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Tips for Cultivating a Can-do Attitude
1. Be a Dreamer
A successful can-do attitude requires you to think like an entrepreneur. A successful entrepreneur mindset involves three essential components: the ability to be a dreamer, a realist and a critic. You need a good balance of all three so that your attitude is 'grounded'. People often spend a lot of time being one or two. You need all three. Give yourself permission to dream. Stretch your mind to imagine the fabulous, the wonderful, the absolutely perfect outcome that you want. There's a lot of truth in the saying that you have to see it to believe it. For something to come about, you have to allow for the possibility first - in your mind and in your imagination.
2. Be a Realist
Dreams are no good without applying them to reality. Get into the habit of asking yourself how something could be made possible, made real. Which dreams do you want to prioritise and take action on?
3. Be a Critic
Be your own best critic, not your worst enemy. Great ideas and plans need to be challenged, pulled apart, inspected for flaws, weaknesses. Do this objectively. Don't make it personal. This isn't about you. It's about your plan. Look at it from every angle, not just your own. Get others to look out for your blindspots. Iron out the glitches before you take it to market. Roadtest it before you try and sell it. Apply this approach to all new endeavours.
4. Just Do It!
Get on with it. When all's said and done, what's left to do is to just get on with it. Begin small if you want to, but begin you must. And, then, keep going. This is what distinguishes can-doers from everyone else. Their attitude keeps them going. They may change strategy but they stay true to their dreams. The most enduring overnight successes take years of preparation, planning and hard work.
5. Pick a good Team
Who is in your team? Who is on your side? Are your closest allies all can-doers? They need to be. Their position in your life is too key to be vague about this. Ensure your people are can-doers. They bring out the best in you and you bring out the best in them. At some point, work with a great coach to bring you on and guarantee you're performing at your best, exploiting possibilities, running with opportunities, creating new openings.
Don't let yourself down!
