In times of employment uncertainty, going on your own is more appealing than ever. But you need your mind, heart and soul to be right. Picture: ISTOCK
If the past few years have taught us anything, it is that what we thought was secure isn’t really secure. We live in a country with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, and with this is the growing trend of mass retrenchments at SA businesses struggling to grow in a stagnant economy. I think it’s a false premise that entrepreneurs are risk takers. They’re obviously not paralysed by risk. There’s risk in taking a new job, in starting something on your own, but entrepreneurship is about understanding fully what risks you’re taking and mitigating those risks.
Like being in love, being captivated means that you’re willing to allow yourself to be kidnapped by the intensity of a feeling. This is one half. The other is willingness.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)