“You were an entrepreneur.
This doesn’t mean you were born to start companies. In fact, most people shouldn’t start companies. The long odds of success, combined with the constant emotional whiplash, makes starting a business the right path for only a few people.
All humans are entrepreneurs not because they start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA, and creation is the essence of entrepreneurship. As Yunus says, our ancestors in the caves had to feed themselves; they had to invent rules of living. They were founders of their own lives. In the centuries since then we forget that we are entrepreneurs. We’ve been acting like labor.”
An excerpt from the book “The Start-up of YOU” by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
I’d like to inspire you to start dreaming if you haven’t already, to continue dreaming if you already do, and to pursue your dreams like it means everything to you.
I really enjoy riding through a nice neighborhood of houses or looking at more quality cars–like BMW, Mercedes, and so forth. There’s nothing wrong with dreaming or admiring the things that we don’t have–in fact it’s really inspiring and motivating (at least for me) to look at things that I don’t have–but could. Another thing you can do (that I like to do) is to go down to your local Barnes & Noble and pick up some of their magazines. One that I really like is the Robb Report; it’s what they call “your global luxury resource”, and it’s just that. The magazines that you choose could be anything though–cars, boats, houses, gardening, traveling, whatever it is that you like. So, try it sometime this week! Go to Barnes and Noble, get your drink of choice, grab some magazines, find a seat, and begin to visually stimulate or stir up your desires. Have fun and enjoy your drink!
