If you’re creative in any way… You should read this, you could be an Entrepreneur

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

What makes an Entrepreneur?

I mean a really fucking good entrepreneur… The ones who change the world like Richard Branson, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg? Is it innovation? Challenging what’s already been done? Philanthropy and working for the good of humanity?  

All of it…. Take these aspects of a person (Which run to the core of their being) and throw it in a pot with a few other ingredients, let it stew over a lifetime, and you get what are aptly called Game Changers.

The other ingredients I speak of are traits like the willingness to never give up.

The ability to see into the future.

The sometimes disheartening quality to sacrifice whatever it takes for the good of the whole.  And a selflessness that is comparable to Jesus Christ.

With all of these you get people who come along every once in a while and carry the world before them. They innovate and create and help the species advance in miraculous ways.

Take Branson for example and his dedication to building and creating new ideas that challenge the status quote. Virgin Records, Virgin Air, and Virgin Galactic are just a few of the accomplishments he has achieved in the world of business and technology.

These don’t even touch on the goods and services as well as contributions he’s made to help people around the world.

Have you heard of the Elders?

It’s a group of some of the most progressive and innovative thinkers the world has seen. To give an idea Nelson Mandela was one of the founding members, and Sir Richard Branson is one of the heads of this prestigious group of marvels who are making the world a better place.

In case you’ve been locked up in solitary confinement for the last 20 years Branson was just a normal kid from Britain who had big dreams. He had ideas and a dedication to working day and night that took the little Virgin Records from a blip to one of the largest corporations in the world.

He has since founded more than 360 successful businesses.

Of course there’s a bazillion other blogs, articles, and other writings online and in nearly every publication made in the last two decades about him so this isn’t going to be history of Richard Branson article. While I touched on some of his accomplishments in business, this is more to get people to start acting different.

It’s more to get you to start thinking bigger than yourself, to get you to start thinking about how you can make a positive impact on this world and watch your life will transform.

There’s a little word that comes to mind… Fulfillment.

That’s really what it’s all about, life needs purpose to be fulfilling, and while it can take time to find that purpose, when you do you’ll know it and your entire mindset will shift.

As for myself, I used to think it was about getting rich. And even though I love money, and love wealth, and always strive to earn more, to do more, and to be more… I now see the bigger picture.

And that’s why I write this, because for me I want to inspire you. And if you don’t get inspired by me, then study people like Branson and Musk, and see how they are shaping a new and brighter world.

Read about them and learn how they think and live, and how they came from nothing. All self-made, and why you can do everything they’ve done and more.

I promise you after watching or reading material on these guys you will begin to think different. You’ll start to see greater opportunities and become more creative.

And as it goes… Imagination is what moves the entire race forward in advancement.

Studying these men has changed my life, and I won’t stop now. And as I said before I used to have no direction except for wealth…. And now I have goals and purpose.

For one, after all of the years fishing and taking from this planet, I have made it my lives ambition to help clean the oceans and preserve life on this planet. And while this is all new, you have to start somewhere.

I also am going to do everything in my power to work with these men in my life… These successful men who are changing the world. It may seem crazy, but in the words of the late Steve Jobs…

“The people that think they are crazy enough to change the world are usually the ones that do.”

Well…

I believe that’s why I was put here. To awaken all of myself and help make this world more complete.

Still think I’m crazy? Good… Then listen to this.

Have you read Think and Grow Rich? One of the top 10 most sold books of all time, written by Napoleon Hill?

Well in the first chapter Hill speaks of the late and great Charles Schwab. He had a dream and a burning desire to work with Edison, and there was no plausible reason as to why he should have been able to achieve this goal.

But with a vision, a burning desire, and the willingness to just not be told no, he traveled long, hard, and broke to secure a spot next to Edison. He secured his spot as a general laborer, and even Edison said he looked like a Hobo of sorts, but there was something about him.

Well… long story short, Schwab worked his ass off and in time became a direct partner of Edison. And this goes to show that a man with a vision and the belief can make miracles happen. You see it time and time again throughout history.

All the greatest men in women of all ages were no different than you and I, and that’s why I write this. To inspire you to start dreaming bigger, to start thinking more, to read more, to start working harder, to set your goals and go for them.

Because If you’re reading this? You could be one of the next game changers; you could be the next Jobs, the next Ellison, or the next Sergey Brin. (One of Googles creators)

Just believe you can, and start working towards it like nothing else in the world exists. Because we need more people who are willing to think outside the box. And please, from the bottom of my heart, start reading more about these game changers I speak of.

Something more to give a little reason

If you are wondering why I care so much, it’s because I have unplugged from the matrix so to speak.

There’s a whole world out there that most of you miss out on for one reason or another. But you don’t have to, you can escape into freedom like I have and work online. I get paid for blogs like this, I get paid to inspire and help coach people, and so can you. If you have ever thought about working online, and have no idea how to start…

After that leave a comment and let me know what you liked about it.

Thanks

Hank!

Me in Bali…