10 Things Entrepreneurs Should Never Say — to Themselves

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Are you your business’s worst enemy? Let’s make sure that’s not the case.

Here are eight things entrepreneurs and small business owners should never say to themselves:

“I deserve a reward for all my sacrifice.” Taking needed cash out of the business as some form of reward for blood, sweat, and entrepreneurial tears will ruin your business. If your business spins off bundles of cash, great. You earned it. If it doesn’t, how hard you’ve worked doesn’t matter. “Deserve” has nothing to do with it: You only deserve what your business generates.
“I just need a great idea…” Ideas are exciting but relatively worthless. Executed ideas are priceless. Searching for a brilliant idea to save your business is a sign you lack the discipline to roll up your sleeves and do the execution dirty work. If your business model is sustainable, find ways to fix what is broken. Those are the only ideas you need.