Have you ever witnessed an eye-opening episode that has changed the way you think?

Day 69

An eyeopener moment

This weekend Dominican Republic student had requested to teach a lesson on small business concepts. As the initial process of teaching the concept, every student was asked what are the requirements to start a business? As an answer to the question every student agreed that capital must be raised to start a business. I further asked them what are methods they are going to use to start a business capital? Almost every one responded they will pray to god, they will beg or borrow money for initial capital, save a little money to start a small business, etc. All the responses concluded to the theory “they are poor and it is hard to start a business, and it is not possible to start a business without begging or borrowing.” I further asked them if they have heard of the saying that “you can break one stick easily but it is hard to break to a bunch of sticks together.” I asked them is it possible to start a small business if all the members present in the class contributed a small share into the project. There was a big uproar in the class and all the members said that they had never thought about joining hands to start a project. This concept was an eye opener in the lives of the Dominican Republic students?

So here is my question: Have you ever witnessed an eye-opening episode that has changed the way you think?

For the first time when the students were exposed to the idea of opening a business as a joint venture rather than opening the business individually. I could sense the feeling of hope within the students. I asked the students if they felt they need to beg or borrow to start a new business, and the students responded “NO” in a very positive attitude. I almost felt like I have a new batch of student sitting in the class.

How do you react when you are exposed to an idea that you never thought was possible?  Do you start thinking how to further conceive on the idea or do you just dismiss it thinking that it was a momentary bubble of excitement? Either way you decide to pursue it, the seed of starting a business and enhancing your life has taken a tiny root in your brain. If the students in the Dominican Republic can get excited and build on the idea of starting a business together, then why can’t anyone who wants to?

“When the impossible becomes possible, the biggest adjustment is adjusting to the possible”

~Lenji Jacob

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