Whereas the stereotypical view of a businessperson is some boring, insensitive lout who only cares about money, the truth is far, far different:Entrepreneurs are idealists. We know this has to be true. If it were not, then the naysayers, Nopeys, and obstacles would have stopped them. But nothing stopped them.
Instead, what you are witnessing when you see a small business while driving down the road is the physical manifestation of some entrepreneur who was struck by an idea that she could not shake. You are seeing the vision of an idealist.
I had a friend once who ran a little antique store. I would pop in to see him on occasion and ask how he was doing. “Living the dream, my friend,” he would answer, “livin’ the dream.”
Photo by Ange’s.
Ben Yoskovitz on June 5th, 2006 at 7:14 am
“Living the dream” is a great way of putting it. I’m going to use that the next time someone says, “What do you do for a living?”