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Entrepreneurship: You Need to Take 100% Responsibility

Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

If you continue with the bad habit of thinking that the government is to blame for your problems, start reconsidering that thought—or I warn you: do not enter the field of entrepreneurship, because complaining and blaming others is one of the greatest self-saboteurs a human being can have.

If the person wants to open their own business, it will be a business that is born with a compromised foundation. In other words, in any crisis it is doomed to fail.

Entrepreneurship: Persistence versus Stubbornness

Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Stubbornness

I have a simple tip for the stubborn person. Try three times; if it does not work, change the strategy or the objective. If it feels like punching the sharp end of a knife, give up immediately and think of another cause to defend or another objective.

Persistence

The effort necessary for good planning to turn your objective into reality. Without effort and persistence, we get nowhere. Sometimes we get it right the first time; other times we do not. What separates successful people from those who washed ashore is persistence.

Entrepreneurship: Never Confuse Reputation with Status

Tue, 28 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

It is very important to demystify these two terms, because, as you will see below, status is an entrepreneur’s self-saboteur.

Status

Status is like a crystal goblet, with indescribable beauty and seductive curves, but when you least expect it, it falls from the table, breaks, cuts your foot, and cuts the foot of the person beside you.

Enough of fantasy, imitation, and plasticized life. None of this improves our lives or those of our community in the slightest.

Entrepreneurship: The Rat Race Is a Completely Different Concept from Surplus Value

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

One day, I was giving a colleague some financial advice and, when I mentioned the concept of the Rat Race, my colleague said it was similar to the concept of Surplus Value. In this text I will demystify and prove that the two have nothing to do with each other. Here are the definitions.

Surplus Value

This is a concept created by the German Karl Marx in the industrial era that criticizes capitalism. From Marx’s perspective, there were those who owned productive capital, with which they expropriated surplus value, thus constituting the exploiting class (the bourgeoisie); on the other side were wage earners who did not own property (the proletariat). In current terms, there is the employer and the employee. The companies and the employees. The entrepreneur and the collaborators.

The Path to Success

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

This post is based on Richard St. John’s video: “8 Secrets of Success”, which is available on TED.

I want to make it very clear that Richard’s video is infinitely better than this humble post.

I simply watched the video a few times, focused on the image below (the last image in the video), and started writing what came to mind about these keywords. This isn’t a translation of the video; it’s my way of interpreting the keywords that lead to success.

What Can I Say About Entrepreneurship?

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I’d like to share my personal opinion about entrepreneurship and also take part in the promotion run by Fernando from the Primeiro Milhão Blog, who received a complimentary copy from publisher Ediouro. I’m entering to win the book The Toyota Report.

Well, leaving the announcements aside, let’s get to the point. I think of entrepreneurship as an attitude that a group of people have managed to refine (through trial and error, courses, observation, experimentation, and intuition): identifying and meeting the needs, desires, and dreams of a particular target audience in exchange for financial gain.

Opportunities on the Web

Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

This is the first post in the “Take advantage!” series, which will offer tips on how to seize the opportunities available on the web to earn some extra money.

Today’s tip is:

Sell simple items to people you have never met! Visit the blog about making money online to find out how.

Custódio runs the blog and writes about the subject with good humor and dedication. He is even running a promotion himself, whose winner will receive 100 euros or 135 dollars.