James Keyes lays out three traits for entrepreneurs: stay positive when things change, build confidence to quiet self-doubt, and listen fully before you answer. Most people jump to conclusions without hearing the whole question.
If you really want to be an entrepreneur, you have to have what I call 3 things. One, if you're in a factory, it may be that your shift was changed. If you deal with that in a negative fashion, you're probably going to be next on the block. If you keep your head up, work harder, and say, "We'll get through this. I want to be the outlier," you'll make it. Second is, even if you say, "Okay, I got it. Change happens. I'll deal with it." How many of us have the confidence to do that? That's when that little person on your shoulder that says, "Yeah, not that smart. Who do you think you are?" And that's self-defeating. And then the third is, I call it clarity because you You've gotta have the ability to understand your fellow workers, to really listen to them. And that's often a shortcoming. We're working on our answer before we even hear the question.
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