ON BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR
What does being an entrepreneur really mean and what does it take to be one?
An entrepreneur (a loanword from French introduced and first defined by the Irish economist Richard Cantillon) is a person who operates a new enterprise or venture and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. A female entrepreneur is sometimes referred to as an entrepreneuse.
The newly and modern view on entrepreneurial talent is a person who takes the risks involved to undertake a business venture. I believe having an entrepreneurial spirit is just as important. Even if you are not starting a business, you need to step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to move to a more satisfying path in your life.
Entrepreneurs are said to efficiently and effectively use the factors of production. That is land (natural resources), labor (human input into production using available resources) and capital (any type of equipment used in production i.e. machinery). A business that can efficiently manage this and in the long-run hopefully expand (future prospects of larger firms and businesses), will become successful.
All people have something of value to share. It all begins with discovering your own abilities and acquiring what additional skills are needed to bring your “big ideas” to life.
For the entrepreneur, it begins with seeing value within themselves. Once entrepreneurs begin to truly see, to truly believe, then it becomes easier for an entrepreneur to see those “ideas” around themselves.
There is not one successful entrepreneur or visionary on the face of this planet who has not opened themselves to the treasure of discovering their own value and self worth. Self worth gives the entrepreneur the courage to take risks. All entrepreneurs are bold risk takers. It takes an incredible amount of courage for the entrepreneur to be immovable, while standing their ground and seeing more than what’s right in front of them.
After all, the entrepreneurial spirit is the epitome of the human spirit. Strength. Courage. Wisdom. Some of history’s greatest inventors and entrepreneurs have mastered the ability to see beyond their own time in order to create a future that humanity can be proud of.
Many people start on the path to becoming an entrepreneur and end up feeling like they have failed.
You take the steps to put yourself out there, talk to other entrepreneurs about what opportunities are available, you do your homework and you end up finding the opportunity that you believe can take you where you want to be in life – whatever that may look like for you. You find out what it takes to get started including costs, what your next steps are, and have everything laid out in front of you and are ready to take the leap.
Then something happens. Your mind wanders and gets cluttered in endless chatter, and you get a severe case of the”what ifs”. You freeze, and end up going back to your safe life.
What were you thinking anyway? You are right back where you started and living with doubt again.
I’ll tell you what you were thinking – “There is no way that I can do this on my own."
It is that type of thinking that keeps many people stuck in their lives. All forward movement in life involves taking risks and getting out of the "comfort zone" or safety zone that you have created where you feel you will not have to suffer any pain.
Successful entrepreneurs, regardless of the nature of their business, what their startup costs are or any other circumstance, employ an entirely different type of thinking – instead of thinking why they can’t do it, successful entrepreneurs think about how they can do it and look at the obstacles as a way to learn and excel.
The people who stay stuck can only see the obstacles in their way. They focus on anything and everything that could or might go wrong and they succumb to their fears. And they go back to what is comfortable for them.
Successful entrepreneurs know that being successful is all about being uncomfortable. They see obstacles as challenges. They are busy figuring what stone they can turn and how they can move heaven and earth to get to where they want to go. They know there will be challenges. However, successful entrepreneurs also know that their grit, determination, and desire to succeed can push them to overcome anything that comes in their path.
The key here is that you shouldn’t feel comfortable unless you are feeling uncomfortable. How can you grow if you keep doing the same thing, the “safe” thing?
You can’t.
Successful entrepreneurs do things that make them uncomfortable, and that make their palms sweat, because they know that the reward is absolutely worth whatever risk they are taking.
I hope you will take the risk and make the necessary changes that are there for you to enjoy a more fulfilling life.
Althroughout my life I have had an entrepreneurial spirit. I stepped out there when everyone cautioned "you will be sorry" and I have never regretted doing so. I took jobs that were not designed with women in mind and moved into areas where at times we were not wanted. Did it involve risk? Absolutely. Did I profit from the experience? Absolutely.
I may not have always profited in money but I profited in wisdom, courage and knowledge.
I believe the colleges have failed in many ways to teach our children how to be successful entrepreneurs and now we all must take up the cause and teach those that follow us to be inventive, to take risks and to live their life with a spirit of the entrepreneur.
Many blessings to you this lovely, chilly Autumn Week!
Rosie
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