The Entrepreneur in us!
Ever seen a child complete his first sand castle, prepare his/her first dish, complete a chore entirely to which he or she alone can take credit and call it truly one's own. There's a stark glow on their face.
Every time we go in for a task which we alone are accountable for we carry in a risk of failure and also a sense of pride for the success it entails. As time passes our risk taking capacity declines proportionately. But for some the drive keeps on getting stronger and stronger. Oxford dictionary loosely defines such a person "As one who undertakes or controls a business or enterprise and bears the risk of profit or loss" though it does bear other meanings but not to what I have buzzing in my head, and for the past few days this word has been continuously making rounds due to a friend who similarly wishes to take that risk. He flew from Delhi to attend a seminar make a few friends share in his ideas and see if others think him sane enough and are willing to give in, that much required helping hand. And gentlemen business at the end of the day is all about networking and presenting your product to those who care.
He is few of those distinguished breeds who have taken their head and heart in a venture they can call their own; risking the everyday bliss of an organised life! Mark it my friends starting a new business is no easy task especially in our knowledge economy where every third person bleeps a bulb representing a fancy idea that can change the world, but the only thing they lack is the initiative.
Entrepreneurship comes in various flavors and sizes, for some its simply a legacy passed on; for others its their only course of action and then there are those who were in a job and then they thought its time to call for their own shots.
My friend belongs to the latter; and during his stay of three days, shared his experiences which fraught him during the whole makeover, he too was in the dilemma of risking out his high paying job and treading into murkier waters the future of which only time can tell; and every now and then he has called me to ask whether he should be going ahead or be sticking to his everyday job and let the life smoothly take its course, like everyone else. And each time I asked him to take it head-on because twenty years down the line when he thinks back it shouldn't bring in the worry lines on his head that he didn’t gave it a chance.
We talked of many a things which lie in the preview of an individual to make such an idea a reality, and it all converged at a few basic stints that is persistence, right attitude and an honest believe in yourself and letting it known to the world. He too was harangued by many into deviating from this course; when his family is settling down and he has a new born baby to care about. But coming to think of it, our life is always in flux of various events and nowhere do we sit and say "wow" this is the point where I start.
But ofcourse fate too plays its own sweet games and although many have got that spark they lack a choice but in case you are few of those who gets them both, don’t shirk back.
He is too rolling his dice, carefully; for three years he hopes to give in all that he's got, if all goes well we plans to buy a Merc in another ten years or so :) else he exits with his experience intact, he may have to fight his way in, but at the end he will have that strange glow all his life that he tried.
I wish him luck in his future enterprise.
Every time we go in for a task which we alone are accountable for we carry in a risk of failure and also a sense of pride for the success it entails. As time passes our risk taking capacity declines proportionately. But for some the drive keeps on getting stronger and stronger. Oxford dictionary loosely defines such a person "As one who undertakes or controls a business or enterprise and bears the risk of profit or loss" though it does bear other meanings but not to what I have buzzing in my head, and for the past few days this word has been continuously making rounds due to a friend who similarly wishes to take that risk. He flew from Delhi to attend a seminar make a few friends share in his ideas and see if others think him sane enough and are willing to give in, that much required helping hand. And gentlemen business at the end of the day is all about networking and presenting your product to those who care.
He is few of those distinguished breeds who have taken their head and heart in a venture they can call their own; risking the everyday bliss of an organised life! Mark it my friends starting a new business is no easy task especially in our knowledge economy where every third person bleeps a bulb representing a fancy idea that can change the world, but the only thing they lack is the initiative.
Entrepreneurship comes in various flavors and sizes, for some its simply a legacy passed on; for others its their only course of action and then there are those who were in a job and then they thought its time to call for their own shots.
My friend belongs to the latter; and during his stay of three days, shared his experiences which fraught him during the whole makeover, he too was in the dilemma of risking out his high paying job and treading into murkier waters the future of which only time can tell; and every now and then he has called me to ask whether he should be going ahead or be sticking to his everyday job and let the life smoothly take its course, like everyone else. And each time I asked him to take it head-on because twenty years down the line when he thinks back it shouldn't bring in the worry lines on his head that he didn’t gave it a chance.
We talked of many a things which lie in the preview of an individual to make such an idea a reality, and it all converged at a few basic stints that is persistence, right attitude and an honest believe in yourself and letting it known to the world. He too was harangued by many into deviating from this course; when his family is settling down and he has a new born baby to care about. But coming to think of it, our life is always in flux of various events and nowhere do we sit and say "wow" this is the point where I start.
But ofcourse fate too plays its own sweet games and although many have got that spark they lack a choice but in case you are few of those who gets them both, don’t shirk back.
He is too rolling his dice, carefully; for three years he hopes to give in all that he's got, if all goes well we plans to buy a Merc in another ten years or so :) else he exits with his experience intact, he may have to fight his way in, but at the end he will have that strange glow all his life that he tried.
I wish him luck in his future enterprise.
Labels: Destiny, Entrepreneur
posted by Rebus at 9/10/2006 06:26:00 PM
2 Comments:
All the best for ur friend. I think it is important to follow ur heart sometimes.
You write nice. I am Amanda, I am currently living in New York, but I was studying in JNU for last four years. Hence I come to know about bollywood and I see very films. I saw one video for Rani Mukherjee. It was nice, the music was on some Agaar tum milll jaao, jamana chood dega hum. You can see it on this blog Mera Bollywood.
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