Reflection.. Your 20% Spike

5th June 2013

So today being my first official day of freedom, no 8am Business in Context class to wake up to, no tuts or lectures to attend i must say was the best feeling i've had in a long time. However it was also such a great feeling as it gave me time to reflect on my life as an entrepreneur.


As an entrepreneur you need to find your 20% spike and nurture it and grow it, as this 20% contributes a lot to your 80% as well as your success as an entrepreneur. This left me thinking about what my passion is and what i would want to focus my career as an entrepreneur. I then realized that recognizing your 20% spike is not as easy as one may think it is. I spent the whole day thinking about what my 20% spike is and still have not managed to come up with a clear answer.

Having ideas of what your 20% spike is as an entrepreneur is not the difficult part. I find the difficult part being choosing the correct 20% spike that you will be able to succeed at the most. The 20% spike that will result in allowing you to be innovative enough to create a blue ocean strategy and be a successful entrepreneur. Steve Job's, one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time's 20% spike i would say was his passion for perfection, and taking existing technological ideas and  making them his own. Richard Branson's 20% spike i would say was his passion for adventure and doing what had never been done before.

Spending personal time in getting to know yourself in order to get to know your 20% spike is important. As an entrepreneur before you embark on your road to success, ensure that you have taken time to get to know yourself thoroughly and have chosen your most appropriate 20% and not a pseudo 20% spike.

Till tomorrow, goodnight

Tarisai