Question: I am someone
who is a first generation entrepreneur. I come from a middle-class
background and, very often, I feel that I don’t have the money mindset
that entrepreneurs require. I want to ask: is it possible to develop
that quality, and if not, how do I build a team where as a business we
retain our edge even though I may not have sufficient qualities?
Deepak Satwalekar: If you
are saying you are not money-minded, I think you are starting off from a
significant advantage. Unfortunately most people say “I want to get
into business because I want to make money.” I think making money is
something which will be a result of all the things that you do. You may
not want to change your mindset into making money. But what you would
definitely need is someone you trust on your team who will count the
money, who will keep track of it.
So, I am not saying that you don’t do it
at all but please don’t become money conscious saying “I’ll do whatever I
need to do to make the buck.” You will make money but it shouldn’t be
the objective. The objective is that at the end of the day you are
trying to deliver a service or a product which a customer wants.
Identifying that, delivering it in the manner, at the time, and at the
price that people want is what you should be focusing your mind on.
Sadhguru: I don’t know
what money-minded means exactly. That means in my understanding you are
only interested in the consequence, not the process. Those who are only
interested in the consequence and not in the process, they will only
dream about it, they won’t do it because consequence is a happening
subject to so many things.
The most important thing is, an
entrepreneur becomes an entrepreneur because he wants to create
something that he thinks must happen. If you want to create something,
money is a part of it. Without money no activity gets oiled to move
properly. So, as an entrepreneur you don’t have to have a thought of
money in your mind; just wanting to create something. Like Deepak said,
you need a money manager like there are material managers. This is also
one of the materials to make things happen.
At the end of your life it is only about
what you have created. Whatever you have gathered, you can’t take it
with you. It is only what you have created that matters. So, as he said it’s a great advantage not to think about money.
(continued....will put later on afternoon)
(source : isha foundation
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