How do you avoid the issue of being a giant in your own mind and turning your dream into a fantasy you will never achieve?
One of our colleagues, Russ Hahn, expressed some interesting comments about entrepreneurs at a recent network meeting. Russ outlined some of the pitfalls entrepreneurs face, including denial, boredom, loss of focus, oversimplifying leadership and omnipotence (I thought Viagra could fix this but he insists it is an “I-can do-anything” attitude.)
I agree with all of these comments and would like to add a few of my own. I meet many contractors who are quite bright, have great ideas and are very interesting people — and they fail. In fact, one might call them dreamers. Dreamers are exciting people and fun to be around. One might also say that dreamers settled America, invented new technology, founded the New World and made our country what it is today. However, it is important to note that there is a big difference between dreaming and fantasizing.