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Feel the Fear— Do It Anyway
stuck, my frustration goes sky high, and I have to do something. And that’s my
advice to you. Do something! Take one extremely small, frugal step in any
likely entrepreneurial direction. Action will lead you out of the wilderness.
Obstacle 10. I Still Don’t Think I Have What It Takes to
Be an Entrepreneur
As I mentioned in the preceding chapter, everyone has the potential to learn
and enhance their 11 Essential Entrepreneurial Power Skills. As your toolbox
of traits fills up, you may gain the confidence to jump into the Trying Game.
In any case, you will feel more in control of your life, more powerful, and less
powerless. Absorb the Essential Entrepreneurial Power Skills; set a course of
action to master each skill.
Now for my promise: Study the book through Chapter 7. Don’t continue
reading beyond Chapter 7 until you have identified an authentic, honest-to-
goodness, credible entrepreneurial opportunity. You have my personal guar-
antee that you will succeed. It is not possible to have a bona fide opportunity
in hand and not launch it. Your entrepreneurial passion will drive you at
harrowing speed to Chapter 22: “Launch Your Venture!”
These 10 obstacles are summarized in Exhibit 3.2. It would be time well
spent to work through this chart. Fill out the severity and priority of each
particular risk. Then figure out how to minimize or eliminate each concern.
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