By Tinofara
Mutovogi.
With what’s has
been around the world in the world of business it has become so cool
to be called an entrepreneur. Everyone now calls themselves an
entrepreneur and we have people advocating for that under the banner
of motivational speakers. The main reason why motivational speakers
call people what they aren’t is as a way to try and help people
believe in themselves but that has become a big problem because that
has destroyed the spirit of practicality in people.
Everyone is going
the easiest way which is getting more and more information about
business and then think they are business people. I have read more
than 300 books about entrepreneurship but it was really difficult for
me when I got into the field. What you read in the book may not be
applicable in real world so the best thing is being on the playground
doing it hands on. You will find out that the business model that
made millions for someone will fail to make you a dime in a different
setup.
Entrepreneurship
is a practice not a talk. It’s foolish to call yourself an
entrepreneur when you haven’t sold anything in your life. It’s
good to aspire to be something but don’t sell yourself lies that
you are really what you haven’t proven to be. You might have been
spoiled by the education system that tells people to be engineers
when all they have done is reading volumes upon volumes of books.
Having the potential to do something does not make you it. An egg has
the potential to be a chick but you can’t really go around telling
people I have a dozen of chickens while all you have is a dozen of
eggs.
Think of
entrepreneurship as a discipline like music or any sport. You can’t
call yourself a guitarist just by reading a book a playing a guitar.
You may put all the information in your head word for word but you
cannot play a guitar until you spend time with it. How can someone
call themselves a footballer when all they have done is reading a
book? Cristiano is a footballer not because he thought it in his head
and went on telling people that he thinks he is a footballer. In fact
on top of his exceptional talent he put in a lot of hard work to
sharpen his skills.
My point is that
unless you get in the field you never know how really things work. At
least start doing something and prove your talk. Don’t let your
mouth to be too far ahead of your actions. For me after reading those
many books and watching entrepreneurs for hundreds of ours I thought
I was ripe for the market but the day I landed in the field I was
proven so wrong. I had to start learning and adapting to the real
world. Please if you want to be something, go on the field and learn
everything practically. Know this: talk is easy but taking action is
demanding, you need to be able to translate you plans, will and
emotions in practice then you can then call yourself an entrepreneur
Tinofara
Mutovongi is an upcoming entrepreneur specializing in online
marketing and advertising strategy. You can get in touch on Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram all @TinofaraMutovongi.
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