Filipino Values that Deter

Entrepreneurship
1. Traditional child-rearing practices hinder the
development of an independent, Entrepreneurial spirit.

• Many parents still cling to the traditional, authoritarian

way of raising their children. Young sons and daughters
are discouraged from taking initiative, exploring their
surroundings, and taking risks. In their growing-up years,
they are often protected, kept safe and closely
supervised.
• Authoritarian upbringing can dampen the independent
spirit among young. This is the very spirit that carries the
enterprising spark, which when fanned during adulthood,
drives one to take enterpreneurial initiatives.
2. Beliefs in the existence of all-powerful forces that control a
person's destiny may destroy, Entrepreneurial initiatives.

• "Ang kapalaran ay di ko man hanapin, dudulog at lalapit

kung talagang akin“
• "Kung di ukol, di bubukol“
• "What is not destined to be, won't be“
• "It's not meant to be“

The real Entrepreneurs are those who take

responsibility for the outcome of their own actions.
3. Amor propio makes the Filipino refuse to take
full responsibility for his action when he fails.

• Amor porpio (self-esteem or sense of pride)

• can have positive as well as negative effects on our
entrepreneurial drive.
• Amor porpio can inspire us to give our best in any
undertaking. On the other hand, it can cause us to
disown our failings.
• The success-driven entrepreneur likes to review what he
did wrong or what went wrong so that he can do better
the next time around.
4. The bahala na attitude, if not tempered by intelligent judgement
and planning, may lead to imprudent decision making.

• There is danger that bahala na may be carried to

extremes. Some Entrepreneurship may be misled
to take up projects and plans on the basis of
bahala na rather than on a sound of planning and
analytical process. The result may be disastrous
to the business.
5. Our family and relatives may be very supportive group,
but they can also do harm to the business enterprise.

• Close family ties are a potent source of support to the

new Entrepreneur. At the same time , the family can
also be a problem, if we don’t watch out. Family
members and friends expect to be given special
treatment by the Entrepreneur. They expect discounts,
unlimited credit, and employment. Since we value their
approval, it is difficult for us to deny and disappoint
them.
• The successful Entrepreneurs have to learned to draw
the limits of giving discount and credit to friends and
relations.
6. Colonial mentality impedes the development
of a self-reliant entrepreneurship.

• "colonial mentality" is the opposite of being nationalistic.

• A manifestation of this is the view that anything imported---
especially those coming from former colonizing countries like
America, Japan, England-- is always better than those "made in
the Philippines." This mentality springs from lack of appreciation
for what our countrymen can do in terms of products, fashion,
lifestyle, and technology.
• This attitude has negative effects on entrepreneurship because
this may lead to enterprises that are import-dependent, products
promoting foreign values, and tastes, and copycat Entrepreneurs
lacking in creativity and inventiveness.
7. Crab mentality is particularly destructive
to Entrepreneurship.

• Crab mentality (Kanya-kanya attitude)

• Kanya-kanya attitude leads people to think only
of personal or group interest.
• It will orient us towards cutthroat competition
where intriga and siraan (destructive criticism)
prevail. IN THE END EVERYBODY LOSSES.