4 Ways To Turn Your Personality To A Profitable Venture
4 Ways To Turn Your Personality To A Profitable Venture
Personality qualities are attributed to happiness, physical and psychological health, and the quality of relationships. It affects the way a person behaves, their occupational choice, and performance at work. Personality traits incite a person’s tendency to act. According to Burger, personality is the consistent behavior patterns and intrapersonal processes that originate from within an individual.
Your success in business isn’t always defined by how well you did in school, how many degrees you have or where your business is located. It boils down to your personality, your perspective, and how you see things in life. Your personality is the seat of your individuality, what makes you who you are, different from someone else. Contrary to what many people believe, you don’t have to be a type-A person to start a successful business. You should rather work on your personality.
Personality differences are those things that make you unique in your own way. It affects the kinds of business you can go into, how you relate with people and how you respond to situations.
There are numerous things that can affect your career or business choice, like skills, experience, and educational background. But one factor that we often overlook is personality. It shouldn’t be that way, because a little bit of self-awareness, knowing how you differ from others, can turn your personality into a great career venture.
Even if you’re an employee to a boss, understanding your personality can help you relate well with your boss and coworkers. You would be aware of your personality and be in control of it, so it doesn’t end up controlling you and the way you behave.
Below are some of the ways you can turn your personality into a profitable venture.
- Acknowledge Your Bright Side
It is not a cliche to say that everyone has both strengths and weaknesses. Each person has different personality based strengths that they bring to life. Identifying your strengths is important, though it is not the only thing you need for a business. You have to embrace the bright side of your personality, as they provide the raw materials of your ability.
For instance, if you’re an extrovert, you’ll most likely be confident and ambitious. A career in public speaking or sales representative could be bad for you. But if you’re less of an extrovert but you’re disciplined and inquisitive, then technology could be your thing. Look at the successful business people in the world today, it wouldn’t be unlikely that if they had gone into another area of business, might not be as successful. They were aware of their strengths and harnessed it.
The bright side of your personality determines largely, what abilities you’re likely to acquire, and how well you perform in business.
- Curb Your Dark Side
It is natural for human beings to ignore their negative qualities, but it is necessary you acknowledge them too. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. And as much as it is important to know your strengths to harness them, you should also know your weaknesses to curb them.
Your dark sides are the toxic sides that harm your strengths if you do not curb them. They serve as threats to your business potentials, and how you relate with people. No matter how skillful you are in any area, your weakness will bring you down if you do not do something about it. You can, however, work on the weaknesses that they work for you, rather than against you.
To curb your weaknesses, you need to know them first. What are my dark tendencies? How do they show up? Some people’s weaknesses might be moodiness which makes them irritable to others. Some others might be aggressiveness, or narcissistic. Whatever your weaknesses are, it is your duty to identify them before they become harmful to your business.
4 Ways To Turn Your Personality To A Profitable Venture
Every negative tendency that people possess has a way of affecting their careers in different ways. Some weaknesses can look positive, that you tend to avoid them and see them as non-harmful. Traits like excessive confidence in self can turn into arrogance. But if you’re not aware, you might feel it is good to have self-confidence.
If you’re able to recognize the strengths behind your weaknesses, you can use them in moderation, instead of allowing them to control you, and you abuse them. You also need to know when you’re likely to show forth your weaknesses. It might be when you’re under stress, and your guards are down. When you know what causes something, you’re a step ahead of solving it.
The best way to keep your weaknesses in check in such a situation is to watch how you stress yourself. If you have to avoid too tasking jobs, so you don’t feel overwhelmed, then you should. You have to be in control of your weaknesses, else they will control you and greatly affect your business negatively.
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- Be Passionate
Being passionate about something helps you to be determined about whatever it is you’re doing. After you have recognized your strengths and weaknesses, you need to be passionate. How determined are you to turn your personality traits into a business venture? How far are you willing to go with it? Are you willing to take risks to achieve your goals?
If you’re not passionate about a business career, there’s only so much you can do to be successful in it. It is the passion you bring to the table that others will see and be willing to join you and support you. You can’t force people to believe in your passion, but when they see how passionate you are, they’ll be compelled to go with you.
4 Ways To Turn Your Personality To A Profitable Venture
- Train Your Personality
It is not enough that you have an amazing personality for a business, you should get trained for it. You cannot perform beyond what you’re trained for. Train your personality, work on your skills and talents, and your business will be better for it.
You can improve on your personality, and not only can you improve on it, but you can also develop it in ways you never believed was possible. Personality is not permanent, as many people believe. Personality was set in place from childhood, but as you grow, you can improve on it.
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- 2018 SME Business Trainer and Coaching Advisor at GIZ for SME Loop.
- 2018 YALI RLC Online Cohort 9
- 2017 Fellow, Inspire Africa Train-the-Trainer Entrepreneurship programme sponsored by US Consulate Lagos and the Dickey Center, U.S.A.
- 2016 Fellow, Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme
- 2015 Top 50 Innovative Entrepreneurs, BET5 by Diamond Bank and EDC, PAU.
He is an alumnus of Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Lagos Business School (LBS), Pan-Atlantic University (PAU). Through his training, mentoring, speaking and coaching programmes, he has empowered many young people over the years to start and grow their own business, build wealth, create multiple streams of income and achieve financial independence.
- He is a Certified Trainer in Design Thinking by the U.S Consulate, Lagos and the inspire Africa Entrepreneurship Institute.
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