The 1 Thing All Entrepreneurs Need to Do

“I’ve never found anyone that didn’t want to help me if I asked them for help,” said Steve Jobs. “Most people never ask … and that’s what separates, sometimes, the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.”

In the entrepreneurial industry online, this is especially true. There has never been a more isolating business than this one, but that doesn’t mean you have to work in a bubble where you never ask for or receive assistance from others.

This is a business where there is no formal education or degree that is going to map out every step you need to take from start to finish in order to succeed. In fact, there are too many different pathways you can take, which almost makes it more like a “Choose Your Adventure” scenario.

But asking for help is sometimes either intimidating or unacceptable for certain men and women. There are those who insist on doing it all themselves because they have too much pride to turn to others and ask for help.

There are also those who are just too shy to reach out to another person because they feel like a burden having to ask for information or assistance with something they may not know how to do.

Online Marketing Isolation Is Self Sabotage

Repeat after me: “There is no way I can know every single thing there is to do as an online entrepreneur.” This is a multi-hat career path. You have to do things like write content, research, learn technical things, master social media, be a blogger and email marketer, handle customer service issues, figure out copywriting and more.

To think you can quickly earn money and simultaneously master all of this (and more) is ridiculous. If you do intend on taking a full DIY path, it’s going to take ample time, which means slower earnings.