Imagine this: my two daughters were playing shops the other day when my eldest talked my youngest into buying a plastic vegetable from her imaginary mart for 20 cents. I walked in as my daughter decided to hand over the real money for something she already owned and I wondered is this an early sign of a entrepreneurship? In Richard Branson’s autobiography he notes that a schoolteacher said he would end up either in jail or in business.
Recognising Entrepreneurial Skills
In my daughters case you might say she is showing evil skills. I beg to differ. She is looking for a creative way to make money. Albeit, an unethical one. Sure with a little training and maybe some time in the school or hard knocks she will get there. Actually, I think she wants to be a vet now. Either way those entrepreneurial skills she has can be developed to help her be the best paid vet in Queensland.
How to nurture those entrepreneurial skills
One of the things you need to realise is that entrepreneurial skills is to find some activity that supplements their core personality. Now at the risk of sounding corny I like what I saw on the girl scouts cookie page:
Many successful business women today say they got their start selling Girl Scout Cookies. Girls practice useful life skills like planning, decision-making, and customer service. During cookie activities, girls are members of a team working towards a common goal, with each girl striving to do her best. Every local troop/group is encouraged to set realistic goals, such as planning field trips and community service projects, to accomplish during the year. The money earned from cookie activities helps the troop/group achieve its goals. So when your local Girl Scouts come calling with this year’s best-selling cookies, remember you’re saying hello to tomorrow’s business leaders.”
Of course selling girl scouts cookies is one way to train up your kid in the way the should go. I am looking at such things and wondering now what can I do to facilitate those skills to give my children the best possible future.
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