{"id":132,"date":"2008-07-11T07:50:31","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T07:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localenterprise.wordpress.com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2008-07-11T07:50:31","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T07:50:31","slug":"ideas-and-opportunities-are-not-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2008\/07\/11\/ideas-and-opportunities-are-not-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas and Opportunities are NOT the Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business opportunities are like buses, there is always another one coming along &#8211; Richard Branson<\/p>\n<p>At least that is the case if you are already &#8216;enterprising&#8217;.\u00a0 Then the main problem is to stop the flow of opportunities and ideas long enough to make disciplined progress on any one of them.<\/p>\n<p>However if you have been born and brought up in a struggling community there is a fair chance that the way you see the world makes it almost impossible o recognise &#8216;opportunities&#8217; other than those that everyone else in your peer group recognises &#8211; the military, shelf stacking, alcohol, benefits, crime etc.<\/p>\n<p>Your own self image may mean that &#8216;business opportunities&#8217; are either not identified &#8211; or are quickly dismissed (&#8216;I wouldn&#8217;t have what it takes&#8217;, &#8216;I would only mess it up&#8217;.)<\/p>\n<p>Engaging those who are not yet thinking of themselves as enterprising or capable of learning the skills of enterprise is a major challenge in using enterprise in community transformation.<\/p>\n<p><em><em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Olympic Gold &#8211; It all starts with a dream&#8230;.\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/08\/10\/olympic-gold-it-all-starts-with-a-dream\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Olympic Gold &#8211; It all starts with a dream&#8230;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"An imaginary open letter: To those who would &#8216;engage&#8217; us&#8230;\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/08\/09\/an-imaginary-open-letter-to-those-who-would-engage-us\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">An imaginary open letter: To those who would &#8216;engage&#8217; us&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some thoughts on Best City outcomes\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/05\/some-thoughts-on-best-city-outcomes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some thoughts on Best City outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some Barriers to Engagement\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/13\/some-barriers-to-engagement\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some Barriers to Engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/12\/getting-to-grips-with-social-finance-free-training\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business opportunities are like buses, there is always another one coming along &#8211; Richard Branson At least that is the case if you are already &#8216;enterprising&#8217;.\u00a0 Then the main problem is to stop the flow of opportunities and ideas long enough to make disciplined progress on any one of them. 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