Water The Entrepreneurship Seed Within You
“Scientist agree that nearly all individuals develop undetectable cancer about six times in a seventy-year life span. Yet only one in three of these people actually develops overgrown and detectable cancer” (The Green Tea Book, pg 53).
Wow, isn’t that crazy. Most people have some form of cancer hiding out in their bodies and they don’t even know it. It’s not only crazy, but scary. Luckily, most peoples’ cancer doesn’t metastasize and remains inactive for the duration of their lives.
While reading this interesting and disturbing fact, I couldn’t help but try and apply a similar notion to the world of young entrepreneurs. Like cancer, I would say that many people are born with the entrepreneurship seed.
What’s the seed? Just an analogy I like to use that explains the inherit ability to create and run a business. The natural ability to lead and influence people. And the hunger to bring about change.
Many of us are born with this seed, but, sadly enough, many of us will go through our lives not detecting our potential; not pushing forward with our dreams to become a successful entrepreneur; continuing to follow when we should be leading; and living through a life of fear instead being courageous and bold.
Just as the caner remains dormant in most people, the entrepreneurship seed remains unfertilized, malnourished, and incapable from blossoming into a beautiful flower of success.
Scientist say that “healthy diets, lifestyle, and exercising” help minimize and inhibit cancerous cells from continuing to mutate. But for us young entrepreneurs, there are other inhibiting factors.
Our parents push (and sometimes force) us to become hard working 9 to 5ers. Our college professors groom us for years on how to become effective “employees” and our friends nag us to “get a job” and to “stop dreaming.”
It appears as though the world is out to destroy the seeds of entrepreneurship. There are so, so, so many factors that make it ridiculously easy for a would-be entrepreneur to turn their backs on entrepreneurship and take the “safe” road to employment and growing someone else’s company for the rest of their lives.
Sure, there is no problem being an employee and working for someone else for the rest of your life. That can be very rewarding and honorable. But there is a problem when you constantly deny your desires, deny your abilities, and deny your hunger to unleash yourself as an entrepreneur. That’s the real problem.
We need to stop starving our entrepreneur seed and start watering them. Let them grow. Let them flourish. Let the world lavish in the fruits that your flowers will bear.
Last time I checked, each person had only one life to live. Only one chance to be alive. And as each day passes, your time on this Earth come to a closer end.
Time is of the essence. If you have that inexplicable feeling of entrepreneurship; that feeling to change the world; that feeling to build something; then unleash yourself.
Unlock your potential and share your dream with the world.
2 Comments
Aaron
March 12th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Kind of an akward comparison seeing how Cancer is horribly bad for you and Entrepreneurship is great.
Good post though, you get the point across.
David Askaripour
March 12th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Yeah, was kind of an awkward comparison — but helps get the point across indeed. What can I say, I’m weird. hehe…
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