A friend who I often meet always comes to lament to me.

His business has not been going on well ever since he choosed to expand aggressively, and increasingly, I always hear him why, and there were 2 main reasons.

- his employees were not as hardworking as he is.
- his employees were not as talented as he would want it to be.

As an entrepreneur, especially one who have made your mark, it is only natural that we exhibit the kind of energy, industry and passion — after all, we started the business, it is our idea,  it is our name on the line,  and we have every stake and intention to make it succeed.

And it is not unusual of course, that the founder, or entrepreneur is also the most technical oriented, or knows the most of the business.

It is not realistic to expect to hire employees, and expect them to put in as much passion to the work as you do.  Much as we like it to be, entrepreneurs always wonder why other people don’t exhibit the kind of self-consuming interest in the business.  Just so many people have chosen that their main passion is not in the business, but maybe in their love life, their golf or hobby, or their families.  Others would treasure their leisure, or lack of stress over wordly material or business success.

There are 2 lessons from here — first, if you are an employee, and you see these kind of disinterest in the business, then you know that putting more time and passion to YOUR work gives you a competitive edge.  As an entrepreneur, you have to endeavor that you do your best to motivate, and kindle the motivation of your colleagues and partners so that they will find it to their interest to put in the attention and focus that is needed for your business’ success.