ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Do yourself a favor, don't get attached! to things, to people, to the past!
A dear friend and great mentor once told me that I have to learn to detach myself from everything. I wasn't wise enough to understand the depth of his teaching then.
As time goes by and scars adding up on my back, I started to unravel the mystery of that wisdom. Dr. Mohamed Benkhalifa, you are among the wisest men that I had the privilege to call my friends. As we are entrepreneurs, our nature is to move forward, always moving forward.
“OUR ROOTS DO NOT GROW IN THE GROUND, AND WE DO NOT TAKE PRIDE IN HOLDING A STAND.”
Dr. Bak Nguyen, from SYMPHONY OF SKILLS
At least, not for a long time. As our nature is different, we do not obey the same set of rules. To feel safe and secure, people are gathering together and try to stay still in the crowd.
We are disruptors and sometimes leaders, we do not fit in. We serve, we lead, and eventually, we go. Either by our own will or because we've been kicked out. Those are hard words and nobody like the idea, but by our nature and the reactions that we provoked, just by being ourselves. The wisdom of not getting attached has two main components…