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Entrepreneurship For Kids: Is It Ever Too Young?
At age 7, I was selling lemonade on the corner. A few years later, looking for even higher margin product, I started checking the prices on different beverages around the house and noticed wine sold for more than juice.
I remembered an episode of I Love Lucy where Lucille Ball stood in a massive vat of grapes crushing them into wine, so I crushed a bag of grapes into a mini clay urn, sealed-off the top with electrical tape and hid it in my tree-house to ferment in an attempt to make my own wine to sell.
Chateaux Fields never quite made it to market, but to this day, I can remember the smell when I opened that urn a month later.
That graduated to shoveling driveways in winter, mowing lawns and landscaping in summer, painting album covers on jeans jackets in high-school and launching the first company I ever sold in college, a mobile disc-jockey/sound & lighting business called Playrite.
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Nobody taught me to be an entrepreneur, it just felt right. But, I've always believed the lessons of entrepreneurship should be taught to kids as early in life as possible. And, apparently, so did brothers Adam and Matthew Toren, who co-founded the company, YoungEntrepreneur.com, and wrote a great kids' book on entrepreneurship -Kidpreneurs.
I recently had a chance to sit down with Adam and ask him why he's so passionate about teaching entrepreneurship at an early age and why it matters so much.
Here's how our conversation unfolded...
Why does it matter that kids learn about entrepreneurship when they're still kids?
There are a couple of reasons why it’s important to start teaching entrepreneurship at a young age. First, the lessons a child learns while being taught about entrepreneurship can help throughout his or her life. And just as with any important lesson, the earlier it’s learned, the better.
A good example of this is teaching kids the money side of owning a business. Financial management isn’t generally taught in the schools, and a lot of parents are either poor money managers themselves or don’t think to really teach their kids about how to properly handle money. This lack of knowledge can be disastrous to a young adult’s credit rating and, ultimately, their lifestyle. And often, by the time they decide they need to learn about how to properly handle money, the damage is already done.
On the other hand, if a kid is taught about money management at an early age, they are much better equipped to take on the challenges of budgeting and finance as an adult.
The other reason teaching entrepreneurship young is important is that there’s a lot of opportunity for young people in the business world right now! We interview teens and twenty-somethings all the time who started their first business in their teens – or even pre-teens – and are now very successful business owners. A lot of people say, “It’s never too late to follow your dreams.” We’ve always said, “It’s never too early!”
Do you believe kids have any advantages over adults in embracing entrepreneurship and, if so, what are they?
The most obvious qualities that kids naturally possess that are favorable to entrepreneurship are a natural curiosity, a willingness to take risks, and abundant amounts of energy! But I actually think the biggest advantage kids have over adults in the entrepreneurial world is lack of experience. Now, that might sound a little strange, but really, it makes a lot of sense. Adults have learned “what works and what doesn’t work” from their own experiences and from what others have told them. That can be very useful, but it can also be limiting. At some point, a lot of adults stop trying new things or lose the ability for true outside-the-box thinking because of their limiting beliefs about what will and won’t work.
We run into young entrepreneurs all the time who say that they were successful specifically because they tried something that they later found out no one thought would work, but they didn’t know any better. Not being entrenched in a particular industry or market can give a fresh perspective and a unique point of view, and that’s where true innovation comes from.
Also, because kids now are growing up in a world that is changing more rapidly all the time, they tend to be more accepting of change and are able to adjust quickly as new technologies and market fluctuations alter the business landscape. That’s an important key to thriving in business today, so it’s definitely a good advantage to have.
What additional skills, mindset changes, and experiences does entrepreneurship give kids, that can impact their lives beyond work as they grow?
In my view, all of the qualities necessary to be a successful entrepreneur are easily translated into success in life in general. To be successful as an entrepreneur, kids need to learn critical thinking skills; they need to learn to take responsibility for the decisions and their actions; and they need to be able to communicate well and get along with people. There isn’t an area of life where these skills won’t have a positive impact.
The other skill – or quality – that all successful entrepreneurs have is perseverance. Entrepreneurship is often loaded with challenges, and if a business owner hopes to do well, he or she has to have a strong will and be able to keep on going, even when they don’t feel like it. Again, this is a quality that can translate into success in many areas of life.
If a parent is not an entrepreneur, but buys your book - Kidpreneurs - for her or his kids and even reads it to them, how effective will that be in letting them understand that world? And, how effective will it be at inspiring them to explore that world when their parents haven't made that same choice?
That’s a great question, because one of the challenges we often hear young entrepreneurs expressing has to do with parents who just want them to forget about owning their own business and focus on doing what it takes to get a good job. Parents want what’s best for their children, and in their minds, that’s often what they see as the “safe” choice.
The irony of that thinking is that these days there isn’t a job that exists that’s guaranteed safe or secure. Whereas a laid off worker might hunt for a comparable job for months or, in some cases, years, I can think of ten businesses that I could start with very little investment - right now. They would take some time to flourish, but not more time than it takes the average job seeker today to find employment.
If a parent has purchased and read Kidpreneurs for their kids, we can assume the parent has some level of interest in and understanding of entrepreneurship. And that alone can be huge. It is very difficult for children to pursue something their parents don’t believe in. Having support – or even just not having them disapprove – can make a big difference to kids trying to express their entrepreneurial spirit.
A study conducted in 2007 and then repeated with similar results in 2010, by the Kaufman Foundation, shows that kids are in fact more likely to start a business or aspire to do so if they know another entrepreneur. But overall, about 40% of kids from ages eight to seventeen expressed an interest in starting a business. So, a parent doesn’t have to be the example or the inspiration for a child to become an entrepreneur, but they shouldn’t be a hindrance.
I remembered an episode of I Love Lucy where Lucille Ball stood in a massive vat of grapes crushing them into wine, so I crushed a bag of grapes into a mini clay urn, sealed-off the top with electrical tape and hid it in my tree-house to ferment in an attempt to make my own wine to sell.
Chateaux Fields never quite made it to market, but to this day, I can remember the smell when I opened that urn a month later.
That graduated to shoveling driveways in winter, mowing lawns and landscaping in summer, painting album covers on jeans jackets in high-school and launching the first company I ever sold in college, a mobile disc-jockey/sound & lighting business called Playrite.
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Nobody taught me to be an entrepreneur, it just felt right. But, I've always believed the lessons of entrepreneurship should be taught to kids as early in life as possible. And, apparently, so did brothers Adam and Matthew Toren, who co-founded the company, YoungEntrepreneur.com, and wrote a great kids' book on entrepreneurship -Kidpreneurs.
I recently had a chance to sit down with Adam and ask him why he's so passionate about teaching entrepreneurship at an early age and why it matters so much.
Here's how our conversation unfolded...
Why does it matter that kids learn about entrepreneurship when they're still kids?
There are a couple of reasons why it’s important to start teaching entrepreneurship at a young age. First, the lessons a child learns while being taught about entrepreneurship can help throughout his or her life. And just as with any important lesson, the earlier it’s learned, the better.
A good example of this is teaching kids the money side of owning a business. Financial management isn’t generally taught in the schools, and a lot of parents are either poor money managers themselves or don’t think to really teach their kids about how to properly handle money. This lack of knowledge can be disastrous to a young adult’s credit rating and, ultimately, their lifestyle. And often, by the time they decide they need to learn about how to properly handle money, the damage is already done.
On the other hand, if a kid is taught about money management at an early age, they are much better equipped to take on the challenges of budgeting and finance as an adult.
The other reason teaching entrepreneurship young is important is that there’s a lot of opportunity for young people in the business world right now! We interview teens and twenty-somethings all the time who started their first business in their teens – or even pre-teens – and are now very successful business owners. A lot of people say, “It’s never too late to follow your dreams.” We’ve always said, “It’s never too early!”
Do you believe kids have any advantages over adults in embracing entrepreneurship and, if so, what are they?
The most obvious qualities that kids naturally possess that are favorable to entrepreneurship are a natural curiosity, a willingness to take risks, and abundant amounts of energy! But I actually think the biggest advantage kids have over adults in the entrepreneurial world is lack of experience. Now, that might sound a little strange, but really, it makes a lot of sense. Adults have learned “what works and what doesn’t work” from their own experiences and from what others have told them. That can be very useful, but it can also be limiting. At some point, a lot of adults stop trying new things or lose the ability for true outside-the-box thinking because of their limiting beliefs about what will and won’t work.
We run into young entrepreneurs all the time who say that they were successful specifically because they tried something that they later found out no one thought would work, but they didn’t know any better. Not being entrenched in a particular industry or market can give a fresh perspective and a unique point of view, and that’s where true innovation comes from.
Also, because kids now are growing up in a world that is changing more rapidly all the time, they tend to be more accepting of change and are able to adjust quickly as new technologies and market fluctuations alter the business landscape. That’s an important key to thriving in business today, so it’s definitely a good advantage to have.
What additional skills, mindset changes, and experiences does entrepreneurship give kids, that can impact their lives beyond work as they grow?
In my view, all of the qualities necessary to be a successful entrepreneur are easily translated into success in life in general. To be successful as an entrepreneur, kids need to learn critical thinking skills; they need to learn to take responsibility for the decisions and their actions; and they need to be able to communicate well and get along with people. There isn’t an area of life where these skills won’t have a positive impact.
The other skill – or quality – that all successful entrepreneurs have is perseverance. Entrepreneurship is often loaded with challenges, and if a business owner hopes to do well, he or she has to have a strong will and be able to keep on going, even when they don’t feel like it. Again, this is a quality that can translate into success in many areas of life.
If a parent is not an entrepreneur, but buys your book - Kidpreneurs - for her or his kids and even reads it to them, how effective will that be in letting them understand that world? And, how effective will it be at inspiring them to explore that world when their parents haven't made that same choice?
That’s a great question, because one of the challenges we often hear young entrepreneurs expressing has to do with parents who just want them to forget about owning their own business and focus on doing what it takes to get a good job. Parents want what’s best for their children, and in their minds, that’s often what they see as the “safe” choice.
The irony of that thinking is that these days there isn’t a job that exists that’s guaranteed safe or secure. Whereas a laid off worker might hunt for a comparable job for months or, in some cases, years, I can think of ten businesses that I could start with very little investment - right now. They would take some time to flourish, but not more time than it takes the average job seeker today to find employment.
If a parent has purchased and read Kidpreneurs for their kids, we can assume the parent has some level of interest in and understanding of entrepreneurship. And that alone can be huge. It is very difficult for children to pursue something their parents don’t believe in. Having support – or even just not having them disapprove – can make a big difference to kids trying to express their entrepreneurial spirit.
A study conducted in 2007 and then repeated with similar results in 2010, by the Kaufman Foundation, shows that kids are in fact more likely to start a business or aspire to do so if they know another entrepreneur. But overall, about 40% of kids from ages eight to seventeen expressed an interest in starting a business. So, a parent doesn’t have to be the example or the inspiration for a child to become an entrepreneur, but they shouldn’t be a hindrance.
Self-esteem and Narcissism Can there be too much self-esteem? By: Aurthur Dorbin
Can a person have too much self-esteem, overdosing on it, like having too much vitamin A?
Allan Josephson, MD, chairman of the Family Committee of the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, thinks that self-esteem can be over done. "The commonsense understanding of self-esteem has been obscured by its over-application," he writes. "Self-esteem certainly is important. But we've developed this misguided notion that parents should continually reward and praise their children. That doesn't work either." http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/self-esteem-can-kids-have...
He continues by writing that healthy "self-esteem comes from having parents who are physically and emotionally available and who set appropriate limits on their [children's] behavior, and then help them develop autonomy. It should be a by-product of a healthy relationship with a child, not the goal."
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Those who are critical of parents who want to instill self-esteem in their children do so because they equate self-esteem with vanity. Vanity-self-absorption, egocentricism-is a problem. Vanity is self-esteem on steroids, a bulking up that is a distortion.
A good example of this is Donald Trump who after Obama released a copy of his birth certificate said, "Today I am very proud of myself" for forcing the president to produce proof of his birth. "I got him to do something nobody else could get him to do, and I've been given great credit for that," Trump said on CNN. "I don't make up anything. Let me tell you something. I have done a great service for the American people."
A new study by psychologist Nathan DeWall finds an increased incidence of narcissism in popular music. The trend in song lyrics has been towards more use of "I" and "me" and a decrease in "we" and "us." http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2011-05681...
Everyone, it seems, wants to be the center of attention. Some question the validity of the study, pointing to increased self-disclosure. Teenagers may be more honest and less repressed, not necessarily more self-centered than previous generations. But this study is consistent with other findings that show an increased degree of self-absorption over the several decades.
Along with increased narcissism are also increased levels of loneliness and depression. This makes sense: mature relationships require mutuality, where neither partner is more important than the other. There can be no reciprocal relationship when one partner is self-centered. Egoism pushes others away, thereby leading to loneliness. And being disconnected from others in a meaningful way is a road to depression.
What makes the lyric analysis study truly disturbing is that in addition to excessive self-references there is also an increase use of hostile words. Being egocentric and hostile is a volatile mix. A 2003 study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology showed that violent song lyrics led to increased aggressive thoughts and feelings.
Exposing self-centered adolescents to violent song lyrics can't be good. The narcissistic person already feel entitled to do whatever they want since they are the center of the world and are more important than anyone else.
Self-esteem can go awry. The key is to temper self-esteem with empathy. This helps make a person who feels competent and self-assured, a person willing to take responsibility, who at the same time cares about others. People with low self-esteem view themselves as victims who are incapable of exercising moral responsibility.
I disagree with those who say that too much self-esteem is a problem. There can never be too much of it, just as you can't be too healthy. But there are problems with people who think they are healthy and don't take care of themselves. So there are those who think they are more competent than they really are, better skilled than they really are or are more likeable than they really are.
Those with low self-esteem cause many more problems.
Bullies and victims both suffer from thinking too little of themselves, the first by displacing their feelings of worthlessness with violence and the second by not standing up to the violence. Mass movements and popular tyrannies work because so many think so little of themselves.
Vanity is thinking that you are more than another; self-esteem is thinking that you are as worthy as anyone else. Self-esteem allows you to dance with another; vanity makes you want to dance by yourself.
Community-the place where we find our deepest satisfactions-can't exist with vanity or low self-esteem. But self-esteem is only one essential part of creating worthy personal and political relations. The other part is empathy. Identifying with others less fortunate is the other piece. The fault with child rearing in the last generation wasn't in raising children who think too much of themselves but in raising children who think too little of others less fortunate.
Allan Josephson, MD, chairman of the Family Committee of the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, thinks that self-esteem can be over done. "The commonsense understanding of self-esteem has been obscured by its over-application," he writes. "Self-esteem certainly is important. But we've developed this misguided notion that parents should continually reward and praise their children. That doesn't work either." http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/self-esteem-can-kids-have...
He continues by writing that healthy "self-esteem comes from having parents who are physically and emotionally available and who set appropriate limits on their [children's] behavior, and then help them develop autonomy. It should be a by-product of a healthy relationship with a child, not the goal."
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Those who are critical of parents who want to instill self-esteem in their children do so because they equate self-esteem with vanity. Vanity-self-absorption, egocentricism-is a problem. Vanity is self-esteem on steroids, a bulking up that is a distortion.
A good example of this is Donald Trump who after Obama released a copy of his birth certificate said, "Today I am very proud of myself" for forcing the president to produce proof of his birth. "I got him to do something nobody else could get him to do, and I've been given great credit for that," Trump said on CNN. "I don't make up anything. Let me tell you something. I have done a great service for the American people."
A new study by psychologist Nathan DeWall finds an increased incidence of narcissism in popular music. The trend in song lyrics has been towards more use of "I" and "me" and a decrease in "we" and "us." http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2011-05681...
Everyone, it seems, wants to be the center of attention. Some question the validity of the study, pointing to increased self-disclosure. Teenagers may be more honest and less repressed, not necessarily more self-centered than previous generations. But this study is consistent with other findings that show an increased degree of self-absorption over the several decades.
Along with increased narcissism are also increased levels of loneliness and depression. This makes sense: mature relationships require mutuality, where neither partner is more important than the other. There can be no reciprocal relationship when one partner is self-centered. Egoism pushes others away, thereby leading to loneliness. And being disconnected from others in a meaningful way is a road to depression.
What makes the lyric analysis study truly disturbing is that in addition to excessive self-references there is also an increase use of hostile words. Being egocentric and hostile is a volatile mix. A 2003 study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology showed that violent song lyrics led to increased aggressive thoughts and feelings.
Exposing self-centered adolescents to violent song lyrics can't be good. The narcissistic person already feel entitled to do whatever they want since they are the center of the world and are more important than anyone else.
Self-esteem can go awry. The key is to temper self-esteem with empathy. This helps make a person who feels competent and self-assured, a person willing to take responsibility, who at the same time cares about others. People with low self-esteem view themselves as victims who are incapable of exercising moral responsibility.
I disagree with those who say that too much self-esteem is a problem. There can never be too much of it, just as you can't be too healthy. But there are problems with people who think they are healthy and don't take care of themselves. So there are those who think they are more competent than they really are, better skilled than they really are or are more likeable than they really are.
Those with low self-esteem cause many more problems.
Bullies and victims both suffer from thinking too little of themselves, the first by displacing their feelings of worthlessness with violence and the second by not standing up to the violence. Mass movements and popular tyrannies work because so many think so little of themselves.
Vanity is thinking that you are more than another; self-esteem is thinking that you are as worthy as anyone else. Self-esteem allows you to dance with another; vanity makes you want to dance by yourself.
Community-the place where we find our deepest satisfactions-can't exist with vanity or low self-esteem. But self-esteem is only one essential part of creating worthy personal and political relations. The other part is empathy. Identifying with others less fortunate is the other piece. The fault with child rearing in the last generation wasn't in raising children who think too much of themselves but in raising children who think too little of others less fortunate.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Network Marketing Viable Business or Scam
Multilevel marketing is the new marking approach and it seeks to provide a simpler way to promote and sell products. Network marketing is a plan in which a distributor not only earns money based on his own individual sales, but also on the sales of distributors that he has recruited into the business itself. In this marketing strategy, people create a down-line sales force of recruited distributors, and through these recruits they exponentially grow their business and subsequent earning stream. In layman’s terms, multilevel Marketing Association, is a viable method for growing a multilayered business.
The hierarchy of this strategy is based on a pyramid; Network marketing companies expand by adding more and more member reps to earn more and more profits. This network marketing platform concept is different from the traditional concept of selling because in this relationships are paramount; you have to create relationships with people and try to convince them to join your hierarchy. If they join your business, they will sell the same products as you, but their success will benefit you also. Multilevel marketing association is essential to the success of MLM success. Network marketing has replaced the traditional direct sales model as the most effective way to earn money for someone wanting to get into business, without the costs that most offline businesses incur.
Unlike the past, people are beginning to look towards online dealers and distributors for their desired products. In order to benefit from this “new” market place, it is important to make your own multilevel marketing association in order to expand your potential sales. It means you need to focus on your personal contacts and create your own links through the internet to grow your business. Nowadays social networking sites are gaining immense popularity. You can use these social networking websites to increase your contacts and grow your network of potential prospects.
The hierarchy of this strategy is based on a pyramid; Network marketing companies expand by adding more and more member reps to earn more and more profits. This network marketing platform concept is different from the traditional concept of selling because in this relationships are paramount; you have to create relationships with people and try to convince them to join your hierarchy. If they join your business, they will sell the same products as you, but their success will benefit you also. Multilevel marketing association is essential to the success of MLM success. Network marketing has replaced the traditional direct sales model as the most effective way to earn money for someone wanting to get into business, without the costs that most offline businesses incur.
Unlike the past, people are beginning to look towards online dealers and distributors for their desired products. In order to benefit from this “new” market place, it is important to make your own multilevel marketing association in order to expand your potential sales. It means you need to focus on your personal contacts and create your own links through the internet to grow your business. Nowadays social networking sites are gaining immense popularity. You can use these social networking websites to increase your contacts and grow your network of potential prospects.
You need to manage your multilevel marketing association also and manage it in depth, because it is your cash source. Multilevel marketing association refers to the company or the collection of companies which are dealing in direct selling business. By creating an expanded association, you provide yourself with the greatest chance of success. In order to maximize your profits and increase your sales, you must expand your multilevel marketing association by recruiting the most distributors possible. The larger you’re down-line team, the larger your profits will be.
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Is Personal Development Bullshit?
Have you noticed the big smiles of personal development gurus? They're all so happy.
Now, we all need someone to inspire us and even kick us in the butt to get going. I agree with that. But there's one thing most of the gurus never tell you: you can't have everything in life!
You can be everything you want! You can have whatever you want as long as you desire it strong enough! You can be happy! etc.
This and lots of other bullshit is being served within each seminar of personal development. The funny part: people pay to listen to this kind of crap.
Remember the gold rush paradox? If not let me summarize it for you: in every gold rush there are a few people who get rich by finding gold and then there is this other bunch of people who get rich by selling shovels to gold seekers.
The self help gurus are selling you shovels with which you can find your gold...
You won't be happy. Actually, you may get depressed!
What the gurus aren't telling you is you have to put tons of work into what you call your business. That's also something you may have guessed yourself. However, when you put tons of work, it doesn't mean it'll eventually pay off.
The only business experience the gurus have is in their own guruness. Most of their live they've been selling their own courses which were teaching you how to build your business and reach your true potential while living happily...
Forget about Zen philosophies. Make a decision and do something already.
I'd like to meet the pastor or guru who doesn't promise anything. I'd like to hear a guy preaching:
What you can do is make a list of priorities:
Now, we all need someone to inspire us and even kick us in the butt to get going. I agree with that. But there's one thing most of the gurus never tell you: you can't have everything in life!
You can be everything you want! You can have whatever you want as long as you desire it strong enough! You can be happy! etc.
This and lots of other bullshit is being served within each seminar of personal development. The funny part: people pay to listen to this kind of crap.
Remember the gold rush paradox? If not let me summarize it for you: in every gold rush there are a few people who get rich by finding gold and then there is this other bunch of people who get rich by selling shovels to gold seekers.
The self help gurus are selling you shovels with which you can find your gold...
You won't be happy. Actually, you may get depressed!
What the gurus aren't telling you is you have to put tons of work into what you call your business. That's also something you may have guessed yourself. However, when you put tons of work, it doesn't mean it'll eventually pay off.
The only business experience the gurus have is in their own guruness. Most of their live they've been selling their own courses which were teaching you how to build your business and reach your true potential while living happily...
Forget about Zen philosophies. Make a decision and do something already.
I'd like to meet the pastor or guru who doesn't promise anything. I'd like to hear a guy preaching:
You'll be miserable! You'll be poor! You'll ruin your health! You'll have no friends! You won't accomplish anything in this life...if you keep spending your time listening to gurus like me.Unfortunately, they have to make a living and they won't tell you that. But you're smart enough not to fall into their trap of Zen BS, right?
What you can do is make a list of priorities:
- Want more business? Yes? - work more and forget about beer and other distractions.
- Want more security? Yes? - find a safe job and do your 9 to 5.
- Want more safe friends? Yes? - don't work more than them, do not aspire to much more then they aspire to.
- etc.
It all comes down to what you really want and how bad you want it - there's always a downside and a sacrifice to make. The rest is cometary.
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