????本文與《創(chuàng)業(yè)者》雜志（Entrepreneur）合作。下文最初發(fā)表于Entrepreneur.com。

????若想做一名成功的創(chuàng)業(yè)者，你必須培養(yǎng)自信。唯有具備韌性、信念與決心，創(chuàng)業(yè)才能成功。要?jiǎng)?chuàng)建一家公司并使其安然度過(guò)前18個(gè)月，創(chuàng)業(yè)者必須避免一些糟糕的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者經(jīng)常犯的錯(cuò)誤：

????1. 猜疑自己和員工

????真正的自信源自對(duì)團(tuán)隊(duì)和自己的信任。創(chuàng)業(yè)者應(yīng)該保證足夠長(zhǎng)的招聘過(guò)程，以找到并留住合適的人才，因?yàn)槿瞬抨P(guān)乎公司成敗。許多雇主現(xiàn)在提供入職前假期，或根據(jù)第一個(gè)項(xiàng)目來(lái)聘用員工，在確定員工真正適合公司之后再提供全職崗位。

????提供有趣、有保障的工作環(huán)境，以及豐厚的福利、利潤(rùn)分享和新技術(shù)，讓員工知道你欣賞他們，同時(shí)也可以幫助員工以更飽滿的情緒創(chuàng)造公司的未來(lái)。

????如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)你開(kāi)始對(duì)自己或員工產(chǎn)生猜疑，立即糾正這種錯(cuò)誤的態(tài)度，以免動(dòng)搖自己的信心。

????2. 妥協(xié)于所謂的優(yōu)先事項(xiàng)

????在創(chuàng)業(yè)過(guò)程中，優(yōu)秀的員工是關(guān)鍵，但許多創(chuàng)業(yè)者太過(guò)于忙碌公司的運(yùn)營(yíng)，從而忽視了生活中對(duì)他們非常重要的其他事情。創(chuàng)建公司是他們最關(guān)心的事情，但是，如果不采取重視的態(tài)度，并安排出專門的時(shí)間，他們與朋友和家人的關(guān)系會(huì)在不知不覺(jué)中變淡。

????這同樣適用于愛(ài)好與“自我關(guān)懷”時(shí)間：創(chuàng)業(yè)者不僅要計(jì)劃工作項(xiàng)目或會(huì)議，也要安排冥想、鍛煉身體、閱讀和其他享樂(lè)時(shí)間（即便只是花幾個(gè)小時(shí)瀏覽ESPN或其他新聞網(wǎng)站）。波特蘭心理治療診所（Portland Psychotherapy Clinic）發(fā)現(xiàn)，個(gè)人愛(ài)好比金錢更能讓一個(gè)人幸福。從事這些愛(ài)好，并抽出時(shí)間陪伴至愛(ài)親朋，可以減輕壓力，提高自信。

????3. 拒絕學(xué)習(xí)新技能

????成功自信的創(chuàng)業(yè)者必須適應(yīng)公司當(dāng)前的需求。雖然你可能需要一位程序員或設(shè)計(jì)師來(lái)修改網(wǎng)站，但這有可能超出預(yù)算，或者他們正在從事其他項(xiàng)目，脫不開(kāi)身。這種情況需要自信的創(chuàng)業(yè)者不懼怕學(xué)習(xí)新事物，例如編程或圖形設(shè)計(jì)。Skillshare、Lynda、CodeAcademy、UniversalClass和Treehouse等網(wǎng)站（或當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)學(xué)院）可以幫助創(chuàng)業(yè)者不用花大價(jià)錢便可學(xué)到新的技能。

????4. 過(guò)于關(guān)注外部評(píng)價(jià)

????聽(tīng)到媒體或其他人對(duì)你公司或產(chǎn)品的正面反饋，確實(shí)能帶來(lái)持續(xù)的滿足感，但自信的創(chuàng)業(yè)者和公司沒(méi)必要沾沾自喜，聽(tīng)到負(fù)面反饋時(shí)也不應(yīng)該妄自菲薄。

????專注于內(nèi)部目標(biāo)和理念，才是創(chuàng)建公司的關(guān)鍵，所以，外部反饋確實(shí)是完善產(chǎn)品的有效途徑，但它不應(yīng)該左右你的工作或毀掉你的生活。許多公司老板只關(guān)心別人的看法，結(jié)果妨礙了公司的創(chuàng)意過(guò)程，反過(guò)來(lái)導(dǎo)致他們的產(chǎn)品出現(xiàn)問(wèn)題。

????This post is in partnership with Entrepreneur. The article below was originally published at Entrepreneur.com.

????If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to bleed confidence. Starting something on your own takes tenacity, faith and determination to make it work. To have a business that makes it past the first 18 months, these qualities of poor leaders are certainly going to be on your list of things to avoid:

????1. Second guess themselves and their employees

????True confidence comes from being able to trust your team and yourself. Make sure your hiring process is long enough to find and keep the right people, as this can make or break your company. Many employers are now offering pre-cations or hiring employees for an initial first project to make sure they are a good fit before hiring them full time.

????Offering a fun and secure work environment with great benefits, profit sharing and new technology can let employees know you appreciate them while also helping them become more emotionally invested in the future of the company.

????If you find yourself second guessing yourself or your employees, take the time to fix it before your confidence becomes too shaken.

????2. Compromise their priorities

????When you are building a business, great employees are key, but many entrepreneurs get so tied up in making their business work that they forget about what else in their lives are important to them. Building a business is their main concern, but relationships with friends and family can slip through the cracks if they don’t make it a priority to schedule time for them.

????This also goes for hobbies and “self-care” time: meditation, exercise, reading and other things done for enjoyment (even if it’s just browsing on ESPN or some other news site for a few hours) deserve to be scheduled just as much as work projects or meetings. It has been shown that hobbies make people more happy than money, according to the Portland Psychotherapy Clinic. Confidence is boosted when stress is reduced through hobbies and time with loved ones.

????3. Refuse to learn new skills

????The confident and successful entrepreneur has to adapt to their business’s current needs. While you may need a programmer or designer to make website changes, it may not be in the budget, or they might stuck working on a different project. Instances like this require the confident entrepreneur to put aside any trepidation at learning something new, such as coding or graphic design. Websites such as Skillshare, Lynda, CodeAcademy, UniversalClass and Treehouse (or local community colleges) can help entrepreneurs learn new skills without a high monetary cost.

????4. Focus on external validation

????It can be endlessly satisfying to hear positive feedback from the media or others about your company or products, but confident entrepreneurs and companies shouldn’t take it less (or more) seriously than negative feedback.

????Focusing on internal goals and ideas is what built the company in the first place, so while external feedback is a great way to improve a product, it shouldn’t have the power to completely overhaul how you work or ruin your day. Too many business owners focus on what others are thinking and it ends up impeding their creative process, which in turn causes their products to suffer.