Entrepreneurship: Delusional Quest or Daily Practice?

创业:妄想的探索还是日常实践?

Good Life Project

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2015-08-13

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What if entrepreneurship wasn't just about what you create, but who you become along the way? Most people look at entrepreneurship as a quest, a desire to create something from nothing. The goal, to get to a substantial, viable, impact and revenue generating place as fast as humanly possible. Problem is, with rare exception, the path to success in the world of entrepreneurial dream manifestation just doesn't work that way. On a daily basis, the life of the entrepreneur ranges from intentional meandering, testing and "pivoting" to violent, non-stop jags, head-spinning problem-solving and night-sweats. And that's when things are going well! If your goal is simply to get swiftly to the end-state, you are going to suffer more than needed. You are also going to miss a huge opportunity for grace and growth. And you will likely ignore many critical signposts and possibilities that would've made the experience profoundly different in a way that's better. For you and for what you're trying to create. What if you approached entrepreneurship not as a mad-dash, but a daily practice? How might that change both the way you experience it and your likelihood of success? That's what I'm talking about in today's Good Life Project Riff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Today's Good Life project Rif is entitled entrepreneurship as a practice.

  • So most people look at entrepreneurship as a project, as a venture, as a business, as something to do.

  • You start with an idea, then you turn it into something real.

  • You build a business around it.

  • You know, you invest.

  • You start with no resources, with very little, with just a simple concept.

  • And you hope and pray that you can build it into something really big, something that matters, something that makes a difference.

  • And when you do, when you get there, all will be well with the world.

  • In my mind, though, that's the wrong approach.

  • Because entrepreneurship in the wild, the truth of the life of an entrepreneur, it doesn't work that way.

  • What really happens is you get an idea.