The Age of the Entrepreneur – 12

The Age of the Entrepreneur – 12

1.      Entrepreneurs are obsessed and addicted to their dreams and their freedom. They know their dreams and their freedom are not free; they are willing to pay the price because it is worth it. Entrepreneurs know that the obsolete advice, go to school get good grades and get a secure job with good benefits, does not work in the entrepreneurial economy.

2.      Entrepreneurs are willing to pay attention to answers for questions they did not ask. They use their brains to tell their eyes to pay attention to the accidents and mistakes they encounter in the pursuit of their goals and dreams. They learn from their mistakes and keep getting better and better.

3.      Entrepreneurs get comfortable with the uncomfortable. They know that it is in their discomfort that they find the truth and greatness. No pain no gain and no real story to tell. They pay the price for a desired lifestyle because it is well worth it. 

4.      Entrepreneurs live the joy of discovery. They live for the anticipation and the moments of discoveries. Joy is found in the pursuit of their goals and dreams.

5.      Entrepreneurs generate their own dopamine. They find comfort and satisfaction in the craves for solutions. Their energy comes from a continuous flow of dopamine.

6.      Entrepreneurs get rewarded for their curiosity. They are never satisfied with the way things are; they love to make things better. They love to go where no one has ever gone before.

7.      Entrepreneurs are who they are for the thrill of achieving something that has never been achieved before. They know that money and fame are by-products of who they are.

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Be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 11

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 11

1.      Entrepreneurs don’t ignore their mistakes and accidents. They know that serendipity can happen at any time. They thrive observing the ridiculous and the absurd.

2.      Entrepreneurs love new discoveries. They love the aggressive pursuit of curiosity and that is why they don’t ignore the facts presented to them.

3.      Entrepreneurs are the exception to the rule. They take the exceptions to the rule to a whole new level. Once they run into exceptions that ask why; then they keep going until they find answers to questions others don’t bother to ask.

4.      Entrepreneurs think what others don’t think. Truth is often found hidden in the unexpected. They get up from their falls quickly but spend time finding excitement and meaning in their adventures.

5.      Entrepreneurs pay close attention to what most people ignore. They know how to think instead of just knowing what to think. They know the current education system is a killer for anyone willing to innovate. That is why many get totally bored and drop out of the degrees of traditional higher learning.

6.      Entrepreneurs know that big institutions can be dangerous for their entrepreneurial health. They cannot live in an environment where innovation is managed and dictated by small minds. This is why big companies and organizations become endangered.

7.      Entrepreneurs see order in the disorder. They know the universe if full of possibilities. They know the impossible is guaranteed to happen when they decide to make it happen.

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We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Be a giver in a world of takers.

Be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 10

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 10

1.      Entrepreneurs are not concerned about credentialism. They know that most innovations come from people with no formal education or training in the industry they play.

2.      Entrepreneurs get out of their brains. They get out of themselves and into the world so they can see problems from a total different point of view.

3.      Entrepreneurs create revolutionary new approaches to problem solving. They use the skepticism of experts as a proof they are doing the right things.

4.      Entrepreneurs don’t need to try to “think outside the box.” They “live outside the box.” They live in a world of their own as they create a new world for others to see.

5.      Entrepreneurs don’t know it cannot be done. They thrive in the presence of insurmountable obstacles to create valuable solutions. They keep going until they find what they are and even what they aren't looking for.

6.      Entrepreneurs aren't blinded by their expertise. They love chasing what seems absurd and impossible to the experts.

7.      Entrepreneurs are fascinated with observation. They are always curious and they don’t refuse to see the reality presented to them.

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We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Be a giver in a world of takers.

Be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 9

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 9

1.      Entrepreneurs understand problems better than anyone else. They separate problems into parts so they can understand each components and the whole problem.

2.      Entrepreneurs give shape and meaning to the problems. They find a way to shape meaning to the solutions as well.

3.      Entrepreneurs understand science and art. They put art into science and science into art; they know that one is the key to the other.

4.      Entrepreneurs embrace contradictions. This can be confusing to others but it is normal to them. They are comfortable living with their contradictions.

5.      Entrepreneurs embrace conflicting thoughts and feelings. They go beyond logic and that is why they go to places others don’t dare to go. They learn to live with fear and desire and with pain and pleasure.

6.      Entrepreneurs use pain to find their greatness. They know that without pain is to live without gain. Their greatness comes from their suffering. The big difference is their high tolerance for pain as compared to everyone else.

7.      Entrepreneurs are content but dissatisfied. They are great student of the impossible. They love they two letter statement “if it is up to be it is up to me.”

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We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Be a giver in a world of takers.

Be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 8

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 8

1.      Entrepreneurs saturate their brains with the right knowledge. They fill their brains with the knowledge about problems and possible solutions; then they let their brains do the work for them.

2.      Entrepreneurs love nature. They take time to appreciate nature and fill their brains with images from the amazing beauty of God’s creations.

3.      Entrepreneurs let their brains do the work. They know the brain processes the information and provides clues to solutions. They know the solutions will come and they are ready to go out and test them.

4.      Entrepreneurs are wanderers. They wander on purpose with an obsessed drive to find creative solutions.

5.      Entrepreneurs trust their instincts. They develop high trust for proven processes used by other entrepreneurs. They are able to learn from others better and faster.

6.      Entrepreneurs are different. They know that they have to be different to make a difference and that sameness leads to mediocrity. They are visual thinkers with the ability to look at all sides of a problem.

7.      Entrepreneurs are not linear thinkers. They think in 3-D and their thoughts have shapes, sizes, colors, and light. The have the uncommon ability to see light in darkness and color where others only see black, white, and gray.

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We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Be a giver in a world of takers.

Be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 7

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 7

1.      Entrepreneurs turn noise into information. They assign meaning to what they see. Their brain filters out the irrelevant noise. What bothers others gives a feast to their brains.

2.      Entrepreneurs can see order where others don’t. They can see order in the disorder seen by everyone else. They develop a heighten awareness for solutions.

3.      Entrepreneurs see the hidden connections. They will find a way or create one. They leverage the power of hidden connections. They are not looking at the same places as everyone else.

4.      Entrepreneurs expect to stumble into solutions. They relentless look for the key that fits the solution to the problem. They choose to believe that a solution exists.

5.      Entrepreneurs create something new. They are always coming up with things that never existed before. They are willing to embrace the unknown.

6.      Entrepreneurs know when they are the most creative. They find that the most creative times are between the waking and rising. They are attentive to the moments that they are working the least because their minds achieve the most.

7.      Entrepreneurs value their naps. Their geniuses are working the hardest when they appear to be working the least yet they develop a reputation for problem solving.

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We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Be a giver in a world of takers.

Be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 6

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 6

 

1.      Entrepreneurs ask the right questions. They know the questions they ask determines what their brain focuses on so they ask questions that are bigger than their answers.

2.      Entrepreneurs make a difference. They know that making a difference comes before they can make a profit. Money is a by-product of creating value in the lives of others.

3.      They ask the why questions before they ask the how questions. They provide products and services that change people’s lives. They know why they are in the businesses they are in.

4.      Entrepreneurs have high adaptability. They are always adapting and adopting new ways to explain the value they provide. They let their lives speak.

5.      They define and redefine the business they are in. They attach a business to their purpose and their cause instead of attaching a purpose and cause to their business.

6.      Entrepreneurs come up with their own answers.  They are aware that their answers may be laughable, ridiculed, and unbelievable at first. Once the world sees what they created it becomes simple to understand and accept.

7.      They take full responsibility for their decisions. They know the consequences of their decisions and they can live with them. The respond to opportunity with the huger of a starving lion.

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We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Be a giver in a world of takers.

Be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 5

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 5

1.      Entrepreneurs leave no stone unturned. They dream when other don’t dare to dream, they go where others don’t dare to go, and go where they have never been before so they can see what others can’t see.

2.      Entrepreneurs’ brains give clues to their eyes. They believe there is something to see, using their brains to inform their eyes there is something new not to be ignored.

3.      Entrepreneurs have eagle’s eyes. They believe when others don’t and can see with a much sharper vision because they see with their brains.

4.      Entrepreneurs act upon their beliefs. They believe at a much higher level in finding the solutions they are looking for. They see and accept what has always been there before but never seen by anyone.

5.      Entrepreneurs redefine problems. They redefine the problems to get clarity as they chase the solutions. They do not get stuck with poorly defined problems for which there are no solutions.

6.      Entrepreneurs are careful with partial truths. They seek new truths and apply them. They know that what they may have perceived as truth may not be the full truth. They know why they believe in what they believe.

7.      Entrepreneurs are voracious learners. They are constantly seeking life lessons from all their experiences and experiences of others.

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We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Be a giver in a world of takers.

Be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 4

The Age of the Entrepreneur - 4

1.      Entrepreneurs don’t let the external forces control their focus, beliefs, and expectations. They keep their internal compass functioning and directing them to where they want to go.

2.      Entrepreneurs are continuously challenging their beliefs and assumptions. They do this so they can continue to improve their perceptions of reality.

3.      Entrepreneurs make conscious choices to keep their brains open. They have a high degree of awareness of the world surrounding them so they can covert information into knowledge and action.

4.      Entrepreneurs see things that were there for all to see. They are constantly seeing new things and connecting them to find solutions others can’t find.

5.      Entrepreneurs are masters of interpreting what they see, touch, feel, smell, and hear. They use all their senses to guide their intuition; their 6^th sense.

6.      Entrepreneurs can focus on several things at the same time. They live with contradictions coming from both ends of a spectrum. That’s why we often think we have a healthy dose of craziness.

7.      Entrepreneurs get out of themselves and are willing to change their situational beliefs. They have unwavering belief they will get out of any difficult situation because they create their own luck.

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We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Be a giver in a world of takers.

Be blessed and be a blessing to others.

Carlos Fontana, President of Phalanx

Co-author of the book Follow to Lead (The 7 Principles to Being a Great Follower)

Author of the book PRICELESS (Sixty-Six Simple Stories of Reflection, Love, and Legacy