What Is the Unstoppable Entrepreneur Mentality?
What is the unstoppable mentality? Every entrepreneur is tasked with the question, how is this possible? How do they manage to ascend, almost effortlessly, after every failure? How do they navigate the the world’s dysfunctions with sharp, effective decision making? How do they manage to keep adding to their already impressive resumes? The immediate solution to these hurdles often calls for a higher IQ, an address book of more powerful connections, or financial privilege. Yet the reality is less about privilege and more about the entrepreneur’s mindset.
More specifically, they have a powerful, unique combination of Accountability and Optimism. You can think about it as a specific Framework – together these characteristics uniquely facilitates a heightened level of focus, build long-term resilience, accelerate progress of results, and the capacity for higher quality results.
So, if you want to become a productive entrepreneur, let’s continue to see how you can develop those absent characteristics into your mindset (and become unstoppable).
A – Accountability (the bottom of the pyramid)
What is the foundation of the positive mindset for dominant success? Weakness of the mind. The average person hears the word, “accountability”, and immediately, negative thoughts of punishment and blame come to mind. That’s not how other entrepreneurs see it. For them, there is only one answer. They see it as power for the individual.
1. Circumstances Surrounding Accountability Does Not Matter
As entrepreneurs practice accountability in their businesses and their lives, they do not defer responsibility of their lives to anyone. They do not blame anybody, be it the economy, market, their team, or upbringing. They may acknowledge the patterns, but never let them hinder progress.
To these entrepreneurs accountability means the following:
If something goes wrong, I will make the fix.
If something goes right, I will take the lessons to heart.
Everything that happens in my business is either because I chose to make it happen or because I chose to let it happen.
Not meaning that they micromanage everything that happens. What it means is that they fully take charge of their active response, conscious choices, and actions. It is something that many people will not have during their lifetime: the ability to fully craft your future.
2. Leadership and Accountability Go Hand in Hand
People follow accountable leaders and that is because of the trust, understanding, and stability that accountability brings. A leader without blame is a leader with trust.
Unstoppable entrepreneurs have and keep loyalty not because of their charm or authority but instead because of their accountability. They follow through with the things they say they are going to do, and in the case that they fail to do so, they take accountability.
As an illustration, consider the following impact of the leading culture.
People are free to experiment.
Learning from failure.
No problems are kept hidden.
People are able to repeat the right actions.
Having strong accountability is the hallmark of great leadership and great culture. These two are essential in every business that is doing well.
Accountability Leads to Improvement.
Taking full accountability makes you solution-centric. Your energy is not wasted justifying why something failed, but is rather focused on:
What can I change?
What can I learn from it?
What can I make better?
Where can I get assistance?
What can I do to move forward?
This kind of mindset produces growth that far exceeds the rate of growth from individuals preoccupied with placing the blame on others. It is the growth from refinement, from evolving, from optimizing.
Improvement is the by-product of accountability and growth is the by-product of improvement.
Optimism: The Fuel That Keeps the Engine Running.
Accountability is incredible, but on its own, it is not enough. When it comes to defining the barriers that they need to work within to shape outcomes it is accountability that entrepreneurs use, but it is optimism that provides the motivation that encourages them to work on outcomes in the first place.
Optimism is not Naive-It’s Strategic.
Unstoppable entrepreneurs do not practice what most would call the denial of reality. Instead, they practice something that is very real: pragmatic optimism.
Being a pragmatic optimist includes:
Recognizing obstacles, but thinking that they can be overcome.
Acknowledge the unpredictable circumstances, but act in spite of it.
- Seeing potential where one usually hits a wall.
- Being hopeful, but ready to adjust to changes.
- Having hope is one thing, but having hope and knowing it is a plan, is a different thing. That is a positive out look, having strategic vision. That is hope. That is pragmatic positive thinking. Having a positive all is well out look will drive one to be an entrepreneur, as it will give them the vision and be motivated to accomplish something of note.
- Ends up having zeal because of positivity, ends up taking chances because of courage, and due to an creativity driven a person who keep thinking out the box to find something new and adaptable.
Are Self erstaunend positive? Because of not having optimism, being held accountable is difficult. If a positive mindset, They will see it as an positive growth as an individual with empowered mindset.
- Increases problem solving with creativity.
* Being positive opens up more doors. Being negative there is a tendency to shut them out.
- Being negative in the mindset that is is either final, too much to handle, and that it is just a problem.
- *Of an optimist thinking: There is a way.\ What haven?t we tried? \ How can we use this problem as a win?\ There is more than a chance that we will find a solution.*
* More positive individuals are seen to be the more problem solvers, creativeness and persistence, they are more difficult to break down emotionally.
- * Being an optimist=Positivity, means that there will be more roadblocks. That will determine if they are positive and if optimism is going to be the fuel to keep them going.
- People are drawn to individuals with an optimistic mindset
- A leader, Influencer, Visionary in the scope of being positive, is someone who will more likely earn the trust and support.
- Positivity is one of the traits that buyers and customers are drawn to.
Just like any other entrepreneur, when exhibiting optimism about what the future brings, other people feel the same. This means that they are more committed to the entrepreneur’s mission, providing increased loyalty and support, and are more passionate about it.
Optimism influences more than just the entrepreneur; it impacts everyone in the surrounding ecosystem.
The A–O Synergy: Why These Two Traits Make Entrepreneurs Unstoppable
Both accountability and optimism on their own are very strong. When they are combined, they build a mindset that feels undestructable.
Accountability Without Optimism = Burnout
A person who takes on all the responsibility and accountability without having any sort of optimism about the future gets to a point of being overwhelmed, losing hope, and becoming drained.
Optimism Without Accountability = Delusion
A person who dreams of success, having optimism along the way, without accountability of any sort gets to a point of being unreliable, and losing both their effectiveness and productivity.
Accountability + Optimism = Unstoppable Growth
This combination results in an entrepreneur that is:
Fast learner Consistent executor Sees\ is present to opportunities Overcomes obstacles/ setbacks Built a trusting relationship Invesred and inspired people Thought decisively/ quickly Shows improvement Shows radical belief in solutions Built the momentum
Instead of avoiding challenges, these entrepreneurs embrace them. They study failure, rather than be scared of it. Rather than waiting for opportunities to arise, they create them.
This distinguishes a unique mindset that many entrepreneurs will possess.
How to Develop the A–O Mindset Yourself
Accountability and optimism can be cultivated by anyone, with no special skill involved. It just takes a bit of effort.
Daily Accountability Habits
Each morning, take a few seconds to name three things for which you will take accountability.
If you do disappoint, ask yourself, What can I do differently next time?
Keep a log of your promises, and assess if you did what you said you would.
Be aware of you “blame” language, and consciously stop using it regularly.
Daily Optimism Habits
Every day, take a few minutes to write about what went well (even if it for just a moment).
Stop reframing your challenges, and start considering them as opportunities.
Choose to be around people who are interested in solutions.
Spend a minute visualizing a future that feels true to you and that you actually think will happen.
Over time, this big change is going to happen in bit-sized habits.
In Conclusion: The secret is not magic, but mindset.
Becoming an unstopppable entrepreneur requires nothing more than to hone that entrepreneurial mindset, a more than necessary of brilliance, affluence, or luck. The mindset that is central to all success is:
A – Accountability for what you do, the results you get, the way you respond
O – Optimism towards what you are about to accomplish, the skills you possess, and the mission you undertake
This type of mindset is what will give you the power to change challenges into fuel, lessons into setbacks, and realities for your dreams. You will not only be able to create a business, but you will create a legacy.
