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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

Madly In Hate

When reaching out to others there is a myth that you can get everyone to like you, or at the very least, stop anyone from disliking you. It is bullshit, and I can prove it. Name one important person, company or cause in history that is universally liked or hated. If you drew a blank is because anything that stands up for something will inevitably be rejected by some.

Those who are remarkable take a stance, they know who and what they are and they are comfortable with it. The leaders, the rebels, the agents of change in our world are never universally liked. To be liked by everyone is a practical impossibility and to be liked by most you have to compromise your core beliefs to the point where you become bland and gray.

When you are genuine about who you are many will love you and many will hate you. Don’t fear their dislike, embrace it, because it means you are remarkable. It means you are worth a strong opinion and no amount of advertising in the world can buy that. Be bold, be authentic, never bland, never gray.

Cuando se trata de acercarnos a un público existe un mito de que puedes lograr agradarle a todos, o por lo menos evitar que les desagrades. Es una estupidez y lo puedo probar. Menciona una persona, compañia o causa en la historia que haya sido universalmente amada u odiada. Si no te vino nada a la mente es por que cualquiera que sostiene una posición será inevitablemente rechazado por algunos

Aquellos que son notables tienen una postura, saben quien y que son y están cómodos con ello. Los líderes, los rebeldes, los agentes del cambio del mundo nunca son universalmente queridos. Ser querido por todos es una imposibilidad práctica y para ser querido por la mayoría hay que comprometer lo que creemos a tal punto que nos volvemos aguados y grises.

Cuando eres genuino sobre quien eres muchos te amaran y muchos te odiaran. No le temas a su desprecio, dale la bienvenida, pues significa que vales el tener una opinión fuerte al respecto y ninguna cantidad de publicidad puede comprar eso. Se audaz, se autentico, nunca aguado, nunca gris.

Tags: Corporate Culture, Marketing, Pasion

What is it? Its it! | Que es eso? Es eso!

A great case of cosmic convergence, or coincidence, your choice. I was listening to Faith No More’s Epic this morning when I read this post on Seth’s blog in which he riffs that consumers will always be asking “Is that it?” when faced with even the best of products or services. He then turns this into a cause for marketers and companies in general to strive for more, to be able to reply to “is that it?” with “No! There’s more!”. However, this isnt just a question our customers ask us, its what every great person asks itself. Great companies that after desigining a good product (or service) go on to ask themselves “Is that it?” and then turn it into a great product. Its what great thinkers, statemen, activists and businesspeople always ask themselves. Is that it? Is that all i can give? 

When you are about to launch something into the world, a product, a service, your sales pitch, your story, ask yourself is that it? Truth is it will never be it, when it comes to talent and imagination it should never be it. You should feel a bigger hunger for that which is better, bigger than that of your customers. Faith No More said it best: You want it all but you can’t have it, Its in your face but you can’t grab it. What is it? Its it.

Un gran caso de concidencia cosmica, o tal vez coincidencia, tu desicion. Estaba escuchando esta mañana Epic de Faith No More cuando lei este post en el blog de Seth done habla sobre como los consumidores siempre estan pensando “eso es todo?”, aun cuando se trata del mejor producto o servicio. De ahi el convierte esto en una causa para que los mercadologos y compañias en general luchen por lograr algo mejor. Para que cuando les digan “eso es todo?” ellos puedan responder “No!, Hay mas!”. Aun asi esto no es solo una pregunta que nos hacen los clientes, es lo que toda gran persona se pregunta a si misma. Compañias que despues de diseñar un buen producto se preguntan ”eso es todo?“ y entonces convierten ese buen producto en un gran producto. Es lo que grandes pensadores, estadistas, activistas y empresarios se preguntan siempre. Eso es todo? Es esto todo lo que puedo dar

Cuando estas a punto de lanzar algo nuevo al mundo, un producto, servicio, una propuesta de venta, tu historia, preguntat:, esto es todo? La verdad es que jamas lo sera, cuando se trata del talento y la imaginacion nunca debe de ser todo. Siempre debes sentir esa hambre de aquello que es mejor, mayor aun que el hambre de tus clientes. Fatih No More lo dijo mejor que nadie: You want it all but you can’t have it, Its in your face but you can’t grab it. What is it? Its it.

Tags: Corporate Culture, 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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