Comments on: Entrepreneurs Are Born

By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:17:18 +0000

Hi Taylor
I shared your sentiment. I believe a little anxiety is good to keep us on our toes so that we don’t get too complacent. The learning curve I have over the past decades is that I cannot retreat into my comfort zone, once the jobs are streaming in, when the rest of the world is changing. Picking up the pace after emerging from the comfort zone as an entrepreneur is steep and definitely too pricy. Especially right now, when the talk of economy going further south in early 2012. How’s the real estate business in your part of the world doing?

By: Taylor

Taylor — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:40:59 +0000

I am very much the same as I did not start out with any intention to be an entrepreneur, nor did it come naturally.

I was more forced into it and from a place of fear, I was able to figure out enough to make a decent living.

Now 10 years later, there is still anxiety that goes with being the boss, but compared to the toxicity of the corporate world and the anxiety that went with that, I’ll stick with what I’m doing.

Certainly not great at it, but decent.

I guess the only thing “born” into me for it was the willingness to take risks and the knowledge that continuous focus and hard work will always bear fruit.

By: buy online

buy online — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:55:54 +0000

Hi,
Thank you for sharing this wonderful information i like your post and i also like your recommendations “DNA of an Entrepreneur” by Greg Watson. I hope both the readings help me in my career’s journey.
regards,

Rabia

By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:54:18 +0000

Part of the learning process is unlearning. I unlearn to learn and then re-learn. If we do the same thing over and over again yet yearn for a different result, we are not being very smart. Yet so many times, it is so much easier to stay in the comfort zone and do the same old familiar stuff. For entrepreneurs to survive, sustain and succeed, being able to Ready Fire Aim (and not Ready Aim Fire) is important. We may not know if we are on the right track. Just have the courage to take the first step into the uncharted land and tweak and adjust along the way. I’m sure somewhere somehow, the cheese will be at the next corner or next next corner.

By: chicago seo

chicago seo — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:28:21 +0000

@ Vivienne – I do agree with you citing that only 5% entrepreneurs survive after 5 years in business. I can highly attest to it :) Although I am sure when these entrepreneurs start their business again, they would have learned their lessons.

By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:11:00 +0000

Only for those with a strong desire to be one coupled with an equally strong commitment to go against all odds. It’s not without reasons that Robert Kyosaki said only 5% entrepreneurs survived after 5 years in business.

By: chicago seo

chicago seo — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:26:01 +0000

I beg to differ. Entrepreneurs are made – through proper education, experience and guidance :)

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The Need for Achievment in Small Business « CAS Snethen -My E-Blog — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:51:15 +0000

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By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:05:21 +0000

Hi Adrian
Some people are gifted with entrepreneurial traits and even then, they put in their 10,000 hours to be successful. For those who got to learn, well, as long as we put in 20,000 or 30,000 hours, we will eventually be successfully to. Who do we want to become is the key question to answer.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:35:29 +0000

I’ve been working for entrepreneurs since 2003, and agree with Watson’s statement listed above. People returns again and again, to start new ventures. If you track the same person, it’s clear that success or failure, good times and bath times are source of opportunities for his entrepreneurial spirit.

By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:09:00 +0000

Hi Solomon
I’m sure you give your best to your clients.

By: Solomon

Solomon — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:07:20 +0000

Hi Vivienne,
Such a great discussion to cherish here!
I would like to sum up what I learnt from the great discussion:

Vivienne… I know that as I strive to give the best value to my clients in each and every project.

Charles…Entrepreneurs are a special breed of people who are determined to live their lives by deliberate design, rather than letting circumstances dictate how they should live.

Joseph…Because as an entrepreneur, the amount of value we can add to the world is limitless

Ken Chee…midst all these chaos being a entreprenuer, I found peace, passion, love and fulfillment and ton of human experiences…. apart from financial success.

Edmund…it’s better to have lived and lost, than never to have lived at all, wondering & regretting what might have been”…start with the end in mind…
Thanks for the great insighs…! You made me more wise through this discussion.
Thank you Vivienne!