Comments on: Intrapreneurship skills: Enabling a better class of entrepreneurship http://inspirewithhope.com/intrapreneurship-skills-enabling-a-better-class-of-entrepreneurship.html Sharing my life journey to help you with yours Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:44:47 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: IanW http://inspirewithhope.com/intrapreneurship-skills-enabling-a-better-class-of-entrepreneurship.html/comment-page-1#comment-495 IanW Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:56:22 +0000 http://inspirewithhope.com/intrapreneurship-skills-enabling-a-better-class-of-entrepreneurship.html#comment-495 Regarding frugality: When I first started to manage my own money after years of having it managed for me, I discovered that I immediately started to spend a lot more than I had coming in. As a result, I kept having to 'juggle' bill payments about, and life was bad. What helped me a lot, was keeping a complete record of everything I spent. I used to think that it didn't matter if I spent 18p on a packet of crisps, but I quickly found that it did matter over the course of a month. The reason it helped was because it demonstrated to me that I was overspending on snack food; that was where my largest non-fixed payment went. That's not the answer of course, just identifying the problem. I then had to figure out how to stop that overspending, which involved working out menus or at least lists of ingredients, and only allowing myself to buy things that were on the lists. Regarding self-motivation: You're absolutely right; you are the only one that can do it. Having incentives, as you've mentioned before, is good, but ultimately it's not going to get things done. This is far and away the hardest thing in the world to do, and few people manage to do it, but it's a great feeling when you do! Regarding inner strength: Again, you're totally correct, it's a great thing to realise this when you're still so young and can really take advantage of it. When I go to the archery range or fencing salle, or when I used to go to a martial arts dojo, it would always give me a boost of physical and mental power. I badly need to go back to these places, I've left it too long. I'm one of those people that can't just exercise for it's own sake; I need to have a purpose, so archery or fencing or martial arts is an end in itself to me, and that helps motivate me to go do it. I wish I weren't that way, it would be so much easier just to go to a gym, but there you go. Dancing is a superb physical activity, by the way; I always remember my last sensei telling me that dancers make superb martial artists because not only are they so generally fit, but also because they have developed a lot of flexibility in their bodies. This also helps in all kinds of other areas, which can also be very beneficial to you. Ian Regarding frugality:

When I first started to manage my own money after years of having it managed for me, I discovered that I immediately started to spend a lot more than I had coming in. As a result, I kept having to 'juggle' bill payments about, and life was bad.

What helped me a lot, was keeping a complete record of everything I spent. I used to think that it didn't matter if I spent 18p on a packet of crisps, but I quickly found that it did matter over the course of a month.
The reason it helped was because it demonstrated to me that I was overspending on snack food; that was where my largest non-fixed payment went. That's not the answer of course, just identifying the problem. I then had to figure out how to stop that overspending, which involved working out menus or at least lists of ingredients, and only allowing myself to buy things that were on the lists.

Regarding self-motivation:

You're absolutely right; you are the only one that can do it. Having incentives, as you've mentioned before, is good, but ultimately it's not going to get things done. This is far and away the hardest thing in the world to do, and few people manage to do it, but it's a great feeling when you do!

Regarding inner strength:

Again, you're totally correct, it's a great thing to realise this when you're still so young and can really take advantage of it.

When I go to the archery range or fencing salle, or when I used to go to a martial arts dojo, it would always give me a boost of physical and mental power. I badly need to go back to these places, I've left it too long.

I'm one of those people that can't just exercise for it's own sake; I need to have a purpose, so archery or fencing or martial arts is an end in itself to me, and that helps motivate me to go do it. I wish I weren't that way, it would be so much easier just to go to a gym, but there you go.

Dancing is a superb physical activity, by the way; I always remember my last sensei telling me that dancers make superb martial artists because not only are they so generally fit, but also because they have developed a lot of flexibility in their bodies. This also helps in all kinds of other areas, which can also be very beneficial to you.

Ian

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