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•  Systematic Planning: Successful entrepreneurs decide future course of action keeping in mind the goals to be
                    achieved. They believe in developing relevant and realistic plans and ensure proper execution of the same in pursuit
                    of running a successful enterprise.
                 •  Efficiency: Many entrepreneurs are always keen to devise new methods aimed at promoting efficiency. They try and
                    create new methods that aim at making working easier, simpler, better, and economical.

                 •  Information Seeking: A successful entrepreneur always keeps his/her eyes and ears open and is receptive to new
                    ideas which can help in realizing his goals. He/she is always open to consult with experts and mentors to get the
                    right guidance and advice.

                 •  Persistence: An entrepreneur is never disheartened by failures and keeps trying, adapting and iterating to overcome
                    obstacles that come in the way of achieving goals.

                 •  Negotiation skills: Negotiation skills for entrepreneurs are critically important to business success. There a number
                    of scenarios where an entrepreneur's negotiation skills come into play such as supplier relations, customer sales,
                    employee hiring, securing investors etc.
                 •  Team Building: Team building is any action or method that brings a group of individuals together and motivates
                    them to work cooperatively as a team. It refers to the various activities undertaken to motivate the team members
                    and increase the overall performance of the team.



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                      Match the situations to the type of attitude that an entrepreneur is showing.         [NCERT]

                            Situation                                                 Attitude
                            a.  Aamir  has  been  an  entrepreneur  for  15  years.  His  business  (i) Decisiveness
                              has a culture, where people working with him are free to give
                              feedback on his work and share new ideas for the business .

                            b.  Shanaya wants to start a sweet shop. After speaking to some  (ii) Taking initiative
                              people  in  her  area,  she  finds  out  that  nobody  sells  healthy
                              sweets. She decides to make non-fried sweets.

                            c.  Malvika  has  a  book  selling  business.  One  day,  a  shipment  (iii) Interpersonal skills
                              of her books gets lost. This creates a lot of problems for her
                              customers. She apologises to them and works hard for two
                              days to get a new shipment by the next day.

                            d.  Archana  wants  to  start  a  24x7  medical  shop  in  her  village.  (iv) Perseverance
                              However, she does not know anything about medicines and
                              has  doubts  about  her  selling  skills.  After  talking  to  some
                              people, she realises how important it is. Finally, she works with
                              a pharmacist to set up a medical store.












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