Values to Empower Entrepreneurs

Good Morning Friends and Fellow Entrepreneurs;

My thoughts today are centered around our present economy and wondering,” how did we get here?”  I’m in the Baby Boomer generation, so I’ve been around a few years.  I’ve been contemplating  the changes I’ve seen in my lifetime and I’ve come to this conclusion, what has changed the most is the basic values my generation grew up with.

The basic values that used to empower us to excel in life has somehow become politically incorrect.  I can’t excel because it might hurt my neighbor’s self-esteem.  Schools have adopted the philosophy, ” We can’t reward the students that excel because it’s too damaging to those who don’t. ” We all have the power within us to do and become whatever we choose.   I believe the politically correct theory has put roadblocks in our way, hindering us from feeling empowered from our accomplishments.

I’ve enjoyed 11 Rules for Living by Bill Gates. In his book, he talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a full generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1.  Life is NOT fair.  Get used to it.

Rule 2.  The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem.  The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3.  You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school.  You won’t be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.

Rule 4.  If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.  He doesn’t have tenure.

Rule 5.  Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.  Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping, they called it opportunity.

Rule 6.  If you mess up, it’s not your parent’s fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7.  Before you were born, your parent’s weren’t as boring as they are now.  They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes, and listening to you talk about how cool you are.  So, before you save the rain forest from the parasites of yourparent’s generation, try “delousing” the closet in your own room.

Rule 8.  Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.  In some schools they have abolished failing grades;  they’ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answers.  This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9.  Life is not divided into semesters.  You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.  Do that on your own time.

Rule 10.  Television is NOT real life.  In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11.  Be nice to Nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

These things have empowered me as an entrepreneur to make the commitment to move forward in my life, with the clear intention to help others realize their full potential.

I want to thank everyone who took the time out of their busy life to spend this time with us here at Unlimited Prosperity!!

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