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a pleasant life, and proceeded to never be a part of it again.
In hindsight, that day taught me the most important lesson
of my life. It taught me that you cannot be taught to be an
entrepreneur. As an authorial note, I will urge the reader at
this point, not to undermine the significance of this fact.
Also, I will make it clear, that being taught something and
learning something are concepts that are poles apart, and I
never said that one cannot learn to be an entrepreneur…
food for thought.
Anyway, fast forwarding a little bit, I had started to prepare
for my MBA interviews when next I had to tackle with the
term entrepreneurship. By this time, I really had gotten
weary of it and it affected me, I admit, negatively. The
simplest definitions I had come across proved to be too
weak to properly conceptualize the term. Unfortunately,
the most exotic ideas that I could relate with it were just
that – too exotic. I needed to find equilibrium, and it was
proving to be quite a challenge. I decided to change my
strategy this time. Instead of seeking opinions on the
matter, I decided to try to evaluate, with my limited
understanding, whether or not I wanted to be an
entrepreneur. The answer? Well, I still don't have one, but
the idea did prove to be fruitful.
Anyone who has ever made a business plan, a
comprehensive one, will understand this. When you get
over the initial hurdles of what, why, where, when and how,
and provided you have taken into account all the variables
involved, to the best of your abilities, you get an instance
of clarity as to whether the business will work or not. I
attempted to make a business plan. I rocketed through the
pre-cursors. I kept into account all that could possibly go
wrong… I realized that my idea belonged in the trash can,
next to the half-eaten banana from the day before. It was a
futile exercise, but it was most inform ]]