Here it is, my secret formula. The Mostowski Family recipe is sacred, so please do not take it lightly. I cant believe I am doing this. Please, enjoy.
The first ingredient in the recipe is luck. Yeah, I said it, just plain luck. If you think you have some kind of overwhelming control on your destiny do me a favor and try to make your hair grow faster too, see how that works out for you. You need luck. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, in his book ,Fooled by Randomness, (report coming soon to bizwhizkid) describes the role of randomness in our lives. Understand that the unpredictable will happen and the worst can always come up, so pray for luck.
The second ingredient is culture. Let’s face it no one is equal. The fat kid in gym class is the fat kid for a reason. Its called bad luck. Ignorant people assume equality and entrepreneurs are not ignorant. So, if you disagree with variable number two just stop reading now because you wont ever succeed at entrepreneurship and that is a fact. Certain people from certain cultures are more entrepreneurial than most and it derives from the cultures overall entrepreneurial spirit. Canada is slumping for a reason while India continues to “mysteriously” boom. Here is a little insight, Canada is full of rent-seeking bureaucratic lazy assholes, while Indians are busting their balls each day in the market place to climb the economic ladder of success.
The third ingredient is higher education. Canadians aren’t smart. That is why they will never be more than a joke on this planet. But don’t just go to get a degree. The degree that you get isn’t worth the paper they print it on. Human capital is the most important resource at your disposal. Grow it through books and seek counsel. Heck, read what I have written. The more knowledge you obtain the more you will understand that you have to be open to globalization and “aliens.” Successful people come from the far East Coast or the far West Coast. That is where the money is at, not in the hands of ignorant, flag-waving hicks who do not know the difference between church and state, but seem to hate anyone with a different color of skin. Racism is over, and if I had my way, illiterate southerners would be gone with it. Hitler had a good idea with ethnic cleansing, he just targeted the wrong people.
The fourth ingredient is to think global. The Mitch was right when he wrote, “drop the lawnmower.” There are only about 100 yards to mow in your town, but I can think of about 6 billion people on the planet that all have too many needs to satisfy. Canadians mow lawns, Indians build computers. Be an Indian, build a computer.
Finally, you need to act. There is a big difference between action and reaction. A reaction is what you do when someone orders you to perform a task but acting is free. If you are a U.S. citizen you are born free to act, so do it. Otherwise you will turn out worse than Ben Affleck did as an actor. Always understand that reacting will never get you anywhere in life ever, it will only keep you in the same harbor. However, if you act you may end up places you never knew existed. Acting is not for the theatre, its for the marketplace. Be an entrepreneur and go act.
