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Post by mparrish on Jun 6, 2013 17:22:55 GMT -6
I agree with this article completely. I started my own business with less than $1000 and zero knowledge, but a great passion. Through perseverance and much effort, I am now making multiples of my investment capital every month. If you have an idea, and pursue it, then no matter if you fail the first time (I did), you will succeed eventually. Victory is an amazing feeling and one that can come through hard work and a great idea.
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Post by leannthompson on Jun 6, 2013 17:50:10 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Even If You Fail, 'There's Absolutely No Downside.' I agree with this topic……….to a certain point. Yes, I think that you should be passionate about your career choice or opportunity, but you certainly have to measure heaviness of the risks involved. I also don’t agree with the “There is absolutely no downside” statement in this article. For me, my family’s lives play a HUGE part of my decision making. Heck, I’d love work at Walt Disney World, but that ain’t going to pay the bills. Instead, I’m taking a more realistic approach in getting my education so I can get the job that I want while also providing for my family. Instant MBA: Even If You Fail, 'There's Absolutely No Downside.' You and I have similar beliefs when it comes to this topic. I agree with you that there has to be some type of logic behind the career you choose other than pure passion or ability. I think if taking on a job that you aren’t so thrilled about, but will enhance your career you should take the job and put all your focus on the positive aspects of the job. I have learned from personal experience even with a job a enjoy 95% of the time, if I begin to focus on the 5 % of the part of the job I don’t particularly like my demeanor and performance is low and the negativity begins to flow even outside of work. I believe a positive mindset and attitude will get you far in your career and will create less stress for you.
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Post by neilthompson on Jun 6, 2013 19:32:46 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Even If You Fail, 'There's Absolutely No Downside.'
I completely agree with the view point from this article. There is no downside to failing if you are pursuing your dreams and going after the career that you truly enjoy. While this is very true, an individual must approach each adventure with careful thought and planning. I have been working for the same company for twenty years and currently hold a role that is typically only held by engineers. This easily could have been a hurdle that I could have walked away from and allowed to keep me from pursuing my dream job. This current role has now started opening doors for roles that I have never even considered in my past. One of the qualities that have truly helped me on this journey is the fact that I am not afraid of failure, while I do enter things carefully and move with a well thought plan. I would encourage everyone to consider their dream career and begin developing a plan to reach that dream.
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Post by minerva on Jun 6, 2013 20:34:08 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Even If You Fail, 'There's Absolutely No Downside.'
I totally agree with the sentence, "If you're passionate about something, go for it, because people are great at what they love and when they are they're the happiest". People I personally work with truly believe they are not working because they love what they do. They feel as if they are playing a challenging game and have such a sense of gratification on their accomplishments; they always contribute their best on each project. I also believe that if you’re not fully invested in you doings why bother wasting your time on something that is not providing you with some type of satisfaction. As for the part about starting your own company, the only downside would be losing your money.
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Post by jeff on Jun 6, 2013 20:43:29 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Even if you Fail, 'There is absolutely no downside.'
I have to say that this article serves no purpose other than a little feel good vibes for potential business starters. Even that purpose is transparent as it doesn't really make anyone feel better, it just sounds good. The article should make it clear that the lack of downside is strictly in the sense of experience and feelings. It seems to me like the "no downside" refers only to the fact that even if your business fails, which you spent countless hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars starting and trying to maintain for the last months of years of your life, you will still have a beautiful experience and you would've had fun doing it. From a business standpoint, that is clearly a ridiculous thought process. I mean, the downside is the possible bankruptcy, plus the completely destroyed confidence and the feeling of failure, all of which are serious possibilities in a failed business. All in all, this article means little to me and is not sound advice.
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Post by anthonytaormina on Jun 7, 2013 7:10:18 GMT -6
Alt link 2: INSTANT MBA: Narrow Your Focus
I like how you think the article will be about Weiner and his linkdin website, but it turns into all what Steve Jobs had to say. Nonetheless, Jobs was pretty clever in realizing what apple was doing wrong, and coming up with a solution to fix it. His solution is good for other businesses too: Don't be okay at a bunch of different things, be great at a few things.
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Post by hayleymcglothren on Jun 7, 2013 7:59:43 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Even If You Fail, 'There's Absolutely No Downside.'
Owning your own business is a very large step. It takes having money to invest in order to get a return. With the economy today, small businesses are struggling to survive the rise in cost of many things. I speak from experience with this subject. My husband opened his own air conditioning/refrigeration business back in 2007 and things were going well for a while. About mid-fall of 2010 things began to fall apart. The economy worsened and people were scared to spend money if it was not absolutely necessary. We were forced to close the doors on the business in 2010 because there just wasn't enough work to cover the costs of owning the business. There are many expenses involved in owning your own business that are not sometimes obvious. In my husband's line of construction work just the insurance and permits that had to be purchased to do a job got expensive. Bottom line, owning your own business is a huge step and should be thought through carefully. When things were good for us they were awesome, but when things got slow we acquired a lot of debt that took a while to pay back. So owning your own business can definitely have it's ups and downs. The key is having enough money to save for the bad times when business is slow. Unfortunately, with the economy crashing at the rate it did, we were unable to obtain that goal to help us get through.
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Post by hayleymcglothren on Jun 7, 2013 8:00:06 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Even If You Fail, 'There's Absolutely No Downside.'
Owning your own business is a very large step. It takes having money to invest in order to get a return. With the economy today, small businesses are struggling to survive the rise in cost of many things. I speak from experience with this subject. My husband opened his own air conditioning/refrigeration business back in 2007 and things were going well for a while. About mid-fall of 2010 things began to fall apart. The economy worsened and people were scared to spend money if it was not absolutely necessary. We were forced to close the doors on the business in 2010 because there just wasn't enough work to cover the costs of owning the business. There are many expenses involved in owning your own business that are not sometimes obvious. In my husband's line of construction work just the insurance and permits that had to be purchased to do a job got expensive. Bottom line, owning your own business is a huge step and should be thought through carefully. When things were good for us they were awesome, but when things got slow we acquired a lot of debt that took a while to pay back. So owning your own business can definitely have it's ups and downs. The key is having enough money to save for the bad times when business is slow. Unfortunately, with the economy crashing at the rate it did, we were unable to obtain that goal to help us get through.
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Post by harrisonrainwater on Jun 7, 2013 10:57:24 GMT -6
I think it is very important to follow your passions, especially in the work place. Starting or even running a business can be a very troublesome and rigorous task, but if you run a company and you are passionate about it there is no potential failure because you consciously will not allow it to happen. Knowing that your reputation for yourself and your business is on the line, you can use this to fuel your ambition to push to the next level and aim higher from that point on. You cannot be afraid to fail because small failures will occur, but it is embracing these small failures which can allow you to build back a stronger and more reliable solution to base your actions from.
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Post by maryhilse12 on Jun 8, 2013 9:11:03 GMT -6
INSTANT MBA: Narrow Your Focus Some companies are expanding there services which could cause problems with the success of the business. Having a larger view can cause the oversight on the product that got you to the top. Focusing on one item, do it well and the move on is what Steve Jobs did with the Imas, Ipod, Itouch and Iphone. Make sure you remember what lead you to the top.
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Post by jacobthompson on Jun 8, 2013 10:03:15 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Even If You Fail, 'There's Absolutely No Downside.' I agree with this topic……….to a certain point. Yes, I think that you should be passionate about your career choice or opportunity, but you certainly have to measure heaviness of the risks involved. I also don’t agree with the “There is absolutely no downside” statement in this article. For me, my family’s lives play a HUGE part of my decision making. Heck, I’d love work at Walt Disney World, but that ain’t going to pay the bills. Instead, I’m taking a more realistic approach in getting my education so I can get the job that I want while also providing for my family. Instant MBA: Even If You Fail, 'There's Absolutely No Downside.' You and I have similar beliefs when it comes to this topic. I agree with you that there has to be some type of logic behind the career you choose other than pure passion or ability. I think if taking on a job that you aren’t so thrilled about, but will enhance your career you should take the job and put all your focus on the positive aspects of the job. I have learned from personal experience even with a job a enjoy 95% of the time, if I begin to focus on the 5 % of the part of the job I don’t particularly like my demeanor and performance is low and the negativity begins to flow even outside of work. I believe a positive mindset and attitude will get you far in your career and will create less stress for you. Yep totally agree. Not sure how i feel about this article's "Do what you love and everything will be hunky dory no matter what!" argument. College students are already graduating with massive debt and taking a big financial risk because you love something may not be the smartest move.
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Post by jalesianelson on Jun 8, 2013 10:55:54 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Even if you fail, there’s absolutely no downside
Gathering from what I have read, this article expresses how important it is to be sure of yourself without actually saying it. In hidden text, this article suggests that we make sure that we love and are passionate about what we do. Especially starting a business, not only is it important to be passionate about it, but also to understand that there will be difficult times. At some point, failure will be the only option, not to say that it is inevitable to avoid it, but in reality failure will become of a situation at some point in time. This is where all the love and passion comes in play, because if the choice of quitting crosses your mind, then starting a business was not innately what you wanted to do. Upon choosing to start a business, one must understand that there will be ups and downs, but if it makes you happy then you will also understand that failure is only temporary. Without a doubt I can honestly say that this article can be looked at from different points of views, but the ending result is the same: if you aren't happy and passionate about what you are doing then it is time to make some changes, rather than living "comfortable".
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Post by blaine on Jun 9, 2013 12:21:33 GMT -6
This article is truly motivating to anyone that it is interested in starting their own business as well as anyone starting their career. I agree with the article when it says that when you love what you do, you are more passionate about it and more successful. I believe that if you are going to start a business, you should love what you do. When you love what you do, you take more pride in what you do as well. This is carried over into you work and work ethics as well as onto your employees and business partners.
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Post by msimoneaux on Jun 9, 2013 15:19:16 GMT -6
This is great! I'm a firm believer in doing something you enjoy when it comes to a business. If the passion isn't there then chances are you wont succeed. I've been passionate about my career choice, working in Human Resources, so far. I hope to indulge in it one day and start my own business. I know there will be difficult times but working through them can become strengths that could help you grow.
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Post by brianbrewer on Jun 9, 2013 15:31:37 GMT -6
Instant MBA: Even If You Fail, 'There's Absolutely No Downside. Without a doubt in my mind, I believe that the best job for a person is a job that person can be passionate about. However, I do not think that is usually feasible. There are a lot of people in the world with a serious passion for sports, but do not have the athletic or journalism capabilities to pursue a career in or around that field. I have an overwhelming passion for writing music, but I look at the odds that are against me and realize that the possibilities of me "making it big" in the industry are slim to none. This article is accurate in it's depiction of a worker doing their best in the field they love, but I do not think it is realistic for the majority of the population. I will take issue with this idea until it is possible for everyone to be movie stars, rock stars, sports stars, or video game testers.
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