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Entrepreneurship
I have been on this entrepreneurial journey for more than twenty years.
Entrepreneurship
So you think you want to be on an entrepreneurship journey? Or perhaps you are just curious about other people who are entprenreneurs.
Entrepreneurship is made to look glamorous and yet on the whole it is not. Most people if you were to ask them, as business owners they are likely you will be living on a very tight budget, rather than driving around in a Tesla.
As they say the road to Entrepreneurship is littered with the carcasses of the ‘hopeful’. It is a lot of hard work however it can be extremely rewarding both financially and emotionally. However, neither of those things is guaranteed. You get to run your own business, and make your own rules as well as build something special from the ground up. But for every Silicon Valley success story there are thousands of people that will never be a true ‘entrepreneur’.
I have found that the best way is to learn from others. I have run many successful entrepreneurial businesses. And I have made plenty of mistakes. In these blog posts I share the ups and the downs. You may want to subscribe to my Monday Xpresso Newsletter so that you can get a weekly dose of motivation.
So let’s get started on your entrepreneurial journey. Be curious, and have fun – reading and learning about being an entrepreneur.
Different ‘Chapters’ to explore – Entrepreneurial blog posts
3 business lessons we can learn from Nick Kyrgios’ “impossible” Wimbledon win
Early this morning, while most of Australia was still sleeping, 19-year-old Canberra boy Nick Kyrgios did the unthinkable – he won a Wimbledon match against Rafael Nadal. The youngest player in the draw beat the world number one tennis player. This was a match that...
The search for meaning at work…
I'd worked in a lot of places before I started a business of my own - I had some great work experiences and some lousy one's. One thing I did know is that when I was happy at work - I flourished and had an amazing capacity to do my best - effortlessly. So as I muddled...
10 things that we hate about bad ‘leaders’
I write ‘leaders’ in inverted commas because the characteristics we hate about bad leaders mean that by definition, they are not a true leader. Have you ever found that you look to the person in charge and think, “How on Earth did they get that role?” This might be a...
Should’ve, Could’ve, Would’ve
Should've, could've, would've are words of regret - rather than opportunity. More than 70 people weighed into the discussion about the power of language when I posted last month on LinkedIn. Let's put that into context. I wake up looking out the window at the amazing...
If I Were 22: Work Won’t Remember that Weekend You Didn’t Give It. Your Friends Will.
This post is part of a series in which Influencers share lessons from their youth. Read all the stories here. I turned 22 on February 22nd – my Hawaiian birthday. I had graduated with my economics degree from the University of Melbourne, a year early, ready to take on...
84% Say Clutter Adds to Stress
Too much stuff – deal with it – feel the joy! "Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." Will Rogers According to the Australia Institute research paper "Stuff Happens”, 88% of Australians have...
Career Curveballs: Sliding Door Moments
This post is part of a series in which LinkedIn Influencers share how they turned setbacks into success. Read all their stories here. I like to think that I have been in charge of my own life, that I am in the driving seat rather than in the back seat along for a...
Five Famous Fears
A young person in my life recently labeled himself ‘stressed’ he claimed the reason for 'all' his life circumstances was because of this 'label' he had self imposed. It made me wonder how often is it that we put a label to something (say a set of circumstances) and...