Comments on: Can You Be A Cubicle Entrepreneur?

By: Dan Erwin

Dan Erwin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:56:49 +0000

Matt: “Many of us write off a job as worthless.. . .” Right on. Career search in the 21st century is going to take on a new perspective. I just finished a couple blogs on that very issue. And what you’re finding is going to jive very much with the new perspective. Check out this blog: http://tinyurl.com/mkvlg5

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:14:20 +0000

Agreed Pritesh – you can certainly live an entrepreneurial life style without being an entrepreneur. That ‘mindset’ can be applied to the daily grind. And honestly – when you take that approach, you’ll end up being more personally fulfilled as you ‘claim ownership’ for your daily work. Thanks, as always, for the great thoughts Pritesh!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:12:05 +0000

Haha, great quote Marko – and thank you for coming by and sharing some thoughts. Monica and I are good friends (we also do a podcast together – http://www.aftertheboompodcast.com – that’s worth checking out). I am behind your mission of establishing a global network of positive thinking – as Monica points out in her latest post – it’s about time that we start gathering around to support one another, rather than putting each others passions and ideas to shame and constantly competing with one another.

Hope you’ll become a regular reader Marko! Cheers!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:06:18 +0000

There are a lot of dead end gigs out there – without a doubt, but as you pointed out, far too often, many of us write off a job as worthless before giving it a change, or opening our minds to what can possibly be learned, even if it is a negative situation overall. There have been several instances during my brief tenure in the career world that I’ve learned what I DO NOT want to do – which is sometimes even more important than finding what you love.

By: Pritesh

Pritesh — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:03:15 +0000

Matt:

Nice post. As always, you dropped a question and it kept me thinking. Here is my two cents:

What I believe is you don’t need to be an entrepreneur to behave like one. If you are having a job, you can still practice entrepreneurship at work. Like:

- If you want to work from home on Friday, you have to draft a plan for your manager and convince him/her to agree on it. Take up this chance and consider it as of you are an entrepreneur and marketing your service with your plan, initial draft, pros and cons for the company and yourself.

- If you have to upgrade your skills thru offline courses and your company does not agree to pay, I would say take this chance and pay it from your own pocket. If you do not improve your skills which may give you returns later on, how would you improve your products or service with your own money when you become an entrepreneur?

- If you do not like your job, try to change it and apply to companies which fit to your experience and knowledge. Take up this chance and consider it as of you are an entrepreneur and consider your experience as your product and your knowledge as your service. Try to sell these to other companies and see if you are able to. See what it takes to sell your self and learn what needs to done to make it easier.

All I am trying to say is if you are unable to do above mentioned tasks simply because you are having a 9-to-5 job, I don’t consider you as an entrepreneur. You do not need to design a product or sell your services just to become an entrepreneur. You can actually do and learn what it takes to become an entrepreneur while you do your regular job. If you success in it, you can easily be successful when you actually have your own product or sell your service.

Cheers,
Pritesh
http://twitter.com/mehta1p

By: Marko Teräs

Marko Teräs — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:39:32 +0000

A great post Matt, really. It’s so funny how synchronicity works. I happened to pop into ‘you’ through twitter.com/monicaobrien and had never heard about this blog before. So strange and funny!

I’m currently going through these same things and thinking how to make my, and some of my friends life better, more fun and more sunny. Thanks for this great post – It gives me hope, that there are more people who try to act and think more positively! Could it be possible to establish a global network of positively thinking people so we could make things more nice?

For the end, I have a great quote by E. B. White:
“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.”

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:59:37 +0000

Great example Elisa – I was/am the same way – I was obviously turned down by several companies, ones that didn’t mesh with my own personal culture and belief – but through all the dead ends – I remained confident that I was doing the right and would not allow myself to give up. As they say, patience is a virtue.

And welcome to phase one of your WordPress transition. Glad to see a face instead of the masked man. If you need help moving the blog over to WordPress let me know- I’m happy you help.