entrepreneurship: True Grit is The "ONE" Skill Most Successful People Share - 10/30/22 06:18 PM
"Grit, the raw endurance, perseverance, and passion that keeps you going despite obstacles." Anonymous
 
Is grit a matter of nature or nurture? 
According to research by Angela Duckworth, author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, grit is a question of nature and nurture, not one or the other. 
For decades, I have worked in real estate and related industries, and seen individuals come and go. In my personal and entrepreneurial practice, one element separates the successful from the unsuccessful—grit.
It is impractical to teach grit in school. The characteristics of grit detach genuine entrepreneurs from wannabes. 
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entrepreneurship: Resilience: A Must-Have For Every Entrepreneur! - 04/25/22 09:44 AM
"Resilience is the strength and speed of our response to adversity — and we can build it. It isn’t about having a backbone. It’s about strengthening the muscles around our backbone. — Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO"
Every entrepreneur intuitively understands the importance of resiliency in business. Some people regard "resiliency" as something you can't practice or learn, and that's not true.
You can do several practical things in building your business that will help ensure that it is agile and becomes increasingly resilient and capable of weathering storms that would send other, lesser firms into a tailspin.
The Mission-Driven Business
We're not talking about merely … (42 comments)

entrepreneurship: The Star Trek Generation: Boomer Entrepreneurship After Age 55 - 02/26/22 07:09 PM
"It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning." --Gene Roddenberry
In many ways, Gene Roddenberry invented our modern world. You might chuckle but think about it. Bluetooth technology? Uhura wore the prototype back in the Sixties. Floppy disks (now outdated)? Star Trek had them first. They even had them in multiple colors. Cell phones?. Yes, that too. Hand-held computers? Yep. You guessed it. Star Trek did it first.
What do all of these things have in common, besides having come from the fertile imagination of Gene Roddenberry? As kids, today's Baby Boomer generation grew up watching … (37 comments)

entrepreneurship: Is Micropreneurship Right For Me? - 02/01/22 07:45 PM
"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know, and you will see the way to fly." -- Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull 
Who is a Micropreneur?
According to experts, a micropreneur is an entrepreneur who starts a small business operation. They usually begin as a solo act. They are willing to accept the risk of creating and managing the kind of business that remains small, lets them do the type of work they "love" to do, and offers them a balanced lifestyle.
The rise of Corporatism has, on balance, … (40 comments)