Are You a Visionary Entrepreneur?

By Thomas E. Anderson, II 

Do you have a vision?

Do you have a Vision?

To start a business.

To work for yourself.

To come off your job.

To retire early.

If so, you could be a visionary entrepreneur.

The words visionary and entrepreneur seem intimidating to some and intriguing to others. No matter which category you fall in, hang in there. By the end of this post,  you will be able to answer the question “am I a visionary entrepreneur?”

Picture your ideal life. Can you describe it? How does it feel? What are you doing more of? Is it something you love to do? Travel? Spend time with your family? Sleep in until 8:00 once a week? If you can answer these questions, you have a vision.

Vision is pretty simple. It is a picture of your ideal life.  And anyone should be able to describe that picture. When I was a teenager, my vision was to start my own business before the age of 40. The dream or vision started with a simple idea of what I wanted to do. I didn’t know exactly how it was supposed to work. But that was my vision. I accomplished my goal at 22. If you have a vision to start a business and are uncertain of what steps to take, you want to check out my Next Steps workbook.  It is a great way to map out your business vision.

Let me just tell you that you do not have to be a visionary to have a vision. All you have to do is dare to dream about life without limitations. If you can take a chance and occasionally allow yourself to dream, the sky is the limit to what you can achieve. Now lets shift to the second intriguing/intimidating word…Entrepreneurship.

If you have ever completed a new project on your job or improved a process, you are an entrepreneur and probably don’t even know it. Corporations call it intrapreneurship (-intra is used because it happens within the company) and this is how corporations grow. That’s the reason that most employee agreements state “any intellectual property you create while employed by this company belongs to the company.” Employees receive a little kickback but it pales in comparison to the returns of owning your own company. If you can identify and take advantage of an opportunity, you can be an entrepreneur.

Have you ever thought “starting a business is too hard…” or “I could never start a business of my own.”?  But deep down inside you know that’s not true. Somewhere in the back of your mind you know you could be wildly successful but you are still scared of success? You will want to check out The Vision Journey coaching program to craft a one-page description of what you want your business to look like.  Visit my company website for more information.

Being a visionary entrepreneur comes down to seizing business opportunities to pursue your ideal life. Pretty simple, isn’t it?

So I will ask you again: “Are you a visionary entrepreneur?”

I am Thomas E. Anderson, II, writer, creator and walking billboard of My Future in Focus.  I have been self-employed since age 9 when contracted as a wedding musician. No stranger to paradigm shifts, I overcame the stigma of childhood obesity, bouts of depression and death of my mother before age 18. To read my story, visit the About Me page.

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