The Why's of Entrepreneurship

By Jadon Hook

There are many benefits to wanting to become an entrepreneur and when you speak to successful entrepreneurs, they all have a different story of why they chose their path that typically range around these 5 values that I am calling the “5 Why’s”.

Pursuing your Passion

This is something that will always inspire current and future entrepreneurs. Passion is a driving force for individuals that have an idea or dream they want to achieve, passion makes “work” fun and keeps your vision clear and passion will drive others to join your team and will share that same dream.

Flexible Lifestyle

There’s a lot of hype about having a flexible lifestyle but the truth in entrepreneurship is that you’re going to work hard and long, so don’t choose this way of life if you’re thinking it’s a shortcut. You will work hard, but there’s much more flexibility to the entrepreneurial lifestyle than the traditional nine to five and two weeks of vacation time that corporate life permits.

As the adage goes, entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t. It is hard work but with that effort comes the ability to shape your life how you see fit.

Unconventional Ideas

Entrepreneurship takes imagination and perhaps even a dash of insanity. Entrepreneurs are the ones who change the world. They see the world as they want it to be, not how it is. From the genius idea that drove the Wright Brothers to create a flying machine to the madness that drove Steve Jobs and Bill Gates to develop personal computers, entrepreneurs pursue the ideas that others deem crazy.

Albert Einstein said, “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

Too Creative for the Corporate Environment

You may find that you simply don’t fit in. Sometimes that can feel frustrating, however, if you learn to embrace not fitting into a corporate culture the way many of your friends and family do, you can discover something beautiful.

They Want to impact the World

Entrepreneurs don’t just want to change their lives -they want to impact the world.

Mark Twain explained the lure of entrepreneurship best when he wrote, “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”