11.09.10
Don’t Become a Nurse Entrepreneur!
You should not become a nurse entrepreneur if you don’t have certain characterizes that are shared by successful entrepreneurs. If you don’t have all the characteristics you will have to be willing to develop these characterizes.
Be a self-starter. If you need someone to set your schedule or tell you the next step you will not be able to be successful as a nurse entrepreneur. You need to be able to determine how you can best use your time at any given time during the day. You will be continually reassessing your priorities and deciding what is the most important thing you can do at that moment to advance your business.
Be focused. Many nurse entrepreneurs find themselves going from one activity to another frequently throughout the day, week, or month. You need to stick with an activity long enough for it to be successful. Too many nurse entrepreneurs stop just short of being successful because they didn’t stick with a plan, activity, or goal long enough.
Create a plan. You need to plan everything! Having everything planned will help you with most of the other important characterizes of being a nurse entrepreneur. You plan will assist you to remember where you left off and to get started again without losing momentum. It will also help you capture your goals for your nurse entrepreneur business and identify the action steps needed to become successful.
Be flexible. While it is important to be focused it is equally important to be flexible in your nurse entrepreneur business. When you are flexible you are better able to adapt to the needs of your customer. This is one of the greatest benefits to your customers in working with a small business. You can implement change much more quickly than large corporations so capitalize on this!
These are characteristics that will help you to be successful as a nurse entrepreneur. Work on these skills or determine how you will overcome the lack of these skills before you start your nurse entrepreneur business.
What other characteristics do you think are important to have a successful business?
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com