What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? This article provides a list of the top 15 personal characteristics and qualities of successful entrepreneurs. Do you have them? Check where you feel strong today and where you can improve moving forward. Take into account that while some people are born with certain skills and personality, you can learn and improve through training and practice.

The fact that the SME sector is a tough industry to break into does not seem to deter the average young entrepreneur. But are big ideas, determination, passion, and the will to succeed enough to be a truly successful entrepreneur or could your age and a lack of higher education be your downfall? Anyone can become an entrepreneur, no matter what their age, background or education level. But what makes a truly successful entrepreneur?

SADAG is a Non-Profit Organisation, a Registered Section 21 Company, with an 18a tax exemption. It has on its board a powerful team of Patients, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and General Practitioners. SADAG was established twenty years ago to serve as a support network for the thousands of South Africans who live with mental health problems. Currently, it is estimated that 1 in 5 people will, or do, suffer from a mental illness. SADAG manages a 16-line counselling-and-referral call centre, and is the voice of patient advocacy, working in urban, peri-urban, and the most rural communities across South Africa.

Dealing with stress as an SME owner.

Being an entrepreneur is not only about having a good business idea or good business acumen. It is also about having a lot of courage. You have to build self-confidence and be able to trust yourself to do what needs to be done, no matter how uncomfortable it feels initially. The most successful entrepreneurs often have feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt when they begin a new project, but they don’t let those feelings stop them. Find out how to use the energy these feelings generate to keep moving forward.

It may seem as though some of us get more knocks in life than others. The truth is that some people can ride with what life gives them, whereas others have difficulty doing so. The difference is what is referred to as “emotional resilience”. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from all kinds of experiences and feelings: grief, depression, humiliation, depression, fear, etc. Resilience gives us the opportunity to recover from what we “perceived” as a disaster or failure and to try again.

The journey to reinvent myself started with answering the fundamental questions I had neglected to ask myself before. Who am I? What do I want? What do I want my life to look like? How do I want to spend the bulk of my waking hours? What impact do I want to have on others?

These are turbulent times, no matter what the size of your business.

Not everyone knows how to be assertive, that is, being confident and firm without being aggressive. It is especially useful in the working environment, as greater assertiveness can help to get the best out of yourself and your people, yielding returns in all areas of your business.

One of the most important ways you can stay a step ahead of your competitors is by establishing a strong reputation in your industry. Everything your business does will either build or damage its reputation.

We live in a society where so much emphasis is placed on developing our minds and our intellect. Read more here.

A telephone service that offers support and hope to those in distress.

Many people seem to have lost their ability to dream through all the day to day challenges of the past few years. Today we are going to look at a simple, but powerful exercise to bring them back into focus again.

As a business owner, it's important that you are a strong and confident leader. This will establish your credibility in the eyes of your employees and the people you do business with, and will also boost the reputation of your business.