CHAPTER 6:

LEADERSHIP
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
—John F. Kennedy, thirty-fifth president, United States of America

What are the

main leadership
Are leaders
qualities that
born or made?
entrepreneurs
have and why
they are
important?
 What is leadership?

Leader – an old English means “one who

leads, to guide”
Ship(1821) – leader combined with a suffix
“ship” denotes as “position”

Myths about entrepreneurs:

• Male career
• Most entrepreneurs are wealthy
before they start a firm
• It happens among those with a
technology
According to the Global
Entrepreneurship Monitor
(GEM), entrepreneurs divided
into two:

Necessity and Opportunistic

 Ludwick Marishane

• The founder of Headboy Industries

•  South Africa’s youngest patent-filer after having

invented DryBath at the age of seventeen. The
product is the world’s first bath substitute that uses a
skin gel.
77) Act in Spite of How You Feel
A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
—Vernon Howard, author, philosopher

Convert negative emotions into strength

and determination

“Don’t let your emotions cause you to miss a phenomenal,

life changing opportunity.”
 Entrepreneurial path is just like
a race track, while you are
getting excited for the journey
ahead, you often must
overcome your fear and the
unknown.

78) PUSH BEYOND YOUR FEAR

AS SOON AS THE FEAR APPROACHES NEAR, ATTACK AND DESTROY IT.
—CHANAKYA, INDIAN PHILOSOPHER
 #79 BE A MAVERICK
"The people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are
the ones who do"

DEFINITION: A PERSON WHO REFUSES TO FOLLOW THE

CUSTOMS OR RULES OF A GROUP
#80 MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE
"ALL OUR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE, IF WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO PURSUE THEM"
- WALT DISNEY, FOUNDER, THE WALT DISNEY
#81 MAKE DIFFICULT SACRIFICES
"The level of success is directly related to sacrifice"
82) YOU HAVE UBELIEVABLE ENDURANCE
“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who
endures that the final victory comes. “
- Siddhartha Gautama, Indian philosopher, founder of Buddhism

Endurance
------a single word with a powerful meaning

 It basically means that you have to stay focused and continue the
journey in spite of thousands of obstacles. The obstacles are going to
be there in various forms, but you have to make sure that you don't
back out.
 Training for and running a marathon
MARATHON is the closest experience to starting BUSINESS
and running a business.
running a business has similar hardships and challenges as running a marathon

• Slow and steady wins the race

• Having someone to cheer you on can make all the difference
• You need determination, will power, and discipline
• You can’t be your best 100% of the time
• Your work is never done

Scars are not signs of weakness, they are signs of survival and endurance.
― Rodney A. Winters

Endurance is patience concentrated.

― Thomas Carlyle
 Why on earth
am I doing
this?

What do I
have to
prove?

Wouldn’t it be great
to stop and rest?
Characteristics of an entrepreneur, having superhuman
endurance is by far the most vital

ENDURANCE the power to withstand pain or hardships; the

ability or strength to continue despite stress or other adverse
.
conditions

Entrepreneurs who have the fortitude to keep going despite being tired, to continue
to educate themselves to be top performers, and to work through long-lasting pain
are the most likely to find success
83) BE PREPARED TO LOSE IT ALL
If I didn’t make it in this world, I would probably be homeless. I gave
myself that little to fall back on

- Shawn Wayans, actor, producer

“The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it to an
opportunity”
- Peter Drucker
CHAPTER 7:
 CHAPTER 7: MOTIVATION
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing-that’s why we
recommend it daily.
-Zig Ziglar

What motivates you to ensure that your

maximum effort is sustainable in align
to your business goals ?
 What is “Motivation” in business context?

Motivation- It is all about the factors that encourage individuals to be

continually committed and interested in their jobs.

So there are several reasons why employee motivation is

important?

•Allows management to meet the company’s goals

•Can also lead to increased in productivity
•It allows organizations to achieve higher levels of output. And etc.
 84) BEING SUCCESSFUL IS NOT THE GOAL
Nothing recedes like success.
-Walter Winchell, newspaper and radio gossip commentator

According to a recent study from

University of Oregon, the desire
for respect as a core value has
risen tremendously over the levels
of previous years.
“I just wanna be, I just wanna be
successful”
“We found that people want respect for
themselves and they want to be important to
Life of a successful person: craving
other people”
money, cars, women, clothes and
-Eda Gurel-Atay, study’s lead author
awards.
TRUE ENTREPRENEUR
is not driven by the outward
appearances of success, but
rather by solving a problem
whose solution provides value to
its customers.
 “Our mission isn’t to be public company. Our mission is to make the
world more open and connected” -Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of
Facebook

Idea -> complete reality / attaning self-actualization

 Nothing is wrong with wanting to be
successful yet it is a wrong start to
start a business.

“Success is not a person, it’s an event.” -Dave Navarro

85) YOU ARE EXCITED WHEN MONDAY MORNING ARRIVES
It's just another manic Monday
I wish it were Sunday
‘Cause that's my funday
My I-don't-have-to-runday
It's just another manic Monday
-Lyrics from "Manic Monday," The Bangles
 It's just another manic Monday
I wish it were Sunday
‘Cause that's my funday
My I-don't-have-to-runday
It's just another manic Monday
-Lyrics from "Manic Monday," The Bangles

• Disproportionate number of heart attacks occur on Monday

mornings.

A study conducted by Japan’s Tokyo

Women’s Medical University and
published in the America Journal of
Hypertension in 2005 proves that
having a job can be devastating to your
health. So much for the matter being
lighthearted.
ENTREPRENEURS
ENTREPRENEU
RS
1. Mondays represent a rebirth. 2. Mondays are business as usual.
86) YOU’RE DISAPPOINTED WHEN FRIDAY ARRIVES
I hate weekends because there is no stock market.
-Rene Rivkin, Australian stockbroker, entrepreneur
 I hate weekends because there is no stock market.
-Rene Rivkin, Australian stockbroker, entrepreneur
 Most Productive Day For Workers

11%
Monday
29% Tuesday
13%
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

20%

27%

1. Friday is in large part a useless day.

2. It’s payday – for everyone else 3. You have to wait an entire two days to get anything done.
FRIDAY = “CRYDAY”
Lives of entrepreneurs -> Full of strange dichotomies

• They like Mondays while everyone else like Fridays

• They like to work while everyone plays.
• They write checks while everyone gets paid.
 87) A 9-5 IS WORSE THAN DEATH
“A REAL JOB IS A JOB YOU HATE”
-BILL WATTERSON

Many people find Self-worth in employment

•Entrepreneurs are often touted for being fearless

•Fear into something constructive like motivation or the
courage to excel

*”When healthy fear is combined with a greater desire to

succeed, nothing can stop you.”
 88) YOUR PARENTS WANT YOU TO GET
A REAL JOB WITH BENEFITS
“MY SON IS NOW AN “ENTREPRENEUR.” THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE CALLED WHEN YOU
DON’T HAVE A JOB”
-TED TURNER

Self-Actualization is important in accomplishing our goals in life

Corporate is the highest form of security and social prestige

*”We all know that more businesses fail than succeed”