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The Gift And Curse of Entrepreneurship

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The world thrives on entrepreneurship, in business, art, science and even spirituality. All the great names written in history, famous or infamous, were of entrepreneurs. Those who felt compelled to do more and better.

But what lies at the core of that complex and elusive quality in life? In the heart of the entrepreneur lies conflict, a never-ending struggle between what is and what could be. An everlasting urge to do more, to do better. It’s a gift, for it propels you to better yourself and what you do. It is a curse because a true entrepreneur will never feel comfortable, his urge will never leave him alone, it dictates a self-imposed fate that they must fulfill.

This is specially true for those who, because of fear or doubt, try to escape this voice of fate. The entrepreneurial urge will not give them peace, it will slowly drain them of their spirit until they heed the call or until they succeed in ignoring it. Those who succeed at ignoring the call will be rewarded with a feeling of unaccomplishment and a subtle sadness because of what, for their will, never was.

You, you feel this urge, don’t wait a moment more. Every second you ignore your entrepreneurial spirit is a second you feel you die a bit inside.

Lets not be naive, entrepreneurship’s other name is greed but greed is what makes us better as individuals, as communities and as a species. Greed is neither inherently bad nor good, it is simply a drive for more, for better. When pointed inward greed is destructive, those who want power for the sake of power, those who amass money to measure self worth. Successful as they may be, these characters are never satisfied with what they take. When pointed outward greed becomes be the most constructive force of mankind. It is the urge to give more, to do more, to make things better, not only for ourselves, but for our community, whichever that may be.

The entrepreneurial spirit is destined to chase a moving target, a never-ending uphill battle against itself. Those who use their urge selfishly will forever feel like they are losing the battle, successful as they may be, they can only derive fleeting contentment from their physical gains. Those who use their greed to serve will discover that their entrepreneurial spirit derives happiness from the wellness and betterment they leave behind in their journey.

In the end though, no fate is worse than those who never dared follow the call.

Not everyone is an entrepreneur and the reason for that is an entirely different subject but for those who are, and you know who you are, the message is clear: follow the call, fulfill your self-imposed destiny, pursue happiness in your journey and never, ever, give up.

Tags: Changing The World, Ideas, Leadership, Pasion

Good Ideas Are Cheap / Las Buenas Ideas son baratas

Listening to: Metallica - Fuel

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Good ideas are overrated, even great ideas are overrated. When was the last time a good idea changed the world? Ah, Edison, you say? Einstein? Adam Smith? Marx? Tesla? I bet a dozen other names are popping into your head right now, but you’re wrong, dead wrong.

It was not these people’s ideas that changed the world, it was passion. The passion these people had for their ideas changed the world. Good ideas are a penny a pound, they born often in your mind. You know the feeling, a new idea smashes into your head and you just know it would work, even if it’s unusual, you know in your heart that it would work, but do you go for it or do put it away? I ask you, did you act upon your last great idea? How about the last ten than came before that one?

Don’t kid yourself as a would-be genius, that great idea you just had was already thought up by someone else before you and if not it won’t be long until someone does. The only difference between you and the next insurgent that changes the world won’t be a great idea, it will be passion.

An idea on its own is nothing more than a nice puddle of fuel, but passion, the drive to act upon what you believe and take on the world; that’s the true spark of change and when that spark lights up that fuel your idea catches on fire. That fire is inspiration, it grows and spreads to others and before you know it your world will be ablaze.

That good idea you just had? I don’t care for it, its harmless, its weak. It’s even weaker than the status quo. But your passion? Your passion makes me turn my head, it makes me react. There are sparks near that fuel, watch out! A fire’s about to start!

So what will you do when your next great idea strikes? Will you simply swallow it like the rest and get drunk on it as if it were alcohol? Or will you dare to be passionate and light up a fire that changes the world?

Las buenas ideas están sobrevaluadas, aun las grandes ideas están sobrevaluadas. ¿Cuándo fue la última vez que una buena idea cambio el mundo? ¿Edison, dirás? ¿Einstein? ¿Adam Smith? ¿Marx? ¿Tesla? Apuesto a que tienes muchos otros nombres en la cabeza, pero estas equivocado, totalmente equivocado.

No fueron las ideas de estas personas lo que cambio el mundo, fue su pasión. La pasión que estas personas tenían por sus ideas cambio el mundo. Las buenas ideas son baratas, a un peso el kilo, nacen a cada momento en tu cabeza. Sabes de que hablo, de repente una idea explota en tu cabeza y en ese instante sabes que funcionara, aun si es una idea inusual tu sabes dentro de tu corazón que funcionara. ¿Pero te lanzas a lograrlo o haces la idea a un lado? ¿Te pregunto, actuaste sobre tu última gran idea? ¿Qué tal sobre las últimas diez ideas antes de esa?

No te engañes creyéndote un genio, esa gran idea que tienes alguien ya la tuvo antes que tú y si no, no falta mucho para que alguien más la tenga. La única diferencia entre tú y el siguiente insurgente que cambie al mundo será la pasión.

Una idea por sí sola no es más que un charco de combustible, pero la pasión, el empuje para actuar sobre lo que crees y enfrentarte al mundo, esa es la verdadera chispa del cambio y cuando esa chispa encienda ese combustible, tu idea se enciende en fuego. Ese fuego es inspiración, crece y se esparce a otros y antes de que te des cuenta todo tu mundo está en llamas.

¿Y esa buena idea que acabas de tener? No me interesa, es inofensiva, es débil. Es aun más débil que el estatus quo. ¿Pero, tu pasión? Tu pasión me hace voltear, me hace reaccionar. ¡Hay chispas cerca de ese combustible, cuidado! ¡Un incendio va a empezar!

¿Así que, qué harás cuando tu siguiente gran idea llegue? ¿Simplemente te la tragaras y embriagaras con ella como si fuese alcohol? ¿O te atreverás a ser apasionado y empezar un incendio que cambie el mundo?

Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire!

Tags: Changing The World, Ideas, Pasion

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