As such there will inevitably be people who fill you with happiness, some with desire and there will also be a small portion that inspire you. It is this small portion that I think are quite important. You can find with a small search any amount of books, blogs, websites and other literature that all claims to be able to help inspire yourself or others. I think the majority of it will not inspire, as I think inspiration is natural rather than cultured. As such, people who inspire can be found in all walks of life, all places and do many things.
One of the typical entrepreneurial figures from which I take inspiration is Lord Alan Sugar. I read his biography and his other book that has thoughts that he has about the world. Kind of like a blog, except in a book and it isn't going to get updated; none the less they were both excellent books and totally worth reading. One was called "What You See Is What You Get: My Autobiography" and the other is called "The Way I See It" These are both very good books that upon reading them I literally could not put them down! They really made me want to go out and do as much as I could and try my best to replicate the success that were portrayed in the book to a certain extent.
Lord Sugar's Autobiography was really insightful as to how the mind of a driven successful person works, and the environment that allowed this mind to flourish. The good feeling in learning about someone struggling with the same problems but managing to find a solution to overcome them; then work toward to something much bigger.
Some great stories where an opportunity was spotted, then taken advantage of. A great one that I thought was quite good and very insightful into the mindset of an entrepreneur, especially the risk taking aspect of it; seeing the chance then taking the risk.
The story goes like this: One day there was a bit of construction work on the road outside his house, and the workers used to dig up large blocks of wood with which the road was constructed. He also noticed the workers used to burn them on the brazier and because they had come out of the road they had some kind of tar on and burned really well. The next thing he noticed was that his local shop sold bundles of kindling for a fairly high price. There was a brainwave. He decided to collect this wood which the workers were just throwing away, and then chop it up, make it into bundles and then sell it to the local shopkeeper. This was an excellent enterprise that earned him a good source of revenue; this was until some older people cottoned on to the fact that there was money to be made in this and then he was soon relieved of this idea as others capitalised on it.
But the point is, the risk in poking his nose in and then having the guts to ask the shopkeeper to buy these off him, and on top of that getting his friends to chopping the wood up for free! A risky scheme that paid off very well for him, surprising himself and his parents.
If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, then you should definitely read Lord Sugar's Biography because it is an amazing story that details his rise, the ideas he had, the problems and the triumphs as Amstrad became a major player in the electronic market.
The other book written by Lord Sugar as I mentioned before, called "The Way I See It" has a good set of no bull opinions and descriptions on the world. I think its an excellent book, well worth a read.
Going back to the point about all of this being inspirational, however the point is when I read about all of these things I really feel enthused about Business, risk taking and some of the other factors attributing to being an entrepreneur. It fills me with a great sense of determination that I want to go out, do as good or better!
I made out in some of the earlier posts, like the one about selling confectionery it might seem easy. At some points motivating myself to continue was intensely difficult. However, books like this, and people that inspire the determination and drive to continue are most important.
Inspirational people are those whom provoke the desire in others to do well, be enthusiastic and work to achieve something. They cause an inexplicable drive to succeed and do better; as the example I gave, with Lord Sugar and his affect on myself.
Until next week,
Thanks for reading!
One of the typical entrepreneurial figures from which I take inspiration is Lord Alan Sugar. I read his biography and his other book that has thoughts that he has about the world. Kind of like a blog, except in a book and it isn't going to get updated; none the less they were both excellent books and totally worth reading. One was called "What You See Is What You Get: My Autobiography" and the other is called "The Way I See It" These are both very good books that upon reading them I literally could not put them down! They really made me want to go out and do as much as I could and try my best to replicate the success that were portrayed in the book to a certain extent.
Lord Sugar's Autobiography was really insightful as to how the mind of a driven successful person works, and the environment that allowed this mind to flourish. The good feeling in learning about someone struggling with the same problems but managing to find a solution to overcome them; then work toward to something much bigger.
Some great stories where an opportunity was spotted, then taken advantage of. A great one that I thought was quite good and very insightful into the mindset of an entrepreneur, especially the risk taking aspect of it; seeing the chance then taking the risk.
The story goes like this: One day there was a bit of construction work on the road outside his house, and the workers used to dig up large blocks of wood with which the road was constructed. He also noticed the workers used to burn them on the brazier and because they had come out of the road they had some kind of tar on and burned really well. The next thing he noticed was that his local shop sold bundles of kindling for a fairly high price. There was a brainwave. He decided to collect this wood which the workers were just throwing away, and then chop it up, make it into bundles and then sell it to the local shopkeeper. This was an excellent enterprise that earned him a good source of revenue; this was until some older people cottoned on to the fact that there was money to be made in this and then he was soon relieved of this idea as others capitalised on it.
But the point is, the risk in poking his nose in and then having the guts to ask the shopkeeper to buy these off him, and on top of that getting his friends to chopping the wood up for free! A risky scheme that paid off very well for him, surprising himself and his parents.
If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, then you should definitely read Lord Sugar's Biography because it is an amazing story that details his rise, the ideas he had, the problems and the triumphs as Amstrad became a major player in the electronic market.
The other book written by Lord Sugar as I mentioned before, called "The Way I See It" has a good set of no bull opinions and descriptions on the world. I think its an excellent book, well worth a read.
Going back to the point about all of this being inspirational, however the point is when I read about all of these things I really feel enthused about Business, risk taking and some of the other factors attributing to being an entrepreneur. It fills me with a great sense of determination that I want to go out, do as good or better!
I made out in some of the earlier posts, like the one about selling confectionery it might seem easy. At some points motivating myself to continue was intensely difficult. However, books like this, and people that inspire the determination and drive to continue are most important.
Inspirational people are those whom provoke the desire in others to do well, be enthusiastic and work to achieve something. They cause an inexplicable drive to succeed and do better; as the example I gave, with Lord Sugar and his affect on myself.
Until next week,
Thanks for reading!
