Never Let Go of the Treasure Within You
“When you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom you are believed”
– Paulo Coelho
I’ve always thought of entrepreneurs as special people. People that have the ability to come up with ridiculously amazing concepts, simple ideas that unlock the doors to the world’s woes, and brilliant solutions that no one before ever thought of.
We entrepreneurs are a rare breed of thinkers. Our intensity, passion, and determination allow us to seek answers outside of the box, swim upstream when the rest of the world coasts downstream, and continue to disrupt norms and conventional ways of thinking.
Don’t expect us to conform, because we seek to make our own reality. Standards, yeah right. We create our own standards. Oh, and the status quo? That’s the last thing we want to hear about.
The entrepreneur’s status is one of constantly evolution. But therein lies division: through our intensity we are able to push forward with our brilliant ideas and never think twice about whether or not our ideas will fail. We see beyond failure. But, most people will never understand you or be able to relate to you when –- expect possibly
In other words, most people won’t believe you have something on your hands -- no matter how brilliant your concept is -- simply because they can’t see your vision as clearly as you see it. They can’t connect the dots such as you have in your head. Instead of urging you on, they push doubt and pessimism in your direction. People fear what they don’t understand. And in that fear, they try to put an end to your dreams. As an entrepreneur remember that your brilliance will always be mostly appreciated yourself, because only you know how your idea evolved from a single thought into a masterpiece. Don’t expect anyone else to every fully understand that. The world can only truly appreciate your concepts, your vision, and your unconventional wisdom after it has evolved to a point where the world says “ah… yes… now I get it.” So when you have treasure on your hands, when you can feel the brilliance within you, and when you know -- in your heart -- that what’s dwelling in your mind is one day going to change the world, hold onto that and never let it go.No matter how many pessimist, cynics, and naysayers that you’ll surely brush against on your journey, you — the entrepreneur — must hold onto your treasure and know that one day soon… the world will understand.
4 Comments
Lawrence of a USA
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:38 pm
…it can be disheartening though if some, or most, of those naysayers are the potential prospects for your product - lol
but the few who do see the light, they are the ones who are very ecstatic - and encourage you to truly push forward with the initiative
it’s a tough world, man - specially for the aspiring entrepreneur
David Askaripour
March 24th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
yeah, it is a tough world…so true. but through that toughness and hard times, the determined and hungry will persevere and succeed
Lawrence of a USA
March 24th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
lol, funny - reading this made me thought of two good ‘asipiring entrepreneur’ songs.
you should all download and listen to these two.
“Hold on Tight” by Electric Light Orchestra.
&
“Dream On” by Aerosmith.
Qaiss
March 30th, 2007 at 5:54 am
Kuwait, a place of cynics and naysayer, when poeple here think of fun, they go and eat in a resturant. the only thing they say when i talk about a business idea is, why go through the hassle, just layback and relax, follow girls around.
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