Can entrepreneurship be taught?

BEFORE you can be an entrepreneur, you need to be a few other things - alert, perceptive, curious, enthusiastic, brave and creative among them. You also need to be clear about what you want to achieve in life. No, you don't need a plan for all your 100 years on earth. You couldn't have one anyway. Life is full of rough and tumble, opportunities and accidents. As I've heard said, there is a banana skin on every step up, and two on every step down. The trick is not to identify the banana skins, but to know which way every step is leading. Steps aren't always what they seem.

Curiosity confirms the entrepreneur!

Of all the words I've listed above, "curious" stands out, a shining light ahead of the rest. The people who have made history have all been curious about who we are, why we are, how we work, what makes us tick, where we are heading and what's it all for. Progress is driven by a thirst for knowledge and a desire to make a contribution. Anyone who gets into a high-ranking position in the world will sooner or later think about their legacy, what they leave that will mark them out as exceptional human beings. And if you are with someone whose life is coming to an end, you can say nothing better to them than that they have made their mark.