Five questions to ponder before you begin your entrepreneurial journey Part-1
Miguel Guinard • Feb 24, 2020
As I admire my favorite brands and their founders, no matter how big or small, I often ponder on the following questions:
- What innate ability do they possess?
- How did they prepare to jump into entrepreneurship?
- What support did they receive from family or friends?
- How were their finances before the jump?
- Is there such a thing as luck?
The answers to these questions will vary slightly depending on your favorite brands. Still, their legacy or infamy will live on as encouragement or lessons in our "free fall" to entrepreneurship.
Over the next five weeks, I will be sharing how I answered these questions to help me begin my journey into entrepreneurship.
1. Exploring My Innate Abilities
Looking back at my early childhood, I remember having an intense curiosity about how things work. I found myself taking apart all my toys and putting them back together. As you can imagine, I broke many in the process. This curiosity has developed into what I call "the troubleshooting mindset."
The troubleshooting mindset helped me develop my creativity. In my family, creativity was encouraged, and my passion for the arts grew exponentially.
At the age of 11, I found a passion for graphic arts. I was drawing, painting, and capturing images with my film camera.
Over the next few years, my passion for the arts took me to the music realm. I learned how to play drums, guitar, and how to sing.
My innate ability, "the troubleshooting mindset," developed into my new business venture in the world of branding, where I exercise all of my talents and skills.
Troubleshooting Creativity
Everyone in this world is creative. We are born with God-given talents and abilities that will help us in our journey through life.
Our modern society has suppressed our creativity and emphasize responsibility and duty. Our society conditions us to be "worker bees," doing mundane and repetitive tasks every day of our lives. We now live for the weekend, and we spend these precious two days consuming everything sold to us during the week.
There is nothing wrong with having a regular job if it is fulfilling and helps us accomplish our goals in life. In many ways, a nine to five job simplifies our lives and provides the income to support our families and helps us pursue our desires. The keyword is to have "goals" in place to find our purpose. Without goals, we are destined to live for the weekend.
Before I jumped into this world of entrepreneurship, I had a traditional job with flexibility, and it allowed me to exercise my skills and passions. I was able to spend time with my family, have fun, and plan for the future.
The problem lies in getting comfortable with simplification. When we get comfortable, our creativity takes a back seat because our lives are running smoothly on cruise control.
If you think about it, most of us are working for companies that began on the passion and creativity of their founders. These role models had to leap in faith toward their dreams. (More on this on next week's post)
I believe the more you revive your creativity, the more you can find purpose in your life and enhance your current circumstances. If you exercise your creativity, you will be able to bring new ideas and concepts to the table that will be invaluable in your life, your current job, or encourage you to jump into entrepreneurship.
Creativity is a God-given virtue to all humanity, so make sure you spend some time every day exercising it. Here are some quick tips:
Make dinner without a recipe
Draw a picture from your mind
Strike a conversation with someone new.
Put down the phone and be still for 30 minutes.
The more creative you become, the more attractive your thoughts and ideas will be. Don't be afraid of getting your ideas shot down. It is through failed ideas that you will encounter the best. Before you know it, people will be coming to you for ideas and suggestions.
I hope that this blog post will give a "jump-start" to your creativity and remind you that you possess an enormous amount of creative power. You are a "carrier" of many incredible talents that this world needs.
What are your innate abilities?
I welcome your thoughts and criticisms.
Continue reading Part-2
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