“Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.”
People always tend to ask — what are you? What do you do? Well I say, I’m an entrepreneur. In a summary, that’s fine, but it’s quite vague. Not to mention, to most people that means I’ve started some massive company, with this and that many employees. Someday? Maybe, sure. Right now, not quite. But I’m still an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is so much more than just starting a business. It’s waking up and going after what you want, despite your setbacks. It’s doing what you have to do to get things done. It’s working a 9-5 job to pay the bills then coming home and working on your own thing until unrighteous hours. It’s relaxing with your cat, dog, turtle, snake — whenever you want, because you acknowledge your time is yours. It’s also working nonstop because you acknowledge that your time is yours, and it’s going into something you’re connected to. It’s no sleep. It’s lots of sleep. It’s days off. It’s no days off. It’s the path less traveled by; the path of the unknown. It’s growing comfortable with risk. It’s taking more than you can handle, then learning to handle it. You don’t have to amass an amount of wealth and people working for you to say you’re an entrepreneur. The goal isn’t more money; it’s living life on your own terms. Once you’re making real decisions about your work, what you do, how you do it, who you serve — you’re already there. It’s helping other people live life on their own terms as well. Lots of people are entrepreneurs and don’t even know it. So what am I? I’m an entrepreneur. What do I do? I research. I analyze. I design. I write. I think. I create. I help. Who do I do it for? I do it for myself and I do it for whoever needs it. Why do I do it? Because that’s what I want to do. It’s that simple, but also not. Entrepreneurship is one of the most complex things but it all boils down to the simple stuff. All anyone really needs to get started is the unbelievably strong desire to do what you want and help who you want. We all do what we have to do but how often do we do what we want to do? If the answer is not often enough, change is your best friend. So what are you? Are you an entrepreneur or are you living life on someone else’s terms?
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AuthorHey there, I’m Racquille. I’m a B2B freelance consultant for research, content development, and design. Your above & beyond personal brain-picker. Currently building 2 start-ups; fingers crossed. Archives
June 2019
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