5 entrepreneurship lessons from J.K. Rowling
Do you ever just wish you could say a magic spell and, bam, your company is built and successful? So, maybe there’s still no way to do it. But Open Forum captures lessons we can learn from J.K. Rowling, the author of the hit wizard series, Harry Potter. Here’s just one:
Tip 2: When a great idea grabs you, grab back
“You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”
Great ideas are unmistakably powerful in their announcement and come when least expected. Rowling says:
“Where the idea for Harry Potter actually came from, I really couldn’t tell you. I was traveling on a train between Manchester and London and it just popped into my head. I spent four hours thinking about what Hogwarts would be like. By the time I got off at King’s Cross, many of the characters in the books had already been invented.”
As small business owners, we know when a great idea is upon us. The problem is, we often question it, second-guess it and rationalize it away. Not Rowling. She recognized the mark of a powerful idea, seized upon it and went with it.
Full story at Open Forum.
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