I have been a little apprehensive about this course. I am close to retirement, and I have never considered myself an entrepreneur.
I also think there are people in the world that give entrepreneurship a bad name, I have been approached by too many people who "have a great business opportunity" for me, and encourage me to sell a product or service in some form of multi-level marketing initiative. My experience with these people is that they rarely are true entrepreneurs, but are seeking opportunities to make lots of money for not much work. I have yet to see any of them become successful.
In the reading this week, I have been encouraged by how entrepreneurship is defined. It "means recognizing that life is hard" (Jeff Sandefer, Living Life as an Entrepreneurial Hero), it will require me to find my calling, and build stepping stones to get there. Even as I read these articles and watched the video's I started to feel an embryo of purpose for my personal journey. That may well evolve over the semester, but it is there and it is a tad exciting!
My entrepreneurial goals are not to make lots more money, but rather to build a brand and a business that will enable me to build a lifestyle that will be compatible with semi-retirement, and enable me to do the work that I enjoy while maintaining a balanced life.
Maybe it isn't too late to teach an old dog new tricks after all!
I also think there are people in the world that give entrepreneurship a bad name, I have been approached by too many people who "have a great business opportunity" for me, and encourage me to sell a product or service in some form of multi-level marketing initiative. My experience with these people is that they rarely are true entrepreneurs, but are seeking opportunities to make lots of money for not much work. I have yet to see any of them become successful.
In the reading this week, I have been encouraged by how entrepreneurship is defined. It "means recognizing that life is hard" (Jeff Sandefer, Living Life as an Entrepreneurial Hero), it will require me to find my calling, and build stepping stones to get there. Even as I read these articles and watched the video's I started to feel an embryo of purpose for my personal journey. That may well evolve over the semester, but it is there and it is a tad exciting!
My entrepreneurial goals are not to make lots more money, but rather to build a brand and a business that will enable me to build a lifestyle that will be compatible with semi-retirement, and enable me to do the work that I enjoy while maintaining a balanced life.
Maybe it isn't too late to teach an old dog new tricks after all!
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