The Importance of Being Earnest

To be successful in business, you need to have a serious attitude and a keen interest and high self-esteem "

1) You must have a serious attitude.
• Attitudes to strive earnestly to do a job is a good attitude. Someone who wants to be an entrepreneur must have the interest, desire and passion to the high and unwavering. Without these elements, perhaps success is not expected to be achieved.

For example, if a person gets promoted to 'A' in the exam does not mean he will get 'A' in all things. If we see a successful entrepreneur, may they not of those who get promoted to 'A' in the examination. But they are comprised of people who love to take risks and will do anything to survive. They learn from experience and take risks. Without a strong interest in, dedication, patience and piety, entrepreneurs will not have success.

2) You must have self-confidence.
• In addition to the interest and enthusiasm, creativity and also be there in person. It must be nurtured with a responsible attitude, a spirit of determination, strong faith and open-minded and positive. Entrepreneu rs are a special person, they were the brave and willing to face the hardships faced challenging business world. Thus, an entrepreneur should not hesitate to make a decision when managing a business. What is important, there should be coherence in decision-making to ensure the integrity of the business. Every decision made has the potential risks faced, but not too thinks. Entrepreneurs have to deal with it and it's up to yourself how to solve them.

3) Manage the organization and operations is essential.
• Manage the organization and operation of the important things that need to be given special attention. For example, the management of cash flow (cash flow) is important because it symbolized as the nucleus of the human body. If cash flow is not managed in a sound, the company will become chaotic and eventually collapse. Thus, each entrepreneur must ensure that the cash flow they are in a solid.

4) Respect must be given and not asked.
• An entrepreneur needs to know in detail about the affairs of running their business. This can be achieved if they had knowledge and experience as both are essential to put an entrepreneur at a higher level of its employees and competitors. According to him, respect must be given and not asked, and entrepreneurs will only get it through science. If knowledge is not available here, the entrepreneur must try to find another place or get it from people who are more experienced.

5) Learn what to do about how to manage business operations.
• Focus on how a business should be conducted. Entrepreneurs need to define the mission and vision of themselves and their company. Preferred to focus on how to handle a business problem that arises. Do not be optimistic to something you like but learn about all the things to take care of business with excellence.

6) Learn from mistakes.
• There are no perfect people in this world. Errors that arise to teach people to improve themselves in order to develop a weakness of our mind to be more creative in solving problems. Make a 'post mortem', experimental error has occurred and do not repeat the mistake. In addition, attitudes need to set aside ego and acknowledge that mistakes have occurred. If errors are not corrected and then repeated, can not be sure of success will be achieved.

7) Be a responsible leader.
• Make YAB Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed, former Prime Minister of Malaysia as a respected mentor to us. A leader must have a good image to be respected by those leaders and their competitors. A leader must also have extensive knowledge and experience of management and operations of the company and its competitors. All this is necessary for someone to achieve success in business, God Willing.

By Mohd Zulfadhli Bin Saufi