No, it’s not sexy.. know the difference!!
You all out there think you know an enterprenuers life, I see so many damn blogs every day about enterprenuers, their lifestyle, their flaws, their attitudes and personality traits blah blah blah.
But every single one of them “no offence to the writers” misses one thing which is fundamental to being a bloody enterprenuer; which is?? Were you privileged to this lifestyle or did you hustle every day to being a true enterprenuer.
Now that is the conversation I want to be having or be a part of. And yes, I mean all those who have a harvard, oxford or whatever other background where more often you are privileged to be at the right place, more often recognised and backed at several if not all stages of your enterprenuer life… you guys and gals are not true enterprenuers sorry to break the news, you are all in the right place at the right time with the right backgrounds, if you know what i mean!!
Well yes you may have a super successful business and lifestyle but it comes with a lot of help. No offence, I have nothing against those enterprenuers who were born in the right families etc. But I do want some focus directed on the other enterprenuers — who I call true ones. Because they are the ones that do not have a privileged lifestyle. They are the ones that go through the hustles of life and businesses all day long without any support in many cases.
Yes all enterprenuers go through more or less the same stages of challenges from startups to SMEs to making their businesses global. But it’s the difference between entrepreneurs that have plenty of help all along the way and then the one’s that have to muster at least 10 times more courage and preparedness that they will not get all the help they need or deserve. It’s these true enterprenuers that really need light shown upon, they may not get to success they deserve as fast but they sure get there too.
These true enterprenuers have a lot more passion, drive and determination. They face numbness, longer I mean extremely longer hours, they have to make more sacrifices for their passions, and on a lighter note they can get ill too but they still don’t have time to fall ill and so they keep going. These true enterprenuers get millions of set back because they didn’t have certain network and similar privileges. Every defeat to them is a huge lesson learnt and monumental in shaping their attitudes, personality and business decisions.
But these are also some of the most humble people I have known, some of the most direct, honest and respectable individuals. They have enormous strength of character and attitude that help them bounce back in lightening speed, they are truly adventurous and dive deep into their passions. Being a true enterprenuer is not sexy at all, if you are someone who is this true enterprenuer i describe — you know your daily struggles, determination and effort it takes to stay on your feet from empty pockets to sleepless nights.
So to all true enterprenuers out there with a mission in your lives — i know how hard you work everyday and night, i know how much you grind, and i know it is not sexy at all; because I am one of you. It’s about time we pat ourselves on the back, the irony though is that if you are anything like me you will not pat yourself on your back just yet but you are smiling inside — knowing you are getting closer.
I would welcome thoughts and feedback from all enterprenuers, of course the intention was not to slate or be harsh at the enterprenuers that have privileges on the contrary it was to highlight the true enterprenuers that don’t have the same privileges and yet make it to great heights. Thanks for contributing!
