We had been at sea for nearly seven days, slow steaming from Algeria to Alexandria, Egypt and Port Said. I was an engineer aboard the S.S. Ruth Lykes, a general cargo ship (aka breakbulk ship), calling on ports in Europe and Africa. The Chief Mate estimated we would spend about three days in port, based… Read More
Category: Mindset
Fellow entrepreneurs please comment on this and share your story! I love this description from Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth Revisited: “Picture the typical entrepreneur and Herculean pictures come to mind: a man or woman standing alone, wind-blown against the elements, bravely defying insurmountable odds, climbing sheer faces of treacherous rock – all to realize the… Read More
If I listed 5 traits of a successful entrepreneur which one would you rank as most important? Here’s the list: Persistent, has a will to succeed, knows his/her line of business really well, thinks like a billionaire, is well capitalized. Go ahead, seriously, which would you rank as most important? If you pick one that’s… Read More