| "The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities | | | | train themselves to acquire or simply have the ability |
| everywhere we look, but many people see only | | | | to see businesses where they don't currently exist |
| problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in | | | | instinctually. |
| us is more concerned with discriminating between | | | | A Vision That is Shared Among All 9 - 5ers |
| opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the | | | | People always want to start their own business. Just |
| opportunities" - Michael Gerber, author, entrepreneur | | | | about everybody in the entire world has fantasized |
| A Vision That Is Shared Among All Entrepreneurs | | | | about tell their boss to go (verb than pronoun) and |
| The entrepreneur is able to visualize companies, | | | | run their show. However, with every idea they get, a |
| products and services in ways that people do not. | | | | problem or hurdle comes with it. I think that some |
| Upon going to McDonalds, the entrepreneur does not | | | | non entrepreneurs have great ideas, but upon |
| see a menu of greasy hamburgers, French fries and | | | | thinking as to how to implement them, they get too |
| chicken nuggets. Most do. Instead, the entrepreneur | | | | discouraged at the first sign of hard work and |
| sees a well-run business and thinks to his or herself | | | | adversity. Common adversity can come in the form |
| as to how they can make their business run as | | | | of there being too much competition in the field, they |
| efficiently as McDonalds is run. | | | | need too much money to start the business, what |
| A client came to me a few weeks ago and said that | | | | are they going to do for cash if they take the risk |
| they had an online business that they sold for well | | | | and other thoughts that could probably fill an entire |
| into the millions. After the exact number was given | | | | book. |
| to me, naturally, I asked what the website was. I | | | | How to Get the "9-5er" Vision Out of Your Head |
| had never heard of it nor had anybody in the office. | | | | If you're like most people, the entrepreneurial instinct |
| At first glance, I thought the site was somewhat | | | | does not come with birth, therefore you must train |
| useless and I had no interest. However, when I | | | | yourself to stop thinking this way. To be an |
| looked further into how the site operated as a | | | | entrepreneur, you have to roll the dice. You must |
| business, it quickly came to me that the business | | | | thoroughly analyze the thoughts telling screaming for |
| model was quite genius. | | | | you to "stop," trying to open a business or the fear |
| To formulate an idea such as what this person did, | | | | that "it's took risky," or that "you can't." Take these |
| (speculating, but more than likely the case) is that he | | | | downsides and use them to your advantage. By this, |
| must have looked at a penny slot machine in any | | | | I mean take everything that is preventing you from |
| casino U.S.A. and he figured out a way to combine it | | | | seeing or following through on an opportunity and |
| with another existing business model. In the end, this | | | | have the thought, "how much more work will I have |
| entrepreneur made a platform that lent itself to the | | | | to do to overcome this particular obstacle?" This is |
| users of penny slots, but was not an online casino. | | | | the first step to seeing the world through the eyes |
| These are the types of visions entrepreneurs either | | | | of an entrepreneur. |