If you are an aspiring entrepreneur entering the competitive world of business, you are likely to face challenges and setbacks. Balancing your determination with a strong mindset is imperative to achieve your entrepreneurial vision.
Here, award-winning business coach Melitta Campbell BusinessBecause offers her advice on how entrepreneurs can develop a winning mentality:
Entrepreneurs often spend a lot of time getting their business up and running, but the most important thing is missing: themselves. 
It’s easy to forget the importance of working on yourself, but doing so helps leaders stand out, have the courage to speak up, and be visible in the competitive business landscape.
In business, your mindset is everything. Look at any successful entrepreneur and they all usually have a positive, open and creative mindset. So if you want to move toward future success, here are seven ways to develop a strong mindset.
1. Learn from your setbacks
When things don’t go to plan, instead of berating yourself, look at the situation and just say “fascinating.” Think about what happened and what you could do better or differently next time. During this process, refrain from using words like: could, could, or could have, and instead focus on what lessons to apply next time.
Mastery of everything is all about continuous growth and development, so making mistakes and learning from them is an important part of the entrepreneurial journey and building a winning mentality.
2. Invest in developing a winning mindset through training and self-development
Training, education and self-development is something everyone needs to do throughout their career as there are always new things to learn, to keep up to date with the latest business developments and trends and skills that need to be improved and honed.
The mantra “every day is a school day” is true. In addition to the more formal education you get in business school, smart leaders invest in daily self-development through reading books and articles, listening to podcasts, and watching videos. The best investment a leader can make is in their own development.
3. Watch out for negativity
In today’s world, leaders can be exposed to myriad negative influences that can present a limited view of what is truly possible. Be aware of negative influences from those around you, news, other publications, and social media, as these can quickly undermine a winning attitude. Instead, make an effort to consciously replace them with more positive influences.
4. Create an inspiring entrepreneurial vision
A useful exercise for leaders and entrepreneurs is to think ahead to where they want to be in five to ten years. where will you live what will you do every day how will you feel
Create a vision of the future that is as exciting and inspiring as possible for you. Don’t worry about current resource limitations, instead give yourself permission to dream as big and vividly as possible. Repeat this vision in your mind at least once a day. This will program you to believe that this reality is possible, and you will soon find yourself looking at challenges and opportunities in new ways.
5. Engage in gratitude
The simplest tools and practices often have the greatest positive impact on success. Gratitude is one of them. Business leaders and entrepreneurs should write down at least three things they’re grateful for each day, and then watch as negativity and doubt are replaced with a world of opportunity.
Gratitude is also strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness. Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, enjoy good experiences, improve health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.
6. Get help develop a mindset for success
No one succeeds in business alone and there are no exceptions to this rule. It is very important who leaders surround themselves with. The people in your close circle of friends and colleagues will influence your ability to develop a mindset that supports the achievement of your goals and dreams.
Executives can also seek professional help from business coaches, mentors and trainers to build and maintain their success mentality over the long term. This can be especially helpful when you are striving to be or do something that others around you have not yet achieved.
7. Smile
Last but not least, remember to smile. Life is to be enjoyed and a simple smile can do wonders. It can reduce stress, increase wellbeing, and make people feel more successful and confident. Best of all, it elicits more smiles from those around it, and that inevitably makes leaders feel happy and successful.
Melitta Campbell
