Before the start-up of any business, one should know his strengths and weaknesses. Then only your business will run in the market for a longer time. If you have a better capacity to know what your strengths are and how will you utilize these for your business which you are going to start up.
Every person is unique and different from others. So the weaknesses and strengths of different people are also different. So the main thing before the start-up of any business you should better know your strengths so that you utilize that fully in your business. And by knowing your weaknesses, you can easily understand how to overcome it.
So, here are 8 Steps at the below to discover your Strengths, if you are going to start up your next business
1. Determining & knowing your Soft Skills:
Soft skills are the attributes that enable you to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people. These are the skills that you cannot measure easily, but it can be seen in your behavior and work. These skills are inbuilt in you automatically from birth or from starting age.
Some examples of soft skills are as follows:
- Having a strong knowledge of self-awareness
- Being highly optimistic
- Having enough patience
- Good listener
- Better communicating power
- Leadership quality
2. Breaking down your biggest wins:
When you will push yourself beyond your comfort zone, you get more knowledge about yourself. So with the help of your soft skills put all your efforts to achieve goals. So if there is urgently work completion required for your company, then work double in the day as well as at night. And sleep only for 4-5 hours each night for little rest and still again work the next morning with full enthusiasm and energy.
3. Figuring out what are the best things naturally in you:
Only you know better yourself and your area of interest. Focus on knowing at least five things you are natural at, and then utilize these best things you have in your star-up business. So you should know by asking yourself these questions:
- Did you ever play a mediator role between your groups of friends?
- Are you a naturally talented athlete?
- Do you have the ability to make others smile and laugh easily?
So by knowing these answers, you will know these are most likely your strongest soft skills – ones you’ve possessed since very early on in your life.
4. Asking others what your strengths are:
Once you have done your introspection and come to knew what the best things you have are. so the next step is to ask the people you know and trust, as the second opinion is also important. The responses from them will help you in validating a business idea and help you in achieving your goals set by you.
5. Get an idea by making business Hypothetical Scenario:
Create a hypothetical situation and ask yourself which role is best suited for you naturally within your group.
Ask yourself these below question to know which role is best for you in the company:
- Do you want overall planning for the company or you will hire someone else for it?
- Is there a specific part of the project you want to handle?
- Do you take the initiative to assign responsibilities, or do you prefer to be given your role within the group?
6. What are your Hard Skills?
Hard skills are well-defined skills that can easily be measured. These skills utilization are also important when it comes to becoming a successful entrepreneur. So focusing on using your hard skills is essential to maximizing profit for the business.
Few examples of common hard skills are as follows:
- Good coding with the help of HTML, JAVA Script, etc.
- Perfect designing through Photoshop etc.
7. What do you love to do most?
Taking a look at the things you truly love doing and by knowing your area of interest, you can easily achieve your goals.
8. Deciding what comes next:
Once you know your soft and hard skills. So your next step is to utilize this knowledge in your business for better results. You need to use all these skills for your next start-up business.
So with the help of these above steps, you can run your next start-up business for a longer run in the market. And by utilizing your all inner strengths you can achieve your goal in minimum time.