The power of the narrative format of the book, revolves around story of a child who is growing in a poor community of Mississippi is fascinating. The narrative also talks about a successful uncle who is not only an entrepreneur because of having an advanced education and high level of brilliance, but also because of simple lessons of saving the future and treating people with the respect they deserve. He is also persistent in making the right decisions when opportunities arise. The narrative inspires the people who face many challenges that seem unfair. The story provides necessary guidance to entrepreneurs today who are personate and want to build an accommodative lifestyle. The Ice House Entrepreneurship is a program that is designed to engage and inspire the readers to incorporate the fundamental mindset of entrepreneurial and the unlimited opportunities that are available.
The narrative enables the participants to learn and understand first-hand experience of successful entrepreneurs. The program is a combination of stories inclusive of video presentation and interviews that feature modern case studies like that of Uncle Cleve who maneuvered and applied the unlimited opportunities it can provide. The entrepreneurial mindset can be transformed after embracing it on a daily basis (Marshall, Ockwell & Byrne, 2017). The mindset offers a viable means in which entrepreneurs view the universe to reveal new opportunities, unlock innate, ignite ambition and obtain untapped potentials. For most people the main challenging task is to change the usual way of thinking about current and future life. An entrepreneurial mind is available to all and is not limited to people focused on starting a venture because it has the capacity of empowering anyone.
The E- mindset can empower the lives of ordinary people. Besides, it can induce new opportunities while fostering on initiatives and innovations, lifelong and curiosity learning, and self- reliance. The E- mindset does not require rare talents, unique abilities and vast amounts of money because all is needed is readily available. However, the mindset requires one to work extra hard, determination and perseverance. Besides, one should understand that life is not all about luck but rather choices made that will ultimately determine the outcomes of life. Human beings should realize that they can choose the path of responding to the surrounding circumstances and comprehend the knowledge power which requires enormous efforts to seek the knowledge necessary to reach the target goals (Johannisson et al., 2015). Understanding the ability to create a positively influenced community that support itself is essential in determining its impact socially.
Making a choice is paramount to E- mindset employees and students because it makes them choose the life they want to live and avoid accepting the experience as it is. Human beings are disintegrated from other creatures by the fact that they can respond to perhaps their individual circumstances. It is important to have an external and internal locus versus of control because each has the perception that can influence critical decisions. Sometimes humans make assumptions depending on the world surrounding us from observations, experiences, beliefs and what we have learned and our abilities to do what we love and deserve.
It is so unfortunate that we end up forgetting what challenges our ideas a condition that makes people accept limitations that can actively be avoided. Entrepreneurs should understand how essential they should make conscious and purposeful decisions. Besides the choices that they make enable people to transform and set goals that can induce success in our lives. In most instances, the most significant barriers to becoming successful are determined by our beliefs about who we are and our capacities. This clearly shows that our ability to choose enables us to bring into board the old ideas and also challenge our assumptions that do not necessarily mean our capacities but also focus on the world around us.
An E- mind person should understand that an opportunity forgone is never recovered. Solving other people’s problems is the right approach of individual empowerment. It is essential to evaluate and identify opportunities through the process of observation, experimentation, observations, and adaption to become successful. Obtaining solutions should be the utmost goal of entrepreneur mindset because one does not only become successful but also to succeed. Solving the underlying problems that others have is the right approach of enabling people in need to transform and become successful although many people tend to overlook. Most people figure out about solving their problems and forget that by addressing the issue of others can also empower them to improve their situations. Besides, some waste their energy and time on things that they have little control, and they even complain and blame others instead of engaging them to look for lasting solutions.
Entrepreneurs should understand that one should not only be a genius with specialized skills but also focus on obtaining lasting solutions. The viable way of identifying opportunities is becoming observant and paying attention in addressing the other people’s issues and creating solutions. Entrepreneur mind empowers problem-solving through active collaboration and experimentation (Fuzi, 2015). To do so, one should overcome the inertia force and test the ideas of real situations. One should be action-oriented and focus all the necessary energy and time in changing the possible things that one has the capacity. To become a successful entrepreneur one should have a dream to take action. Entrepreneurs thus are action oriented. One should be internally driven to understand the power of applied effort and knowledge of new ideas. Time is an important resource that one should never waste. Besides, one should not focus on the underlying problem but rather the outcome. To do so, one should not blame others, but allow the actual findings to dictate our lives. Besides, it is essential to understand the connection between effort, knowledge, and reward.
An E- Mindset person fosters the learning approach that encourages knowledge, critical thinking and develop the skills of solving the problems. One should understand that the effort goes hand in hand with understanding and knowledge. Combination of expertise and energy is a viable path of driving successful entrepreneurs (Basadur & Goldsby, 2016). Becoming self-driven requires one’s realization to effort and understanding. To increase the general perception is essential if we are to accomplish our goals. Many engage in behaviors that drive away the ability to improve our lives. Others feel that there is no need of becoming curious and seek general knowledge rather than accepting the responsibilities thus end up not trying. Nevertheless, instead of blaming others, it is important to find knowledge that can help to improve our living conditions.
Entrepreneur mindset is encouraging, resourcefulness and this enables entrepreneurs to reduce expenses and find the appropriate ways of increasing income. Besides, entrepreneurs tend to focus their attention on things that advance their goals. However, they should understand that lack of financial resources does not prevent them from becoming successful but lack of understanding money and how to use it is a vital tool of achieving more. Successful entrepreneurs should be willing to live beneath their means because they value financial freedom more than the opinions of others (Fuzi, 2015). Successful people should make a wise decision before spending and should always be willing to make sacrifices to achieve goals. To do so, they must be ready to create value so that they can solve more problems so as to earn more.
A successful mindset is self- directed as well as solution oriented. This approach can expose entrepreneurs to unforeseen opportunities and the untapped potential. Moreover, they should build a lasting reputation that can lead to growth and sustainability. The brand is essential in creating their status because it is a viable path of sending message to potential customers that you stand for. Reliability is a competitive advantage that can make a person outstanding. One should be in a position of providing a reliable and friendly service to each customer. To build a lasting confidence, one should consider the consistency of behavior and actions.
An E- mindset should understand the purpose of creating an intentional community of inducing positive influence, support, and interpretive guidance. One should surround with others who can persuade positive achievement. This can be facilitated by tapping the expertise of mentors who can provide guidance. In most instances, social influences can discourage people from thinking and acting in a different dimension (Teixeira, Robles & González-Barahona, 2015). Social control occurs when our feelings and thoughts are affected by other people. People tend to surround themselves with people who can induce positive change in their lives.
It is important to understand the power of social influence and the ability to create an accommodative community has a positive impact on accountability and support. It is essential to surround oneself with successful mentors who are self-driven and who are focused on reaching the targeted goals. This can be facilitated by reading more and researching to have detailed information about what it requires to become a successful entrepreneur. One should understand the power of social influence to comprehend the power of knowledge that involves a combination of effort.