成为一名企业家不是一份兼职或者全职工作!
Being an entrepreneur requires a kind of person that has a different mind set than most other people. Even though the word entrepreneur is related to management, vision, motivation, innovation, initiative, risk, leadership and money to me this last one is probably the least important to me and I will explain later why and describe it to you with my own example when I moved to China to create ICC.
成为一名企业家需要一个人拥有与其他大多数人不一样的思维方式。虽然说企业家这个词与管理,愿景,激励,创新,动力,风险,领导力和金钱有联系,但是对我来说,最后这个词金钱可能分量最轻,下面将会通过讲述我来到中国创建ICC的例子来解释。
I made my first trip to China in 2002. When I came back to USA after spending about 10 days in only in the city of Foshan I saw something about China , I had a vision about this country that was simply described as an opportunity to do business here.
2002年我第一次来到中国,我在佛山待了大概10天后回到美国,那时候我看到了关于中国的一些东西:我产生了对这个国家的一个愿景,简单说是在这里做生意的机会。
I made quite a few more trips to China in 2003 and 2004 again only to Foshan maybe like 6 or 7. I confirmed everything about what I saw and started buying some containers of polished tile 60x60 to sell in Mexico by the end of 2004.
在2003年和2004年,我又到了中国大概6次到7次,都只是到佛山。我对我所看到的一切进行了确认,然后在2004年年底开始了从中国采购了一些货柜的抛光砖到墨西哥市场销售。
When I explained to the board members of the company the business opportunity that China could represent to our company they did not believe anything I said. They thought that it was way too good to be true or very hard to believe, probably they even though I was crazy!
当我向公司的董事会成员解释中国可以给我们带来生意机会的时候,他们对于我所说的任何东西都不相信。他们认为这听起来太美好了不可能是真的,可能他们甚至认为我疯了。
So here comes the next thing about being an entrepreneur: I did not needed anyone to believe me because the most important thing was that I BELIEVED IN MYSELF. Also because I was seeing opportunity where most others were seeing impossibility or even worse just indifference. But just like an entrepreneur I took action, I took a big decision and moved with my family to China. Another thing about being an entrepreneur: I took a big risk!
所以接下来就是关于成为一名企业家的事情:我不需要任何人来相信我,因为最重要的事情是我相信我自己。在别人只看到不可能的地方,或者看起来更糟糕、毫不重视的地方,我看到了机会。但是就像一个企业家一样,我付诸了行动,我做了一个大的决定,和我的家人一起搬到了中国。成为一名企业家的另一个事情:我冒了个大险。
I always believed it was possible to do something BIG here in China and again like an entrepreneur I dreamed big, I was always very optimistic, extremely committed, proud and loving what I was doing. It was never about the money, it was far much more important to me CREATING SOMETHING out of where most people saw nothing and I knew prosperity will come later.
我一直坚信在中国是能够做出一些大事的,再一次像个企业家一样,我有大的梦想,我对于自己正在做的事情总是非常乐观,极其投入,自豪和热爱。这与金钱无关,重要的是我创造出了一些东西,别人或者不以为然而我却知道它的繁荣即将到来。
And later I moved to China, the company did not move me here, I moved myself.
我搬到中国,公司没有调动我,我调动了我自己。
Now in just less than 10 years after we started doing business here in China we move more than 500,000 m2 of tile from China every month to more than 30 countries in the world and have our own brand stores all over this country.
现在,在中国发展生意的不到10年时间里,我们每个月有50万平方米的瓷砖从中国运到全球超过30个国家,而且我们品牌的店面也遍布了中国。
Was I crazy like everyone said when I told them about the opportunity of business in this country or when I told my friends that I was moving here to China?
当我告诉所有人我在中国所看到的生意机会的时候,或者当我告诉我的朋友们我将搬来中国的时候,我真的像他们所说的那样疯狂吗?
I know that ALL of them though I was!
我知道他们当时都是这么看我的!
But in this world only the ones crazy enough that think that can change things or create things, or make things things happen are the ones that actually do!
但是,在这个世界上,只有足够疯狂到认为可以改变事情、或者让事情发生的人才是那些真正做事的行动者。
"When you cease to dream you cease to live"
“当你停止梦想的时候,你的生命就停止了“
I am still dreaming BIG!
我仍然有着宏伟的梦想!
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