Enterpreneurs Sparkle In Creation

Yesterday I commenced a series on my thoughts about the traits that would help anyone determine if she/he has the ability to become a successful enterpreneur. I used a popular inspirational saying 'Being an enterpreneur 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' to kick the ball rolling. You can read the full post here. 

I also mentioned, briefly, the fact that enterpreneurs sparkle in creations. In other words, successful enterpreneurs tend to be fascinated at the prospects of creating things that did not previously exist. I intend to expand on this first trait in this blog post while I will discuss the other traits in my subsequent posts as part of the series 'Are You An Enterpreneur'. 

Now, how does being excited by new creations correlate with 'living your life the way others cant'? and thus make you a prospective succesful enterpreneur? To  answer this, I will reference a school of thought led by Dr. Ken Robinson, the author of the book titled 'The Element - How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything'. 

This school of thought claims that "although creativity is good and desirable, there is a dark side to creativity because it represents a 'quest for a radical autonomy apart from the constraints of social responsibility'. In other words, by encouraging creativity, we are encouraging a departure from society's existing norms and values. Expectation of conformity runs contrary to the spirit of creativity".  See video below for Dr. Ken's views (video credit - Al Jazeera English):

It can be inferred from the above that overt excitement at the prospect of creating something new is not the norm in the society and those who exhibit this trait are radicals departing from the way things are normally done. The phrase 'Expectation of conformity runs contrary to the spirit of creativity' captures it quite aptly. 

If you are overly excited at the prospects of creating new things, well the news is that you are in the minority  but then, dont forget:  'being an enterpreneur 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'. What you are doing is sparkling in creations.

Watch out for my next blog post in this series titled 'The Big Picture Enterpreneur. Until then, sparkle!