Taking a risk
Today I take a risk and start this blog.
What am I risking? The same risk we all face when deciding whether to take that first step or not – Failure.
The real risk however, and ironically the real failure, is never taking that first step.
This blog will focus on “Leadership through Entrepreneurship”. Over the next couple months I will be delving into what I mean by that and why I think the entrepreneurial spirit is a good framework within which to examine leadership.
My intent is to outline the qualities I feel are the building blocks for a successful entrepreneur and use them as a framework for a discussion on leadership. For the purposes of this blog, I define leadership as “personal and professional excellence”, and is something each of us can aspire to and participate in. We are all the leaders of the most challenging business there is: our lives.
I do not purport to be a leadership expert, nor do I feel I have achieved excellence in my personal and professional lives. I do however aspire to such excellence and believe I can facilitate a meaningful conversation on the topic.
I have given much thought to a topic to develop online. When the idea of melding personal excellence, leadership, and the principles of entrepreneurship came to me, I immediately got that rush of passion that told me I had come upon something that I was willing to devote the time and energy to that will be required.
My initial passion has ignited my creative juices and I’ve already been thinking way too far ahead on where we could go with this topic. I say “we” because my wish is that a passionate community will spring up around this topic; one that regularly adds to the conversation.
This will be my first post for a while as I get the blog’s plumbing setup and give a little more thought to how to arrange content here. In the meantime, if you are someone interested in the conversations it sounds like we will be having here, please add my feed to your list.
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Well said! The blogosphere will be a better place because of your participation and commitment to engage a dialog on this topic.
Best wishes for thoughtful posts, lively commentary, and no server/hacker angst.
And, who knows – maybe one day I’ll see you on Beet Street!
Best, /cb