Thursday, March 01, 2007

is it worth it? being an entrepreneur

recently i've the great opportunity to talk to a few entrepreneurs who have started their own businesses a few years ago. it must be the Chinese New Year season that somehow make people reflect on their past and of course old friends and friendships spring to mind.. and people started meeting up one another to catch up..

being forever curious of what makes a person successful, i will always ask those entrepreneur friends what makes them successful? or what are the key lessons learned in life? i usually get some answers from them.. i wont share it here though.. ;-) But what's interesting is that most of them say they're tired and it's really tough to be an SME.. even though the government keeps saying they are helping them.. it's still a struggle with all those MNCs standing so closely..

Some wanted to take a break and go back to school, others wanted to change trade.. i can feel sign of fatigue and sign of resign.. after years of struggle.. i cant help but feel a little down too coz i'm thinking of running my own biz one day.. fulfilling one of my life goals. Nevertheless, will remember their lessons and go with the flow of life.. perhaps one day i will be an entrepreneur too.. perhaps not.. i guess at the end of the day, for me.. i just wanna do what i like to do.. and in line with my Three Good principles of life - good for yourself, good for others, and serve a greater good. ;-)

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