Winkley Homebuilders is built, from the ground to the top of entrepreneurs and risk takers. This is commonplace in the community of Springfield-Branson Homebuilders, as entrepreneurial spirit goes hand in hand with the life of a contractor. However, what is not guaranteed in the Springfield-Branson Home Builder community is quality of experience and principle. When a prospective business owner wants to enter into an arena as well populated as the Springfield-Branson Homebuilding community, they need to establish themselves in a unique manner. There are core values that we look for in every member of Winkley Homebuilders, and these can also help make you a productive Springfield-Branson Homebuilder, or member of any other trade.
Principle 1 – Vision
When starting as an entrepreneur, one of the most basic traits that must be found in each prospective business owner is a vision. G-d gives us all goals. What are yours? You don’t want to do the same thing that everyone else is doing. If you have a creative vision, and you can see its end, then you have direction to strive for. Without this, then you aren’t really an entrepreneur, you just like the idea. This is something that sets Winkley Homebuilders apart from other Springfield-Branson Homebuilders.
Principle 2 – Adaptability
Now that you have established a unique and creative vision for your niche, you cannot develop rigidity. As a member of an ever changing industry, and in life, you must be able to ‘roll with the punches’ so – to – speak. Challenges, new direction, and unforeseen forced changes will occur. Adapt, and understand that that is part of the journey of every risk taker. Any Springfield-Branson Home Builder has had to change and grow. This does not mean you sacrifice your values, philosophy or overall passion in these changes, it just means to not pick fights you don’t need to. This muscle will be stretched as you gain experience.
Principle 3 – Inquiring Mind
Going along with the fight against rigidity, if you have a passion, you will always grow. You will seek people, education, and other resources to improve your knowledge in your given field. Don’t ever stop learning, your competitors will definitely not. One thing that will impress prospective clients is a well spoken display of a solid knowledge of what you are offering. So constantly seek further instruction, and don’t grow sedentary in your progress. Don’t be afraid to learn new things.
Principle 4 – Risk Taker
A term that should be no unfamiliar stranger to any aspiring entrepreneur/business starter or owner, is risk taker. You will, by default, take risks when developing, producing, improving, and selling your idea, trade, survive, etc. If you have something that you believe is of value, you have to take big steps to prove that value to others, and this is an enherit trait in all successful business owners. Talk to people, invest, work hard, and pour into your ideas. These and other risks could pay off, and there will always be unknown factors. However, be heavily cautioned against making unwise and rash decisions. There is a gray area, find it.
Principle 5 – Communications
When you own a business, you are most definitely going to need to engage in many, many communications. Whether with clients, employees, fellow businesses, clients, or others, you need to be able to communicate your thoughts and ideas with the others around you. This is possibly the pinnacle of all trades and ventures. Knowing how to form those ideas that you have in tangible ways for the world to interact with. The first of those dimensions is verbal. This is how you will gain initial support, form teams, establish goals, and pitch/sell your idea.
Principle 6 – Stewardship
When executing these principles, and moving forward with your visions, you will have a variety of resources at your disposal. How you handle these various resources may grow to define the success and sustainability of your venture. Handling finances, material resources, human resources and relationships is very important to longevity. All entrepreneurs have to allocate their resources wisely and with discretion.
Principle 7 – Perspective
When walking through their various highs, lows and trials of starting, owning and maintaining a business, it is important to keep perspective. This is where relationships, partners, counselors can all become a great aid to your venture. Knowing where you’ve come from and where you’re headed will help in vigilance. Also, seeing the big picture will inform lots of those ‘big decisions.’
Principle 8 – Direction
Similar, yet unique to our first principle, direction maintaints as steady and important aspect of your business. While your visions are usually more constant, a direction is ever changing. Direction is the proverbial buoy to the lighthouse that is your vision. You have a vision, but there will be many valleys in which a clear path is not known. Choosing a direction may indeed lead to a good destination, or it may reveal a path that is not for you and your business. Either way, choosing a direction will lead to education and understanding.
Principle 9 – Perseverance
Along with Principle 8, is another pillar of the entrepreneurial spirit. The certainty of obstacles and unforeseen forces is as present as the sky is blue and grass is green. Through those times, your vision will light the way, and your perseverance will push you forward. Again, knowing and being steady in your vision is important. If you have no stability, the first obstacle will shake you more than if you were solid in your goal.
Principle 10 – Humility
In all these things, never grow over confident. If you are captain of the entrepreneurial ship, you need to know the value of learning and a humble spirit. Don’t be arrogant in your dealings and decisions, as it will drive away all success. People will have better ideas than you, and that may indeed be where your best ideas come from. But an obstinate business owner will miss many lessons in the venture to prove that he is ready, instead of simply doing what is necessary to be ready.