In some schools in France, it was customary to spice up their speeches and conferences with quotations in order to somehow spice up their presentations or exchanges. Students had to change them regularly in order to appear cultured and imposing. It is a completely different spirit of entrepreneurs who are encouraged to overcome difficulties thanks to quotes. This article offers you some of them, and at the end of each Dynamique magazine you will find a page related to inspirational phrases because there is nothing better than those who have gone through difficulties to become models of encouragement, this is our belief and sharing makes it feel.
Besides being a simple function, although not as simple as it seems, being an entrepreneur is also a state of mind. A look back at these quotes that will mostly remain timeless and that bring to life the mindset of any self-respecting entrepreneur.
Today, it seems obvious that entrepreneurs can have a thousand reasons to be discouraged because difficulties are piling up and it is difficult to remain optimistic in the current context. But as a Japanese philosopher said: If you have no more hope, create it!
“Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it,” Napoleon Hill
There is no point in claiming something if you do nothing to make it a reality. Starting a business is already a good proof that you give yourself the resources to succeed and that you want to see your project through to the end. You have to put everything in place to get things done, not just talk about an idea or project, but do it.
“Success is a bad teacher. He makes intelligent people believe they are infallible,” Bill Gates.
A quote from the founder of Microsoft that brings you back to earth. The message he wants to convey is that we should not rest on our laurels. Being successful is one thing, but you have to keep your other goals in mind. Don’t get distracted, refocus on what’s important. You don’t have to think that your success is eternal because you are going through a more than profitable period for your business. Anticipate possible difficulties, you could really fall from a height. So don’t let success blind you.
“A person who has never made a mistake has never tried to innovate,” Albert Einstein.
Innovating first of all means experimenting. You may not immediately find an idea that proves to be viable or successful, but you should not despair. “Rome wasn’t built in a day”. Entrepreneurship and innovation necessarily involve taking risks, and sometimes several attempts. The experience you will gain is sometimes the source of innovation that revolutionizes the market.
“The best reason to start a business is to create meaning, to create a product or service that helps improve the world”, Guy Kawasaki.
The creation of a company is a fact. But creating a company whose concept helps improve the world gives meaning to your activity. Apart from the desire to make money, there can be a moral virtue in starting a business. Giving meaning to what you do further motivates you. Your desire to succeed is driven by a certain moral aspect, even passion. Which seems like a great reason.
“The first law of success is first of all to make yourself available to others, to know how to listen to them, share their trust, help them in their needs, convince them to persevere in the search for the goal”, Raymond Viger.
Of course, you have to rely only on yourself. But you must not remain closed to those around you. A good entrepreneur knows how to be understanding. Knowing how to listen to others is a key quality of an entrepreneur in order to be able to detect any dysfunction within the company.
“A pessimist sees a difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees an opportunity in every difficulty”, Winston Churchill.
Sometimes difficulty is hard to overcome. This often leads to questioning and generally, morale takes a hit. However, there are two ways of looking at things: one looks optimistically, the other pessimistically. The entrepreneur’s view of the difficulties must be objective in nature. He must be able to discover, despite the difficulty, every opportunity that presents itself. Difficulty is actually like a test to overcome. In every challenge there is an opportunity in the sense that if we manage to overcome the difficulty, we learn from our mistakes. This allows you not to repeat the same ones. Questioning also gives you the ability to see things differently in the logic of an improvement perspective.
“Nothing is more dangerous than being fashionable; we risk suddenly becoming ultra old-fashioned”, Oscar Wilde.
Resorting to innovation is not always the best solution. You shouldn’t just try to innovate by default. The desire to offer an innovative product to the market at any cost sometimes requires larger funds. It makes no sense to want to revolutionize the world if you are not capable of doing it, either through the emergence of an innovative idea or through the sustainability of the project in terms of its activity and financial capacity. Sometimes the best ideas come from simple things.