Chelsea Singh’s latest Business Quotes

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
Niccolo Machiavelli

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.
William Feather

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
Adam Smith

All lasting business is built on friendship.
Alfred A. Montapert

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
Steve Jobs

 

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More quotes about making it in business, from Chelsea Singh

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Thomas A. Edison

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Colin Powell

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Steve Jobs

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

Henry R. Luce

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

Sam Walton

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Napoleon Hill

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

Albert Einstein

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

Bruce Lee

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Bill Cosby


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Could you run your own business? Part Three: Determination

This is the third of three articles exploring what sort of personality traits it takes to run your own business.

You can read the first part of the article here, or, read the second part here.

If you’re considering leaving employment and starting your own business, there must be something that sparked that desire. Perhaps you’re unhappy with your job, or maybe you’re tempted by the advantages of not having a boss, or perhaps (and this is becoming more and more common in the current economic climate) you’ve been made redundant and have a lump sum of money that is inspiring this idea.

But not everybody has what it takes to be an entrepreneur and run their own business. We’ve already looked at how important discipline and a thick skin are – this week we’ll look at perhaps the most important trait of all – determination.

Determination

Determination runs underneath discipline and a thick skin – it is the core of everything. All business owners get plenty of knocks along the way, and everybody has some failures. The difference between those that make it as success and those that don’t is determination.

Some people will wobble at the first bad news and throw the towel in. Others will see that as a challenge to relish and will find a way round, over or through the issue. Then, if they’re faced with another, they do it over, and over again.

Running your own business does not allow a lot of room for complacency, if you want an easy life, without stress or uncertainty, then you should probably stick to employment.

But if you’ve got what it takes to keep fighting against the odds, just because it’s in your bones to succeed, then you may have what it takes to become a successful business owner.

Could you run your own business? Part Two: Thick Skin.

If you haven’t read part one of this article, go here.

Some business owners, like Chelsea Singh, always knew they were going to run their own business. There was simply no question about it, it was an itch that had to be scratched and was just waiting for the right moment.

Others start out in normal employment and just consider running a business as a possible alternative, thinking about the benefits of freedom and potential wealth it could bring.

So if you’ve got the itch, how do you know if you’ve got what it takes to actually make a success of your own business?
 

Thick Skin

You’ll need resilience and a thick skin to make it on your own in the business world. Criticism can come from all sides, including well-meaning friends and family who think you’re making a mistake and it’s all going to end in tears.

Then you’ll meet other business owners who criticize your ideas or methods or might be deliberately malicious if they think you’re infringing on their territory.

Also, not all customers are reasonable, and every business owner has their share of rants directed at them, no matter how unreasonable, or how much they’ve bent over backwards to try to keep the client happy.

If you already know that you’re sensitive to criticism, and every time anyone disapproves of anything you do, you spend weeks brooding about it, then it might be worth reconsidering running your own business, and the benefits may not be worth the anxiety that will also come along.

If you’re a bit sensitive, but think you can take it, then prepare yourself for a bumpy ride and hang in there!

Read the next part of the article here.

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Could you run your own business? Part One: Discipline.

Chelsea Singh knew from when he was practically a child that he was going to run his own business one day, and that being employed was simply not an option.

For some people it’s simply something they know, something they feel from very early on, the way other people know they want to be a doctor, or a pilot.

For others, they may start in a more normal route of employment and then later in life decide they want to try their hand at striking out alone.

So what sort of traits and skills does it take to run your own business?

Arguably, the most important traits in someone who is going to start up and run their own business are discipline, a thick skin and determination.

In this article we will explore the first of these; discipline.

A business owner needs discipline

This is absolutely critical for people just starting up. It’s so easy to slump down to the home office in your pyjamas, then spend the morning making coffee, doing the laundry, tidying up – basically anything other than getting on with work. Then, as the days go by and there’s no one else there, punctuality slips and soon you’re rocking up at 10.30am and taking three hour lunch breaks.

This sort of behaviour a successful business will not make.

To get your business up and running and not vanishing into nothingness before you’ve even gotten started, you need to have discipline. Each of us has different levels of natural discipline, but there are a few habits and patterns you can train yourself into to help.

Here are a few tips for getting your habit of discipline into place:

·         Get dressed as if you were going to the office, even though the only person who’s going to see you is the cat. This has a huge mental impact and helps separate ‘work’ time from ‘home’ time.

·         Be strict about hours. Have a specific start time and – and this is much more important than you may think – finish time. And decide on a lunch hour, that you take at the same time every day. Don’t be late and don’t stay for hours of overtime every day. Doing overtime is fine if it’s necessary as a one off, but it shouldn’t be a habit.

·         Have monthly meetings with someone where you have to explain what you’ve achieved that month and what your targets are for the next month.

Read the next part of the article here. 

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More inspiring quotes from Chelsea Singh

"Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming." – Richard Branson
 
"Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy." – Norman Schwarzkopf

"The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer." – Nolan Bushnell

"To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult." – Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth

"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!" – C.J. Walker

"The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can’t do." – Dennis Waitley

Investment Opportunities - facts about high yield investments

How can you spot good investment opportunities? Successful investors know that there's no definite way to be sure an investment is going to produce high yields, and it's necessary to take risks and be prepared to lose some if you want to win some.

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Here are some facts about investments.

No sector is guaranteed - for a long time people thought property was the safest investment, 'guaranteed' to always produce returns. As we've discovered in recent years, EVERYTHING can crash.

It's not about what, but when and how much - any investment can be good if you're getting it at a good enough price, and equally, shares in the most profitable company in the world aren't going to do much good if you're overpaid for them.

Psychology is more important than economics or statistics - otherwise all mathematicians would be millionaires. That's because the markets are volatile and personal and react with emotion, not with cold calculation.

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Chelsea Singh's Tips for Entrepreneurs that are Starting out

The entrepreneur is a rare breed. Sure, there are plenty of people who think it would be nice to run their own business one day, but for most of them it will never happen. So what sets entrepreneurs out from mere mortals?

It's about being bold and confident enough to take what you want, about having a strong self-belief and self confidence even in the face of opposition, and it's about getting to know the right people to help you on your way.

Don't be afraid to take risks

If there's one thing that makes an antrepreneur, it's a willingness to take risks. If you're not willing to take a risk, you're never going to win anything more than average. taking risks means getting it wrong sometimes. But entrepreneurs don't have time to cry over spilt milk, they have to move stright onto the next project.

Become a great networker

It's all about who you know. But that doesn't mean you have to be born into a family with riches and connections (thought that certainly helps). Chelsea Singh is evidence that it's possible to build up from nothing - but you have to make friends adn contacts on the way and you have to be willing to take their advice and know when to listen to their assistance.

Don't listen to people who put you down

If you have big dreams and are willing to take the risks to reach them, there will always be people who like nothing better than putting you down and telling you that it's never going to work. That's because they know they're never going to make more of themselves and so they don't want anybody else to either.

If you've got the entrepreneurial spirit, then contact Chelsea Singh via his business and who knows - maybe you could be working together on the next big thing.

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Chelsea Singh Investments joins Facebook

That's right - Chelsea Singh Investments' latest social networking addition is a Facebook page for the company. The Facebook page will have details of all the latest investment and projects, and also the latest movements of our director - Chelsea Singh.

It will be a rouce of inspiration through quotes from some of the greatest thinkers and entrepreneurs of our time, as well as being a place for you to share your thouhts and experiences of CHelsea Singh Investments. We're always striving to do better each and every day, so all feedback and suggestions are welcome, even if we can't implement everything right away!

Come pay us a visit and say hello!

http://www.facebook.com/ChelseaSinghInvestments

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