Michael Gerber and Earning the Right to Entrepreneur

In life we have all kinds of opportunities. Most of them we don't take advantage of because, as Edison is supposed to have said, they walk around dressed in overalls and look like work.

Entrepreneuring is something special. We have the chance to shape society and make people's lives better in any number of ways. Yet to do such a thing requires passion, thought, perseverance, and, yes--skill.

Before you undertake it, you have to determine that that opportunity is the best one for you. If it's not, it's not an opportunity worth pursuing. That is, if the payoff isn't there, if the potential for making our world better isn't there, don't do it. But to decide if a given opportunity isn't right takes skill, and then to go forward.

So don't just tell your boss to shove your job somewhere where the sun never shines, take that anger and do something meaningful for yourself and the world around you. Look around for another job first, and when nothing materializes, and you see what looks like a great entrepreneurial opportunity, go for it. But before you leap, make sure you have a pretty good idea of what you're leaping into.

Also, before you decide to entrepreneur, see what jobs are available. If there is a job that offers you a chance to do good things, meets most of the needs your entrepreneurial opportunity would, pays well enough, and gives you most of what you need, take it. Save your passion and perseverance for times when that entrepreneurial opportunity is the best one for you. Remember, it's tough out there. It's like trying to play chess on a board that's always changing shape, with pieces whose powers are constantly shifting, and with opponents that kind of come in and out unpredictably.

What do you think of this? The goal is to produce more skilled entrepreneurs. Does this help? Tell me. Post a comment. I'd like to know. And follow me on Twitter.com

Entrepreneurship informs all of my professional activities. Entrepreneurial ideas are their life's blood. For my ideas on entrepreneurial real estate go to www.yourstopforrealestate.com/blog and for my ideas on writing and publishing, go to www.kearneymusicschoolmurders.blogspot.com.