A scrooge and a humdrum
March 12, 2008 – 2:19 pm
In my 5am talk with 84 year old entrepreneur, Eduard, he told me of a “vrek”, an Afrikaans word with a combinational meaning between a scrooge and a humdrum.
Eduard Pelzer was a true philanthropist so it was strange to me that he would use such a harsh term to describe people – especially people that he was involved with for years.
“Vrek” he said “are people who are only living for themselves. An entrepreneur must be an independent thinker BUT entrepreneurship is about taking other people with you on your journey”. If your entrepreneurial talents are only to enrich yourself then Eduard thought it was a waste.
Can it be that when an entrepreneur starts to narrow his focus only to his own egocentric reality that he sacrifices the unique and sought-after ability to identify new opportunities?
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One Response to “A scrooge and a humdrum”
uiteindelik! En nou wil ek net comment om te lkan comment. Mag ek sê dat jou comment bubble my verwar het, want dit lyk soos die no comment plek. Jou opmerking laat my dink aan die storietjie van die man wat eendag ‘n pennie opgetel het. Van toe af het hy elke dag kop onderstebo geloop in die hoop om weer ‘n pennie op te tel. Later was sy rug krom en hy het al die mooi goed pom hom gemis, maar nooit weer ‘n pennie opgetel nie! What a waste!
By wilna on Mar 12, 2008