Today is a public holiday in South Africa. Yet another one of those days that staff love and employers hate. Being a business owner, I used the day to catch up on work, and to have a meeting with fellow creative people that can never seem to get together during the work week.
Today reminded me yet again that owning your own business, and working towards that goal of having the big deal come in, is actually not the true reason we do it.
We do it because the love of the journey is what really drives us. Its why entrepreneurs are called serial - even though they've sold their business they start again. They start again because it just seems to be the right thing to do. If you really love innovating, then you cant help doing it. You just have to get back out there and do it again and again.
Today was a powerful reminder of that for me. Meeting with a group of highly intelligent, motivated, driven individuals, each of whom has built, started or run more businesses than most people do in their entire lives - that is what its all about.
The chance to see an idea, a small simple concept, morph from its rough and unformed state, into a fully fledged, multifaceted business plan with all the bells and whistles as a number of great minds get a chance to understand it, grasp it and fundamentally change it - thats why we do what we do!
What an awesome day. And what a privilege to be surrounded by people with so much drive, enthusiasm and energy. There is hope for the economy despite the downturn and the negativity, because there really are people who can make a difference.
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