The entrepreneurs view
Here is a picture of the same mountain from two different perspectives or paradigms. The view looking down from atop a high mountain is the view most people assume entrepreneurs see. The second view from the bottom of the mountain looking up is the actual view in my opinion of most entrepreneurs. As an entrepreneur I wake up asking the question, what more can I do?
- Non entrepreneurs call this drive, but entrepreneurs call it survival.
- One perspective is that of accomplishment, but the entrepreneurs perspective is that of untapped potential.
I’m not saying that one view is right or wrong, but they are so vastly different that it causes a sense of loneliness at time among entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Do you have an entrepreneur in your family? Someone close to you that you have watched go through this process? Well, you understand better than anyone else how differently they see the world. As an entrepreneur I find myself attracted to other entrepreneurs because I don’t need to explain this perspective. They know it. And family of entrepreneurs know it too.
So, when you meet a entrepreneur instead of asking “How did you do it?” ask “What are your current challanges?” that will show that you want to understand their perspective and as you listen to their challanges you just may.