We have talked about enthusiasm, an idea and being tenacious and these are admirable qualities that are needed to start up a business. One of the things that is most overlooked is being in the right place at the right time and being quick to act. However this is not a business, it is simply an opportunity.
We have talked about enthusiasm, an idea and being tenacious and these are admirable qualities that are needed to start up a business. One of the things that is most overlooked is being in the right place at the right time and being quick to act. However this is not a business, it is simply an opportunity.
I am sure you have heard the stories about American soldiers captured by the Chinese and later appearing on television denouncing their country and praising communism. What? You haven’t! If you haven’t let me tell you here how they did it.
I am currently at the #dpecv at Feria Valencia. If you want to know more about what is going on then follow me on Twitter at @e_solo or @grahunt. I will update this blog tonight when finished here. I have been harsh on Spanish entrepreneurs in the past but it is good to see so far today loads of people and ideas and what looks like a younger generation coming through that don’t want to stick with traditional working lives. However if you watch the video you will find a kicker at the end. All is not as it seems.
I have been thinking about how things have changed in my life recently and realised something that I have known intuitively all along but maybe hadn’t put all of the things together into a coherent whole. Now I can’t remember the exact percentage but I believe that Woody Allen once said that 90% of success was just turning up.
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