Entrepreneurs think differently. Entrepreneurs build stuff in their obsessive daily quest to find value. They invent things, create companies, and generate jobs. I love it, not only because it is good for our world to have lots of people thinking this way, but because it is an excellent attitude to life where anything is possible. It is a world full of potential, if you are prepared to work for it.
My dad taught this way of thinking to me when I was 10.
He gave me $10 and explained to me that I could not keep it for myself but had to spend it on materials that I could use to sell something. For example, I could buy a bucket of candies and pack them well in handmade basket with decoration like ribbons and flowers to neighbours for $30 and make $20 out of the original investment.
I thought a lot about it and was very excited. I decided to buy a pack of colour pens, thread, colour paper and ribbons to start a handicraft business. I made an excellent prototype and then we talked about our plan, which I wrote on the whiteboard.
I made a bunch of handworks, enclosed with my drawing and sold them to neighbours and friends. Out of the original $10 investment, I made $35. I think like an entrepreneur ever after.
