Three things you can do for your country, as an entrepreneur (Part 2) - Echeazu Chika

In my first post on this subject, I said the first
thing you can do for your country, as an
entrepreneur is to create jobs, for your fellow
citizens.
You cannot do this, if you are not a success!
As an entrepreneur your duty is to develop
products, and services, that people need, and
want. It is important that you do this, without
harming yourself, without harming others, and
without harming the environment. You must abide
by the laws of your country.
You must do what you do, efficiently, and
profitably. Yes, profitably, because that is how we
measure success in business. A business which is
not successful, cannot invest, and it cannot grow,
and if it is not growing, it cannot employ more
people, and pay more taxes, which pay for
schools, roads, hospitals, and the salaries of civil
servants, soldiers and police.
It is important for your country, that you are a
success.
It is good for your country, that you are a
success... A resounding success!
Let me repeat, it for the hard of hearing:
It is very important for your country, that its
entrepreneurs, are a success. It is not possible for
you to live in a country, which is succeeding, and
yet its entrepreneurs, are struggling and going
bust...that is a national crisis!
Only a fool hears, that someone in their business
community, has failed, and laughs. When you hear
that businesses are failing in your community, it
should be a source of great distress for you.
The fact that the business is owned by someone
you consider a 'show off' should not lead you to
rejoice. If you do, it means you have no
understanding of economics, or any appreciation
of how an economy actually works.
In the same way, you should rejoice, when you
hear that someone has set up a new business in
your community, or country....
When this happens, "you" prosper, even if that
business appears to have nothing to do with you.
Learn to look beyond the person or persons
behind a business, and see your economy; that is
what we call maturity.
As an entrepreneur its important for your country,
that you are a success. It is important for your
country, that others around you are also a
success.
Remember what the great Tentmaker, said, "...
when I became a man, I put childish things away."

To be continued…