Some Thoughts On What A Business Means

aldentan (67)in #steempress • 6 years ago

I wrote one on writing, so here's one on business. As an artist myself, my definitions and ideas may not resonate with many so-called businessmen, which is fine by me:

Business is not a skill.
Business is merely selling something and then people pay for it.
That said, in that definition alone, some businesses are not even businesses. They're merely funnels.
I personally think that if you truly have a business you can call your own, you'll create a product only you can create. Selling affiliate products online or through dropshipping is hence not technically not your business. You're a salesperson for a larger company.
For certain, a multi-level-marketing scheme is definitely not a business, for a person in the scheme makes money from recruiting others or making people in the scheme pay only. A real business draws in clients or customers from everywhere else.
Businesses that make money by teaching others are how to create a business or how to make money are nothing by thinly-veiled MLMs. This is extremely dangerous as naive newbies don't know any better.
Never trust anything or anyone who says they can guarantee you success. There is no guarantee in life. Death is the only guarantee.
If creating a successful business is as simple as attending a course, class or seminar, then anyone can work a shitty job for a month, make that salary, pay for such a course and be on their way. Does this make any sense to you?
The only way to learn what works for you and your business to succeed is to truly do the work, take risks, fail and then repeat until you find out what works.
Intentions like, "I want to become rich", "I want to be famous" or "I am doing this so I can go viral" are too easy. That's why they rarely ever work.
Shift your intentions instead to basic ones like, "I want to help people" and "I do this because I believe in it and I love it" and you'd have a strong foundation.
Passion is important for business. This passion is something only you can define for yourself as you discover for yourself what is art.
If your idea of passion is simply an outlet to manipulate others into thinking you're someone they can buy from, then that is not passion. That is contrived positioning/branding. The same goes for claiming that you want to help people just so you can make their money. All of this is extremely insincere.
It is contrived as saying, "My passion in life is making money", which is too easy an intention.
Ignore other businessmen or businesses who claim to be successful from hustling solely for money. That is their business, not yours. Do what you think is right with strong intentions.
Stories of business success can never capture the essence of success and life itself. There're hidden, unexplainable forces like luck, timing and basically mysteries you can never fully comprehend. So take all these stories with a pinch of salt.