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Coming Soon: Nontrepreneur Nation
How parenting and education are killing American entrepreneurship and innovation
A new "nontrepreneur" generation is entering the marketplace: one characterized by fear of failure and an excessive need for hand-holding. Bernard Moon dives into some of the reasons behind the declining American entrepreneurial spirit.
Bernard Moon writes a very transparent reflection on his experiences with startups and knowing when it's time to quit.
Dan Wooldridge points us to a remarkable video by Honda on the role of failure in creating success. In a time when we are terrified to fail, we must embrace the path of failure to success.
Bradley J Moore prickles when a businessperson tells the Wall Street Journal God "foreordained" an acquisition: "I believe strongly in mingling our personal Christian faith with our work. I believe God cares about my company, my deals, my desire to succeed and prosper, and I will always seek out God’s wisdom and guidance for decisions, both big and small. But I do NOT believe God owes me success by virtue of the fact that I love him and have prayed about a strategic decision."
Velaia (ParisPeking)
Black Swan moments happen to each of us at various points throughout our lives and careers. There will be few, but very significant opportunities when you least expect it and suddenly all of your future seems to hang in the balance. How will you respond? What will you do?
Each of us faces significant moments that, depending how we react, determine our lives and careers for many years to come. These are the defining moments of our lives. Everything that is going on during the in-between times—however difficult, boring or tedious—could actually be very important in the long run. So...how do you prepare?
Al Lunsford's second of three reflections on Steve Jobs' speech to the Stanford Class of 2005.
Is success always earned? Is failure? Bernard Moon reflects on a talk at TEDGlobal by Alain de Botton examining our ideas of success and failure—and questioning the assumptions underlying our judgments about both.
Glenn McMahan reflects on a view of life in which even failures can be worthwhile when friendships flourish.
All too often, long periods of continued success are undermined not by the competition but by self-inflicted wounds...
Winners become sinners when confidence turns into complacency and arrogance. They over-estimate their own invincibility and under-value mundane disciplines. Whenever someone feels on top over a long period of time, they are tempted to neglect the very fundamentals that helped them succeed in the first place. They might even start to feel that the rules don't apply to them.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Why Winning Streaks End, HarvardBusiness.org, 2/8/2010
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