Raúl Gorrín The Entrepreneur-humanist

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martes, 19 de abril de 2016

Raúl Gorrín: Ted Turner said: “You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.”

By Raúl Gorrín. Ted Turner was 24 when his father killed himself. "He went against everything he taught me: 'Be courageous and hang in there,'" Turner said. His father had just he had overextended himself with a $4 million purchase that expanded his company, Turner Outdoor Advertising, into the South's largest billboard company. Ted was to take over his father’s company. A company so badly overextended that his dad saw no way out. “I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.” He had to leave college a few months earlier because his dad refused to pay his tuition. Before Ted was forced to leave college his dad sent him a letter calling him a jackass.

Despite all the negative feedback that was part of Ted’s life , he had an inborn positive outlook. Here was a 24 year old handed a company that looked to be quickly going under. Ted’s attitude was, “I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.” “Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.” So he was not going to let the big dollar amount of debt scare him, it was only a number, he told himself. Raúl Gorrín

So this 24 year old had his plan and his perspective mapped out. He was not his dad who gave into his fear of the large debt. His dad quit and he would not. “You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win”, he is quoted as saying. Over the next few years he made turned the company around to the point where at the age of 31, he bought his first television station and within six years, he had created satellites first super station, CNN.

How did he create such wealth from what would have caused most of us to go bankrupt. It was an attitude of setting goals for himself. Goals that most would have called impossible. To Ted, he had no doubt that he could achieve those goals and the journey to such success became fun for him. “You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.” Raúl Gorrín.

With a healthy positive attitude towards life, we could achieve most if not all of our dreams. The problem is most of us will give up when things seem impossible. There is a story that the first time Ted Turner called Jane Fonda out on a date, it was a bad time in her life. She told him so and that she needed time for herself. She figured she would get rid of him nicely by saying, “call me in six months and we will see.” Most of us would take the hint and forget about the date. But Ted Turner put it in his calendar six months to that day. He had no doubt that she would say Yes. So he did indeed call her six months later. A short while later she became his wife and the main love of his life. Raúl Gorrín.

“I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.”, said Ted Turner. Attitude was everything to him. There is a story from his family and neighbors that knew them at the time, that Ted’s first word was pretty. That is the way he saw life and that was the attitude that formed his amazing success.

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martes, 12 de abril de 2016

Raúl Gorrín: Social Entrepreneurs Commitment

All entrepreneurs are committed to creating value, for social entrepreneurs value creation encompasses not simply economic value but also social or public value, their overarching purpose being to make a significant social contribution.

Just as entrepreneurship is rooted in a sense of opportunity so too social entrepreneurship is rooted in a sense that the limits of the actual system, is creating innovative opportunities for meeting those needs of the people.

Needs that are best met by social entrepreneurs committed to starting and building organizations that have a demonstrable commitment to creating social as distinct from purely economic value; organizations that make a difference to the communities and societies from which they spring. Over the next decade this is a revolution that will transform many of the institutions of our society and re-define our understanding of entrepreneurship.

Where business entrepreneurs transform industries, social entrepreneurs transform society. They see a problem - poverty, hunger, injustice - and work to find an accessible, ethical, and long-term solution.

Why it’s important

It may seem idealistic, but social entrepreneurism is actually quite practical. It marries concepts from the nonprofit and for-profit worlds to improve conditions for people on local and global levels. In doing so, it also creates jobs, stimulates economies, and leads to the development of new goods and services.

The qualities of a social entrepreneur

Social entrepreneurs are passionate, creative, and determined. They are motivated by an inner drive to elevate their communities - to pitch in and solve problems.

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martes, 5 de abril de 2016

Raúl Gorrín: Humanist entrepreneurs are people motivated to contribute to social change

The individual is a change agent for a humane business society

The humanist entrepreneur has migrated from the world of philanthropy to the world of business, such that social business entrepreneurs make the marketplace more interesting and competitive and they can become very powerful players in national economy.

Humanism offers potential alternatives: as a philosophy, an approach to life, and a movement it focuses on creating a human-centred, value-oriented society.

In practice, there are already examples of humanists using entrepreneurial as a means to foster genuine life-serving developments, while topics such as business ethics, social entrepreneurship, the so called fourth sector, and corporate social responsibility continuously deepen their footprint in management education and research.

Humanist entrepreneurs are people motivated to contribute to social change. They employ business methods to achieve social objectives, and therefore represent a blueprint for humanistic business. There is scope for strategically reorganizing a traditional corporation to serve authentic human needs.

The implications for managers and businesses

The implications of humanism for economic activities and businesses are clear-cut. Putting people first in business organizations would allow companies to benefit strongly from increased employee commitment and motivation.

We see the potential for real change towards a more humane business environment. Raising the issues about humanism and business has the potential itself to generate change: change in individuals, in organizations, and in systems.

Managers who see the sense in humanism in business can lead from the front, accepting their responsibility for reshaping our economic system and business organizations, for the benefit of society and working lives.

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