The Entrepreneurial Way...A Timeless Philosohpy
This entry was posted on 4/29/2007 9:27 PM and is filed under the entrepreneurial way.
A Counter Cultural Philosophy
by Mike Elwood
I remember growing up in the late sixties and experiencing the great rebellion against greed and monetary gain. It was the Age of Aquarius, long hair, flower power and a quest for the meaning of life.
Somewhere over the past 30 years or so, these same people who used to burn their bra's and draft cards became more conservative and more possessed with financial gain than any of the parents they rebelled against.
These same people that have not raised the minimum wage so the poor can earn a livable wage. These are the same people that base a persons well being on their financial success. These are the same people that are now signing their kids up for organized sports at the age of 4 years old. These are the same people that drive their kids crazy planning every second of their day as well as their lives 20 years int he future.
We rebelled against the government trying to control our minds, yet these are the people that are drugging free spirit out of our kids with drugs that make them comfort to the over crowed schools.
I was asked to preview a section of a new book on Entrepreneurship. The section I was to review was on Entrepreneurial Philosophy. I thought great another book telling me that all I had to do was to think positive and I would succeed!
The Entrepreneurial Way is a book that reminds us to look beyond monetary gain and to look for the evasive road to inner peace. The author makes us think about why we became an Entrepreneur in the first place.
Entrepreneurial Intuition, Entrepreneurial Spirit, and The Entrepreneurial Way are discussed in a format that is designed to make you think, make you speak to other and make you realize why you are doing what you are doing.
Don't get me wrong nowhere does the author say making money is evil however he does cause the reader to think about the importance of monetary gain. The discussions about the journey being the purpose and the fact that an Entrepreneur is successful just for taking the action will reinforce the decision many Entrepreneurs question everyday...did I do the right thing?
The Circle of Entrepreneurship is an amazingly accurate way Entrepreneurs experience business. After reading the book you realize that it is not starting a business or selling the business (the financial payoff), it is the journey itself that Entrepreneurs crave.
After reading the chapter on Entrepreneurial Philosophy I sat in my chair and thought about all the Entrepreneurs I have come in contact with over the past 20 years and I realized that they all had Entrepreneurial Intuition, Entrepreneurial Spirit and understood the Entrepreneurial way...they just never spoke about it!
As I read this book I began to underline paragraphs and dog ear pays that I want to address later. After a couple of days, I had a strong desire to read it again. It came to me during my second reading that the concepts seemed to take on a whole new meaning.
What I thought was going to be a boring regurgitation of what is on the business book shelves turned out to be an unbelievable read that seems to unlock new treasures every time I re-read the book, I am up to my fourth time in less than three months.
