The Entrepreneur As Hero By Michael Strong

The author of the book, Michael Strong, introduced that we can achieve extra ordinary things with focus, persistence and courage. He explained that people such as Steve Job, Muhammad Yunus and other entrepreneurs have made a difference. He also mentioned that everyone is capable of creating a business that will help uplift others. Moreover, he says that in order for us to contribute positive things, we have to believe that we can do it.
Furthermore, the author shows that through over the years, the poverty is decreasing.
In Candace Allen’s article titled “The Entrepreneur as Hero”, she introduced that every society needs heroes. First she said that heroes go to the unknown. Second is the encountering of the hardship and challenges. Third is
He mentions that “Economists routinely teach that the purpose of business is to maximize profits for investors.” However, he shows that entrepreneurs did not create their business to create and maximize profit but to make a world a better place and to improve the world. He explains that “Great businesses dedicated to the great purpose of service to others also develop methods to grow the emotional intelligence of their organizations, an emotional intelligence that nourishes and encourages love, care, and compassion towards customers, employees and the larger community.” So businesses who are dedicated for the service of others, also develops the community. Furthermore, the author mentioned that “Heroic business is motivated by the desire to change the world, not necessarily through services to others or through discovery and pursuit of truth, or through the quest of perfection, but through the powerful promethean desire to really change things, to truly make the world better, to solve insoluble problems, to do the really courageous thing even when it is very risky, and to achieve what other say is impossible.” He shows that entrepreneurs create businesses to make a solution. An example of this would be the Grameen Bank, which was started by Muhammad Yunus. Unlike some other banks, the Grameen Bank tries to lend money to people without huge interests and additional
He says that “If we could develop and transmit an improved cultural technology it would reduce death, disease, and the associated costs, at a much greater than is possible by means improved medical technology. A culturally-reinforced habituation education will be more powerful than a public health campaign to eat less fat and sugar.” “People with healthy relationships and healthy habits, people surrounded by others who live healthier lives, people who are engaged in meaningful work in a meaningful community, are less likely to succumb to addictions.” Furthermore, he also mentions that “A public health campaign on billboards is weak substitute for culture that supports well-being.” “Expensive addiction treatment centers after the addiction has taken hold are a terrible substitute for a culture that promotes healthy behavior. People who learn the art of living while young will harm society and themselves significantly less over their lifetimes.” The author shows that developing healthy culture will develop a healthy