There’s a particular barrier that needs to be broken to become an entrepreneur. Some have wasted their savings, their family and their lives to attempt getting through it – and have not succeeded in doing so. Any average person can be a business owner if they’re willing to put forth an above average effort; but to be an entrepreneur – a true entrepreneur, one must transcend the mental barrier in order to gain a sense of, clarity.
I don’t read nearly as much as I’d like to, but I do as much as I can. One of my early inspirations in the form of ink and binding comes from a book entitled The Power of Unreasonable People – How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World. I won’t lie – I was forced to read it. And had I not been, I’m sure I wouldn’t be in the position I am today; so thank you, Professor Gebissa (no thanks for the D on my final paper though). As I extracted the information from the words on each page, I felt as though I had a connection. A connection to the people who wrote the book, the case studies within its pages and to the ideas that would, from the outside looking in, seem utterly – unreasonable. The thesis for the book is that it’s these kinds of ideas that change the world. Just the other day I saw a post on Google+ from an inspiration in the form of flesh and bone known as Richard Branson. It said: “The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”
To read the full, original article click on this link: Breaking THE Barrier – Striving to be Unreasonable
