The Entrepreneur – Poem by Tom Jackobs
Be inspired by this poem by Tom Jackobs.
The entrepreneur
The drawl, Sexy, freedom, Wealth
Do what you want. No boss to tell you what you want
The dream, Made reality through impulse future
With fear, with money borrowed
Time given, sweat and tears…
What?
This dream sold to me in a magazine
For my want for a better life is
Not what I expected
Fifteen hours and counting in a day
Negative bank accounts too many times to count
The Failed marriage,
The added rate, your life put on the line
Hair pulled out, tears pulled back, time put in
Like a prisoner, we are stuck by our own desires of freedom
Freedom from bosses, freedom from clocks, freedom from worries
The truth sets in…This- is- hard- work
The choices made, the voices heard
I will attack my fears with…
Unknown to me until now
I will do what no others will, I will persevere
I will silence that negativity in my head
I will ask for help, I am not alone
There’re others suffering silently
Fighting the good fight
Where is the ‘thank you’?
Where is the ‘great job’?
Where is the reward?
It’s in the knowledge that you gave done what no others will
You have persevered
You have made a difference
You have freedom
You are a unseen hero
Looked upon as someone who has it all
Oh, how quickly they forget
Or choose to ignore your blood sweat
Tears…
Just remember, fellow unstoppable entrepreneur
I walk with you, millions walk with you
Thank you! Great job!
Finally, your reward.
Looking back to plan forward Part 3
This week we will take a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2016.
Today we will begin to look ahead to 2016 and put pen to paper on what your BHAGs and WIGs are. Let’s start with goal setting, this is preached at every business and personal development and time management seminar you will ever go to and for good reason.
Setting Goals do actually work. Simply by writing out your goals and sharing them with other people, you have already done up to 40% of the work towards achieving them. So get going. Set some goals for 2016. We are encouraged by John Maxwell to set BHAG, Big Hairy Audacious Goals. These are goals bigger than ourselves, a little larger than we would be comfortable with and just out of reach of our normal way of operation.
What this does to us is causes us to grow in ourselves and learn to rely on others to achieve them. Both are not so bad things. We are also told by Covey to set and keep a list of WIG’s, Wildy Important Goals. These are the top 3 to 5 goals that we spend 80% of our time on each day. We read them when we get up and re read them before we go to bed, they are top of mind at all times.
So what are your goals for 2016? Write out a list of 20 main objectives for the new year. Remember to include some of the following categories: Finance, Business, Personal Development, Family, Fun Time, Product Research, Networking and Holidays. Have fun with this and allow your mind to dream a bit. If your list scares you a little you have done it right. Now select your top 5 WIGS and circle them in red. Job done.
Global Entrepreneurship Week: Workshop 3
Cool Marketing tools for your business.
In the third workshop of today’s snappy workshops series about Social Media, we have looked into the various tools that you can use to market your business.
All these tools do the work that you want in one marketing task, every day. The attendees learned on how to get these tools to work for you and your business while you spend less time a day on one simple marketing task that will bring the work you want.
Below are some of the tools we talked about:
Global Entrepreneurship Week: Workshop 2
Social Media Strategy for your business.
This is the second in a series of workshops we are running today as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week. The purpose of these workshops is to share information and activities that are of interest to entrepreneurs and businesses at large.
In the second workshop of today we talked about the Social Media Strategies for your business. The workshop takes you through the best ways to use social media through an actionable strategy using engaging content generation and social media monitoring. By now you probably realize that social media has taken over our lives, and a lot of businesses use social media to market themselves.
Here is how you can use Social Media for your business:
1. Know where your clients are.
– Get to know where your clients hang out. Do not fish in an empty pond.
2. Post company information.
– The platform that you can utilize to post any news about your company are:
- Your company website
- Your company twitter account
- Your company Facebook Page
- YouTube
- Blog
3. Increase your presence on social media platforms.
- Blog at least three times a week.
- Use interesting, catchy titles
- Write series instead of long articles
- Engage with the users
To get more info on this presentation visit www.slideshare.com, the slides are available for you there.
Global Entrepreneurship Week: Workshop 1
As Part of the Global Entrepreneur Week, EI is running a series of snappy workshops today and tomorrow (17 – 18 November).
We have kick started our workshops, with the first workshop being on cleaning your online profile.Today’s first workshop highlighted key places on social profiles where hiring managers or potential clients look for “red flags”.
How important is it to keep a clean and professional profile online? How effective is it?
In today’s competitive world, especially in the job market, it is important to stand out on paper, in person, and even online. It is critical to think about what you post on social media platforms.
1. Profile Pictures
- Get professional pictures taken -Be sure to choose pictures that paint a clean, friendly image about you.
- No selfies
- No pets, children or foetal scans
- No group pictures
- Do not post provocative or inappropriate photos.
- Do not post photos of yourself drinking or using drugs.
Among other things that we have covered in the workshop are:
- Personal information – Write it out and keep editing it.
- Personal website – It is important for everyone to have their own URL. e.g www.yourname.co.za
- Professional biography – Create a one-pager profile (almost like a brochure of yourself).
- Company pages – Update your info on any business pages you are associated with.
For better or for worse, your social media profiles serve as an advertisement of your personal brand. So how do you make sure that your profile is clean? Google yourself. Find out what other can learn about you by doing a simple search.