Entrepreneurship flavors

[Avex]

Hi all.

I have read a lot of "how to", "success" and more recently, "entrepreneurship" books, including the 4hww. It appears to me that the authors of these books define similar concepts, but in strikingly different ways. Furthermore, their definitions of success are very different.

If you are familiar with the personality type theory (ex: Myers- Briggs), you will see how book authors fit into some personality profiles.

For example Tim appears to be an ENTP or ENTX , where X stands for P or a J. It seems that way because of the way he expresses things.
Here's a link that he posted on Twitter which explains the letters: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2vO8yX/www.new-oceans.co.uk/new/mbti16.htm/r:t

It seems to me that the "escape from the cubicle nation" is written by an ISTJ or an XSTJ, because it focuses on more complex planning

The "E-Myth revisited" is also written by an ESTJ, because it advocates more order and hierarchy and extensively mentions Standard Operating Procedure like manuals.

The point that I'm trying to make is to understand who you are before you decide to follow advice in any of these books. Otherwise you may feel like putting a square peg into a round hole :/

What are your thoughts? Anybody found that some approach to entrepreneurship/ business speaks to you better than any other ?

[TS_eXpeed]

Well...can't say I ever thought of it that way, but I actually just took the M-B test not that long ago and I'm split between an ESTJ and ENTJ (I'm right about half/half with the S/N types).


Interesting perspective.

[AlexMoen]

It makes sense- think of it like them niching for personalities.

I think the most important part of any of these "help books" is to make sure you're doing what's best for you personally and not just because they did. Nobody's advice matters if it leads you to an end you don't desire.

I like to just accumulate knowledge and then take various pieces that work or sound interesting and see if they work for me. I personally like a mix of ideas between Tim and Robert Kiyosaki.

[theglen]

I missed it. When will be the next Entrepreneurship meet?

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[theglen]

That would work for me and Id be able to make it to Taipei then from the boonies.

[fernando]

I've also read a few of this books, but lately I'm trying to reduce my intake and focus on the ones by people who have created real businesses. Many authors writing about creating companies and success have never created one and their only real hit is selling that book. Most times you can learn more with the biography of a proven business man than with someone trying to sell a system.