When I was a kid, I was the sort of bookish nerd who wondered occasionally about the get-rich-schemes of other entrepreneurially minded kids.
As someone who hasn't an entrepreneurial bone in my body - and who comes from a long line of public service workers - this is a world view that mystifies me. Yes, there were kids who hustled as kids (and went on to run businesses as adults). Then, there were the kids who bought into and were convinced by the get-rich-quick schemes of the entrepreneurs. (That wasn't me either - even as a kid, marketing hype no matter how expertly spun, rarely persuaded me).
However, if an entrepreneur in short pants was of a mind to dispose of their library (comprised of often brand new and clearly unread children's books), then they would find in me a willing buyer……
Even now, I am a thoughtful and conscientious buyer, insisting on high standards, rather than any sort of a seller. I have never initiated a trade in my life, and, on the rare occasions where I have been involved in the sort of transaction as a seller where cash has changed hands (or, rather, travelled to bank accounts) the initiative has invariably come from the other party (as when I was asked to sell my 11" MBA earlier this year to a colleague, who wished to give it as a gift to his wife).
Fascinating thread, though…...
