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Brian's
Introduction
By
Brian Walsh (Founder & CEO of
Entrepreneur.co.za)
So you
want to become an entrepreneur? Or perhaps
you’re already an entrepreneur? If you’re not
achieving everything you want to achieve, this
is the website to help you! I am glad you are
here, and urge you to go through this section
carefully regardless of whether you still want
to become an entrepreneur, or whether you have
been one for many years.
In my
entrepreneurial journey I have learnt that
entrepreneurship is not about running a
business, but rather about the person you
become. Entrepreneurship forces you to look
inwards and develop yourself personally. What do
I mean by this? Well, some people may be able to
start a business and make it succeed without too
much trouble. I am yet to meet such a person,
but by the laws of probability, I assume that
they do exist. The rest of us however, have to
struggle on our journey to achieving success.
What leads to this success is not the business
we develop, but rather the development of our
ability to adapt and change, to address our
weaknesses and improve on these, and to learn
through our experiences.
We all
want to succeed in life. We all want to feel
fulfilled. In truth though, we can achieve
neither success nor fulfillment without constant
change, improvement and new experiences. Life is
a journey, and if you are willing, it is a
journey towards success and fulfillment.
Entrepreneurship is just one way of taking this
journey. It is, in my opinion, one of the better
and potentially more rewarding ways of taking
the journey of life.
The
important factor here is that entrepreneurship
is a journey, and inevitably, it is a long and
often lonely one with many pitfalls and dangers
along the way. You need to learn to love the
journey, rather than the destination.
In
conclusion, I go back to my original point that
entrepreneurship is a journey of personal growth
rather than business growth. It is only through
growing as an individual that you can get closer
to ultimate success and fulfillment.
Being an
entrepreneur can lead to the ultimate reward of
freedom. But you need to understand that you
will never achieve this ultimate goal unless you
focus on YOU. Freedom comes from within, so if
you grow, your life grows.
I wish
you luck on this journey, and hope that what I
have created in this site will not only help and
inspire you, but will also prove a reliable
companion on your journey. |
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