1. You become passionate about working. Success in entrepreneurship depends on following your passions.
2. You wonder how you ever held a normal job. Each day, that typical office-based 9-to-5 lifestyle seems stranger and less appealing to you.
3. You think critically about everything. Being in control makes you evaluate everything, from your morning coffee to the arrangement of your living room furniture.
4. New experiences become a commodity. You crave new experiences because you know they’re a gateway to new insights.
5. Everything can turn into an idea. Every object, situation and experience you encounter becomes a potential platform for a new idea.
6. You see the potential in everyone. You see the strengths and weaknesses in people, sometimes immediately, and imagine their great potential.
7. You can reduce most things to numbers (if you choose to).Entrepreneurs have to objectively analyze very subjective topics — the result is your ability to objectively analyze almost everything.
8. You get a new perspective on common situations. Some things seem more important, and others wholly unimportant.
9. You don’t care about small failures. When you stumble, make a mistake or lose something, those failures somehow don’t seem as bad.
10. You embrace criticism and feedback. When someone points out something you’re doing wrong, you embrace that feedback as an opportunity to improve.
11. You support other people’s passions. You know the value of passion and support it in others.
Read: 7 Traits Found in Successful Entrepreneurs
12. You appreciate personal freedom more. Once you’ve tasted it, there’s no going back.
13. You make decisions more easily. After making 100 decisions a day, all other decisions in life seem easy.
14. Your problems seem smaller. Your daily crises pale in comparison to what you face as a company leader.
15. Your brain never turns off. You find yourself thinking and brainstorming all the time, with no reprieve.
16. You constantly want to learn new skills. You’re thrilled at the notion of how much you have left to learn.
17. You read more than you ever did before. Books, news, articles . . . you love to absorb new information.
18. You want to meet new people more than ever. You realize the value of new connections, and love to meet interesting new people.
19. You can’t just do nothing. If you feel as if you aren’t making progress at something, you go crazy.
20. Everything becomes a productivity challenge. You want to make everything as efficient as possible.
21. You want to tinker with everything. Your life is a giant experiment.
22. You have an easier time speaking in public. The pressure is off, you become more confident; and speaking becomes easier.
23. You work harder for things. You know your rewards are proportional to the work you put in, so you work harder at everything.
24. You aren’t afraid to say no. When you don’t want to do something, you feel less pressure to say yes.
25. You feel accomplished. Whether you’ve produced a success or a failure, you’re proud of what you tried to do.
26. You never feel bored. Even in dull moments, you find yourself entertained with complex thoughts and brainstorming patterns.
27. You feel in control of your own destiny. You truly feel in charge of your life.
28. You see patterns in chaos. That crazy traffic can be reduced to a series of actions of and reactions by reasonable drivers facing specific conditions.
29. You care less about your comfort zone. You’ve broken your comfort zone so many times it no longer exists.
30. You’re more confident in your abilities. You feel sure of yourself in certain key areas.
Read: 10 Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
31. You want to experiment all the time. Everything is alive, and everything can be changed for the better.
32. You think more about your community. If your business relies on your community, you think more about giving back.
33. You see “work” and “fun” as no longer mutually exclusive. You know there’s a difference only if you make one.
34. You become a teacher. You want to share your knowledge and experience with others.
35. You become an even better student. You’re always eager to learn something new from anyone who wants to teach it.
36. You take more risks. You aren’t as afraid to fail because you know failure is never the end.
37. You aren’t afraid to dream bigger. You demand more for yourself.
38. You encourage others to dream bigger. You demand more for others.
39. You construct your own routines. You enjoy creating processes and systems for yourself.
40. You care more about time. You realize the true value of time, and that time truly does equal money.
41. You spend more time with people you like. You know who’s valuable to you and don’t waste your time with anyone else.
42. You challenge the status quo. You aren’t afraid to break the rules.
43. You take more initiative to build great environments. At home and at work, you strive to create places where you feel good.
44. You see everything as a game. Everything can be broken down into rules, actions and objectives.
45. You see everything as a win. Even failure is a learning opportunity.
46. You respect anybody who works hard at anything. You know the value of a work ethic.
47. You try to innovate everywhere. You want to try new things all the time.
48. You love solving puzzles even more than you did. Puzzles are especially thrilling because you know the satisfaction of finding solutions.
49. Everything seems faster paced. The pressure of being an entrepreneur bleeds into other areas of your life.
50. You remain calm in tense situations. Nothing seems as intimidating as it did before you became an entrepreneur.
Now I, for one, love how my entrepreneurial and blogging experience has changed my life! It is our choice everyday… whether or not we choose to come out and be surrounded by people who love to do the same things we do everyday! (Being Bloggers!)
Now do you have a thought or an idea that you’ve noticed in yourself about how being an entrepreneur or blogger has changed your life?
Thanks for the post! For me, blogging is a creative project.
Lovely post!
Nice post!
Great post!
I liked your post! I have just started blogging and I’m not sure how to get it notis the or anything…I have only written 1 blog. Loved ur blog xx
Thanks for sharing, reposted with link and credits in my blog 🙂
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Wow what a fantastic post. I am still in the early stages of my online affiliate marketing business. As I see various possibilities I’m excited for the day that I can fire my boss and do this full time. Thanks for the insight!
Looking to get in to blogging this post describes me and makes me want to finish my blog
Very interesting. I’ve recently got into blogging and I do feel far more inspired to create something special because it’s my own project!
Love this post!
Nice post
Really positive vibes coming out of this post!
This post has actually given me so much positive energy and encouraged me to the very next level! And what you describe as a disability is in fact your power, your strength to inspire people 🙂
love your post! would love if you followed me so i could get some feedback on my new up and running blog!
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great post!! Real good for a new blogger like me..!! would love your advice on my blog..!! Please do visit..!! 🙂
I love this post! Im really new to blogging, actually only about a week into it, but I love what its done to my creative thinking! Definitely has built up my confidence and I’m no longer too shy to share my opinion.
Great Content.
Yes, i love blogging.Its not a leisure activity for me.It is passion.I want to be a succesful blogger and i will be .The thing is i have to visit different places to write my travel blogs but i also have my college.My new blog will be soon published. Your 5 and 41 number point are perfectly giving my picture.good blog !
Awesome ideas to remember! Most of us are really aware of these topics, but we tend to forget and fall into rutine again. Incredible post
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Its seems more than lucrative!! You must read this!!??
Great….Effort.
Great post, love it.
Very interesting.
Very interesting. Some of these apply to me. I hope one day I can relate to every one of these points.
Really inspiring read.
I love this post! Would you mind checking out my first post and maybe following my blog if you like it? It would be much appreciated!
Great post. I enjoyed reading it and reflecting how each of these items fit into my own life
When you feel in control of your life and destiny(#27), you’re infinitely more resourceful, energized, and inspiring. Success breeds success!
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Great !
Basically, you finally feel like you’re in charge of your own world! Great post. ^_^
I cannot agree less… Being a living testimony attest to this.
Blogging is exposing me to myself.
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I would love to reblog this!
Great content!
Thanks for the great post. The biggest benefit that I have enjoyed from being a blogger is that it really helps/forces me to organize my thoughts on very important issues before I write anything. That has been immensely helpful and therapeutic for me.
Typing my resignation letter as we speak (if only…) x x x
So true!!
Love these! 38, and 50 are favs.
Great post, Thank you
These ways were definitely true. I can’t imagine how my life would be if I hadn’t started blogging.
Can relate to a good few of those!! I admire all the different styles of writing when I read others blogs a lot of talent out there!
Haha, very nice! Recently started myself and have to admit I already feel it’s been a great decision. Free and involved in life and the surrounding experiences, I believe are some of the best perks of this path. Beautiful post! Greatly appreciate it 🙂
Some of these ring true for me. Thank you for sharing!
Creativity and real content is king
This all feels so true what a great list
It has definitely killed my boredom and made me more creative .
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to be a better blogger,writer
Fantastic! I want to be a successful online entrepreneur and want it to be full time one day. I appreciate the tips and take them to heart. Thank you ?
I like blogging too. I will do my best.
This so true. My inspiration for the week.
Love it, i already relate to so much of this
Nailed it! Very true
This is right on the money…
Lovely! Am totally experiencing most of these! ?
Wow! You said it all.
Great content!
Good tips!
And this is why I decided to start my blog! Awesome post! Saving it 🙂 I’m doing it to get out of my comfort zone and be more open and expressive.
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Even though I am not an entrepreneur right now, I could relate to most of them!!
Great post!!
I started my blog a week ago and can already relate to some of these things!
This is a great post! So much truth 🙂