{"id":2686,"date":"2012-11-05T07:39:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T14:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/?p=2686"},"modified":"2012-11-05T07:39:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T14:39:06","slug":"why-you-dont-have-a-chance-at-becoming-an-entrepreneur-and-what-you-can-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/05\/why-you-dont-have-a-chance-at-becoming-an-entrepreneur-and-what-you-can-do-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you don&#039;t have a chance at becoming an entrepreneur and what you can do about it!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Lemonade Free?\" alt=\"How Is free lemonade profitable?\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcToJbgt7mwfJlMMbo_XBKVdcf6lEx7-uuUjNEwYLfka2ZEVZe-XWg\" width=\"235\" height=\"215\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The very foundations upon which free and independent people are built upon are crumbling.\u00a0 Each of us now faces a unique set of dependencies which, if left unchecked, leave us dependence and vulnerable.\u00a0 The very freedoms we enjoy and provide us with the framework for entrepreneurial expression in the past may be eroding and jeopardizing our independence.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Below is a mind map for this post.\u00a0 Notice how the very reasons we have a hard time becoming entrepreneurs were once the foundations upon which the seeds of entrepreneurialism were planted and nourished.\u00a0 Over the last 150+ years, working in a job and attending school to prepare for a job have taken their toll on the entrepreneur psyche. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You&#8217;ve probably even seen it first hand.\u00a0 I now see it has deeply affected my ability to jump fully into many a GOOD Enterprise.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<a 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