Want to know what factors lead to success? Biz Plan Hacks has an interesting summary about a seven-year study on 500 successful people. As expected, “strong focus” is one of the key success factors.

If you are a starting entrepreneur, you might find it hard to focus considering that there are so many things to do with so little time. You might be confused where to allocate most of your time and resources. As a guide, you can start by doing one thing better than your competitors by focusing on the following:

1. Concentrate on customer service. It is not enough to sell product to every customer; you must delight them always so they will crave more. One way to create this addiction is providing superb customer service.
2. Focus on getting your hands dirty. Know every detail of your business from marketing, selling, accounting logos, and even some IT-related stuff. This will help you craft more practical strategies and set realistic goals.
3. Concentrate on what you are doing wrong. By keenly evaluating your business mistakes, you can easily arrest these problems and make any much-needed adjustments.
4. Focus on best practices. By copying what the competitors are doing, it will be very difficult to overtake them. Instead, you can study the best practices across industries and apply it to your business.