What's to lose?

So we have been tasked, along with our other 429 tasks, to write a report about an informal settlement. Doing this task and writing this report has actually introduced me to quite a few lessons, which can be directly applicable to us when trying to go forward as entrepreneurial in Genesis.

One, which I you will have the fortune of me sharing with you today – you’re welcome- is how you have to be willing to lose in order to win. A Lot of people, including myself sometimes, are fearful of taking risk and hence shy away from actually becoming entrepreneurs. With risk comes both need to sacrifice and the acceptance that it this sacrifice may not necessarily lead to success. The painful truth hey. In order to get this informal business where it wants to be, the owner will need to accept that he has to take necessary financial sacrifices and put some of his funds into the business to take it further. This thought for anyone is scary.

But one thing I realised today was that I along with my team, are young students. So essentially we have minimal responsibilities, no mortgage, no major bills, no reputation, no job, no debts that we cannot get out of in our lifetime, and the most disposable income and flexibility of time we may experience in a while. So essentially we have nothing to lose!

Hopefully we’ll remember that, every time we fear to leap.

So consider this, every time you stand back from taking risk, is the risk in your head your actual reality? Or are you just afraid of the unknown?