Useful stuff presumably follows...
A
friend once said to me, “You can’t convince anybody of anything. You
can only give them more information.” And Plato quoted Socrates as
saying, “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.”
This
blog is intended to provide some information that may be new to you,
and to encourage critical thinking. My bold presumption is that the
extra information and consequent critical thought will reduce the risk
in your entrepreneurial adventure and increase your chances of
identifying and obtaining what you really want.
Posts are intentionally short. I don’t believe that any business author can hold the attention of a true entrepreneur very long. I am likewise convinced that the essence of most things can be boiled down to handy rules of thumb, which is quite useful to people in a hurry – most entrepreneurs. Of course, the disclaimer is that life is never quite that simple and no rules work all the time, maybe not even most of the time. Care is recommended.
What follows here takes three forms: information, opinion, and advice. These are important distinctions, in my opinion.
- Information is neutral data.
- Opinion is someone’s interpretation of that data.
- Advice is instruction on how to react to that data.
In my experience, few people are really interested in other people’s opinions; and almost nobody really wants advice. Sadly, in the interest of brevity, clarity, and emphasis, I’ve decided to include both opinion and advice. I just couldn’t help myself.
Besides, Mentors are one of the Four Fundamental Factors, along with Market, Magic, and Moxie; and they tend to provide all three forms of assistance.
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