venerdì 27 febbraio 2015

Entrepreneurial attitudes and education

On the old question - entrepreneurs are born or made? - economists and cognitive psychologists have contributed over the past two decades, claiming that the “entrepreneurship gene” does not exist and that the attitudes of behavior that lead to entrepreneurial thinking are, in fact, influenced by exogenous factors.
They therefore speaks of the importance of the family, the society in which a person is born and the schools that he/she attended and, later, the models that he/she meets in the course of his/her lives or that are, in some way, proposed.
It is however necessary to give a further clarification saying that, in reality, at birth everyone has a business potential. This can be seen in children; in fact, any parent face every day their stubbornness, their enthusiasm, their desire to learn and to do, their inclination towards new worlds, new adventures, their imagination, their curiosity and their desire to experiment. These are behavioral attitudes typical of the entrepreneurial mindset. What happens then, growing up?
In high school, many times we find guys and girls with very poor motivation, disenchanted by life, from the future, who do not chase their dreams but only more tranquility and serenity. The only possible explanation is that the entire educational system (meaning, with this term, inside and outside schools) tifle these attitudes instead of cultivating them. By doing so, it damage both individuals and the society.
Actually, we should accompany the new generations towards their personal entrepreneurial style, letting them know what they want in order to get to grow in a more conscious and sharp way to achieve their goals. Only in this way they will be more satisfied and happier, because they will have built something that closely represents their values, their beliefs.
There are a lot of tools to do it. We only have to use them.

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