From Chapter 11 “Perspective” in Ingredients of Outliers. Lemons? Or Lemonade? You’ve probably heard this century-old bit of wisdom about perspective: “If life hands you a lemon, make lemonade.” Although it didn’t originate with him, the late Dale Carnegie, well-known writer, lecturer and selfimprovement guru, commented on it in his book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. First published in 1946, the book is still in print today, with more than six million copies sold in dozens of languages. “The fool,” he wrote, “if he finds that life has handed him a lemon, he gives up and says: … [Read more...]
Embracing the Long-term Gain through the Short-term Pain, in Entrepreneurship
Do you have any entrepreneurial aspirations that you are holding back from? It’s easy to look at successful entrepreneurs and believe they got to where they by pure luck and viral status YouTube. To be an entrepreneur and achieve success, let’s look at what it takes the best of them to get there. Lets take a look at the definition of entrepreneur just to make sure we are all on the same page. Entrepreneur: a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. While the status of being a business owner is often … [Read more...]