Book Review
Entrepreneurship is a Marathon, according to international business coach, global speaker, digital nomad, and author Elizabeth Miner. Her book, The Entrepreneur Advantage: Emotional Intelligence for Building and Growing Your Business, is a great tool to have in your personal business building race. Elizabeth shares her knowledge and encourages entrepreneurs to think more deeply and personally about how they operate and show up in their business to create complete and sustainable success.
The Entrepreneur Advantage by Elizabeth Miner is a guide to anticipating pitfalls and roadblocks, to help you get past them and fulfill your business vision. Throughout her career as a corporate paralegal and global business coach, Elizabeth recognized distinct patterns in the success, and failure, of entrepreneurs.This book distills the knowledge gained during her years working with entrepreneurs and startups around the world. Whatever the industry or market, strengthening emotional intelligence gives entrepreneurs an edge over their competition and maximizes their odds for success. Emotional intelligence is the entrepreneur advantage. Elizabeth shares ten tools to overcome the doubts, pitfalls, and fatigue that can torment even the most capable business owner.
In this book, you will discover your own best methods for Decision-Making and follow-through; learn how to strengthen your position by identifying and building upon your personal Risk Profile; and boost your Self-Discipline to move your business forward.
Author Quotes
My latest book, The Entrepreneur Advantage, provides the next generation of entrepreneurs the skill sets to change the failure rate statistics and build stronger businesses starting with the founder.
I found myself pulled into coaching by colleagues who were inspired by my “guts” to create a different life for myself. With my experiences and legal background, I began to guide them as they create the careers and lives they envision.
One of the hardest things about running a business is facing the unknown unknowns. It’s hard enough having responsibility for things you know little about. But when those are things you never thought you’d ever have to do, it can seem overwhelming.
About the Author
Elizabeth Miner is an unconventional success. Combining her 20+ years as a corporate paralegal with coaching clients around the globe, she has a unique worldview of entrepreneurship. Elizabeth recognized distinct patterns in the success and failure of business owners and has been piecing together where traditional education has failed entrepreneurs.Her research has revealed the key factor to beating the failure rate statistics for entrepreneurs is understanding how the human engine that runs a business works. Elizabeth hosts the podcast, entrepreneurs IRL, sharing the real life stories of entrepreneurs making their way through the entrepreneurial journey.
Why LoA loves it…
We all know that being an entrepreneur is not an easy decision, and no matter how passionate you are about what you do, or how much experience you have under your belt, it can still be challenging. Therefore, any advantage you can gain to give you the edge, to keep going, has to be a good thing. In her book, The Entrepreneur Advantage, Elizabeth shares ten tools to overcome the doubts, pitfalls, and fatigue that can torment even the most capable business owner. It’s like having your own personal business coach on side, providing encouragement and advice. A great read! — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo, Lionesses of Africa