100 Common Mistakes of Entrepreneurs

Author: Duan Aisheng
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The competition between masters is often not about who is stronger, but about who makes fewer mistakes. In the clash of strong hands, victory always lies with the one who avoids errors.
Why do some succeed in entrepreneurship while others fail? Why do some navigate the waves of business and career forward while others crash and sink? Why do some, with ideas, insights, and strategies, carve out new paths while others, despite their efforts, end up on the opposite side of their good intentions? Why do some innovative thinkers rise from praise and accolades while others are drowned in blame and scorn?
After reviewing materials and conducting research, this book highlights 100 pitfalls for innovators, entrepreneurs, and those preparing for entrepreneurship.
Preface
The power of ideas is boundless.
Foreword
No effort goes unrewarded.
Failure is the mother of success.
Perseverance leads to victory.
Many hands make light work.
Seeing is believing.
Rely on the strong.
Loose lips sink ships.
Eat someone else's leftovers.
A sharp knife is better than a dull one.
An outsider is no match for an insider.
， (Character is hard to change).
Don't try to become fat overnight.
Don't be shy to wear powder on your face.
Don't abandon your own land to cultivate others'.
Don't sweep away the snow in front of your door while ignoring the frost on others'.
Don't see the hook when you see the bait.
Cheap goods are no good; good goods are not cheap.
Don't miss a good deal.
The bold live, the timid die.
Lie in a place of fortune but don't know it.
Don't know that small people can also achieve great things.
Don't know that all things are interconnected.
Don't know how to go with the flow.
Don't know that harming others also harms yourself.
Don't throw away useless "good things."
Don't pay attention to minor details that are inappropriate.
Don't lose to opponents—lose to yourself.
Don't compromise.
Don't think unconventionally about unconventional things.
Get drunk on praise for your own mistakes.
Drown in comfort.
Live in complaints and grievances.
Face multiple harms but make poor choices.
Face multiple good opportunities but don't know how to let go.
Think too much before acting.
Try to use all your tricks.
Rely on others' strength.
Long for things already lost.
Wait for the sky to drop a pie.
Want to eliminate all opponents.
Stay trapped in your own small world.
Shade under the shadow of predecessors.
Take "practice makes perfect" to the extreme.
Place your hopes in others.
Treat "wise ignorance" as true ignorance.
See things that cannot be done as forever impossible.
Lack the ability to adapt to new environments.
Have no skill but refuse to be a follower.
Don't act when you should.
Don't sharpen your knife when you should.
Don't bow your head when you should.
Do things you don't want to do.
Force others to do things they don't want to do.
Be mediocre at everything.
Chase unrealistic "absolute fairness."
Chase 100% purity.
Chase distant goals that are hard to achieve.
Always follow others.
Have your head where others' butts are.
Want to understand everything.
Go beyond the law for "privileges."
The tighter you hold, the tighter you grip.
There is only one correct answer.
The higher you fly, the better.
Favor one mountain over another.
Can't see yourself.
Forget what you're supposed to do.
Don't turn back when facing problems.
Expect unrealistic promises from others.
Believe in sweet words.
Care only about yourself.
Only see your own strengths.
Be able to earn but not afford to lose.
Overly calculate wins and losses.
Overly pursue gains.
Trade principles for profit.
Meaningless "tolerance" and "politeness."
Meaningless "apologies" and "thanks."
Trick those with low intelligence.
Don't adapt to local customs.
Follow others blindly.
Learn from others but always feel superior.
Fall into others' traps.
Don't know when to let go.
Eat regrets.
Be suspicious.
Be unable to live up to fame.
Blindly follow teachers.
Always compare yourself to others.
Be greedy and lose your way.
Don't know how to leave a way for yourself.
The postscript