Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article This is part 5 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here For years American politics has been dominated by two parties, one emphasizing success and the other nurture. This battle of Ego versus Eco still drives most national … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 4: IQ v. EQ
April 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 4 of a 5-part article. Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 5 Here For a long time America used IQ as the measure of intelligence as well as a predictor of academic and career success. IQ tests measured literary, mathematical and spatial … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 3: Personality
April 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 3 of a 5-part article. Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here Add personality types to the intelligences and skills, and our realization of the need for widespread entrepreneurial talent and experience intensifies. Where the Greeks … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 2: Skills
March 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article This is part 2 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here The lessons of such expertise naturally impact the prosperity and freedom of a society. And such lessons come from depth in many of the intelligences instead of general … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 1: Intelligences
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Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article This is part 1 of a 5-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here Howard Gardner’s research suggests that there are fundamentally seven basic intelligences: literary, mathematical, artistic, musical, spatial, interpersonal and … [Read more...]
How to Become a Producer, Part 4: Three Steps
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Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article This is part 4 of a 4-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here But all of this commentary falls short of the real point. Only the individual can truly become an entrepreneur. If there is to be a much-needed revolution that brings many more entrepreneurs … [Read more...]
How to Become a Producer, Part 3: The Answer
March 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 3 of a 4-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 4 Here How do we create more producers? The answer, as frustrating as it is to the experts, is this: We don’t. That is, institutionalized and standardized programs do not of themselves yield producers, except by happenstance (as noted above). The very … [Read more...]
How to Become a Producer, Part 2: Three Types of Independents
March 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 2 of a 4-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here There are three groups with long-term independence whose members are permanently free from dependence on a paycheck. The first two are made up of people supported by trust funds or equivalent, covered financially for life by wealth earned or passed … [Read more...]
How to Become a Producer, Part 1: Dependents vs. Independents
March 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 1 of a 4-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Producers are the most important citizens, as Thomas Jefferson put it. Actually, the word he used was farmers—specifically, “tillers of the soil.” By producing food, farmers obviously had an important role in successful society. But Jefferson meant … [Read more...]
Overcoming Hamilton’s Curse, Part 5: Specific Entrepreneurial Challenges
March 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
Click Here to Download a Printable Version of this Article This is part 5 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Let’s get specific. Either a generation of entrepreneurs will arise or the "Patio Man" lifestyle will end. Very soon, the following must occur: Entrepreneurs must figure … [Read more...]
