2- Mindset: Having a short-term mindset is a serious setback to building a successful business. People with short-term mindsets often suffer from a condition called “get rich quick syndrome”. Rather than directing their efforts and energy towards building structures and establishing processes that will eventually lead to growth, people that suffer from the “get rich syndrome” are devising ways to earn much money within the shortest possible time in ways that are often dishonest and insensible. They lack a creative mindset.  You cannot be a successful businessman if you have a short-term mindset.  Successful businessmen have one thing in common which is they invest their time, energy and resources today and hope for a harvest in the near future. Although these people are actively working on their business processes and structures today, they are all aware that tangible results and benefits will surely come.