This
week we were faced with the question “what is at the heart of entrepreneurship?”
In their article, The Heart of Entrepreneurship, Howard H. Stevenson, and David
E. Gumpert, explained “everybody wants to be innovative, flexible, and
creative,” yet many fail in their pursuit. So why might this happen? What I
understood to be the answer to this question and to the question of “what is at
the heart of entrepreneurship” is a person’s mindset and behavior. It is okay
for us to want to be innovative, flexible, creative, and to dream big dreams,
but if we do not examine our behaviors and mentalities to be in par with an
entrepreneurs then we are setting ourselves for failure. In order for us to be
successful entrepreneurs it is necessary for us to seize up opportunities, and
to accept change and make the most of it and find ways to profit from it. When
we learn to apply these principles to match entrepreneurs we contribute ideas
and innovation that help bring about competition and productivity in our
society.
In pursuing our big
dreams and entrepreneurial dreams, when we have the positive mindset to grow,
sacrifice, and persevere, we need to make sure that our behavior is responsive
to these thoughts. We can want and dream many things, but if we don’t actually
act then we will most likely never attain those things. In the article, The
Challenge to Become, Dallin H. Oaks mentioned that it is not just enough for us
to believe, but that we must seek to become it. He went on to say that, “What
is important in the end is what we have become by our labors.” This was one of
my favorite quotes this week. I agree that in the end what will matter the most
will be how we decided to spend our days doing, and what we ended up becoming.
This motivates me more to continue to dream big and pursue my entrepreneurial
dreams.
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