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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
The entrepreneur gene.
Is there an entrepreneur gene? The whole concept of Entrepreneurship is interesting but are they born or are they created? The entrepreneur gene as it were. Why does one person risk it all to do something differently - whilst another dream but never acts, and yet...
100 Things to Do Before You Die
What is stopping you right now? Maybe nothing. If you are a person who is focused, positive, driven and has a clear sense of purpose then read no further… get back to it. If you ever find yourself wondering why other people seem to have all the luck, other people seem...
“Our deepest fear”
Our deepest fear... I have just finished speaking at a conference to an audience of 1000 business owners. Each of them had started their business... do the hard yards... created something from nothing. But the question I asked myself (in my head) as I was shared my...
What a waste….
Good Weekend had some interesting numbers in its Number Crunch feature: Estimated proportion of Australians who received an unwanted Christmas gift in 2007: 65 %; amount spent on them : $985 million compiled by John Croucher, Professor of Statistics, Macquarie...
If it is meant to be it is up to me?
I have used this mantra for years – always believing that I was the starting point for my own destiny. A friend recently asked me to ready Napoleon Hill 'Think and Grow Rich' and I liked this poem written in the book but there is no reference as to who wrote it...
My Ten Stress busting tips.
I have learned that stress is a self-induced phenomenon. As such given that no one imposes it on you, then I have had a good look at what I do to keep myself balanced (some might argue I have not succeeded). Here are some of the ways that I reduce the 'stress' in my...
Why Not?
"Some men see things as they are and say 'why?' Others dream things that never were and say, 'why not?'" George Bernard Shaw I am definately in the 'why not' group. Give it a go, what is the worst that can happen? This appeals to my positive nature. I am often asked...
Free Advertising!
Well there is no such thing as a free lunch...however according to Gallup Organisation in one of their many studies. If people are engaged with their employer (in other words know what they are doing, why they are doing it and others notice the difference they make)...