I am an Entrepreneur...
Not a
serial entrepreneur – they simply jump from one bright shiny thing to another, using
failure as an excuse for “learning opportunities”…
Serial
Entrepreneurs think that failure is part of the journey – no its not – get it
right first time, use knowledge skills and talent to make it right. When you
have been on the receiving end of some of the “learning opportunities” that
others have made you will know how it feels.
Can
things be improved..? – of course...
Are
mistakes inevitable..? – yes, but your clients should never know…
Is failure
an option..? – Never…
My
learning opportunities were when I worked in someone else’s business and worked
my way up, my learning opportunities were 14 years at night school, my learning
opportunities were all the books I read, seminars I went to and experiences I
had.
As
serial entrepreneur is like serial husband or wife – no commitment to make
something of true value actually deliver its full potential; when it gets too hard
they simply move on.
No one wants one of those…
I am an Entrepreneur…
This
is not what I do – it is who I am…
I do
not have a career – I have a life…
I do
not have a Job – I make a contribution…
There
is no wage – just reciprocated value…
Hours –
as many as I choose and 1 more than
necessary…
Holidays
– life is a holiday, think of the
alternative…
Striking
for better conditions – I choose my own
conditions…
So
when you meet a real entrepreneur who
has put their heart and soul into what they do, when they have used their
savings and begged and borrowed the rest and backed themselves 100% what should
you say to them…?
Simple
– “Well done…”
These
people are the unsung heroes, they may not be all over Facebook, networking at
champagne lunches, posting pictures from the Seychelles’ – they will be
building a business, figuring out how to pay the VAT, paying their staff before
they pay themselves, riding around in a 15 year old car because all their cash
is in their business and thinking how next quarter will be better than the last…
Be
gentle with their dreams – what they build is all that they are, if you
criticise their business you criticise them.
And
when they make it, don’t be jealous – don’t think that success is easy and that
they don’t deserve it – they do…
If you
want success in business – get to work, get to college, get to the library, get
on with it, but most of all stick at it…
Serial
Entrepreneurs are the pretenders to the Crown…
Are you an Entrepreneur…?
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