of a desire to make money. In the beginning, there was always an idea. An incendiary, passionate idea, it made the consciousness of its creator literally "burn".
Sergey Galitsky
Only my own genuine interest in creating something outstanding was the driving force behind progress and success.
"If we were doing everything for the money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and would be relaxing on the beach."
Larry Page, co-founder of Google
Or another quote, this time from Rupert Murdoch, an Australian and American entrepreneur and media magnate, founder of News Corporation, which owns not only 20th Century Fox, Fox News TV channels, but also The Times, The Wall Street Journal and New York Post newspapers.
"I don't make money. Become the best in your field - then power and fortune will come to you."
Rupert Murdoch
Habit #4 – Look for Opportunities!
Comments are unnecessary here. If you see an opportunity, don't think twice - act. Until your competitors are bolder than you.
Alisher Usmanov opened his first business by chance: he broke his leg and ended up in the hospital, where he was captivated by a book by his roommate called "Polymer Processing Technology". He did not go into chemical technology, but the production of polyethylene bags for a ruble apiece from cheap raw materials (a ton of raw materials cost 473 rubles at that time) made him think.
"It was impossible to leave such technology unmastered, so after leaving the hospital I agreed with the director of the Moscow region agrocomplex "Ramenskoye" Konstantin Kunitsky about renting premises, visited the directors of polymer production plants and agreed that I would work at night when the equipment was idle. Soon the cooperative "Agroplast" appeared.