This might be the ideal time to unleash your latent entrepreneurship during the pandemic lockdown. Have you ever wondered, “What if I didn’t have to work for anyone?” or, “What if I could be my own boss?” You may have even dipped your toe in the water of entrepreneurship and tried to start your own company but weren’t able to make the leap because you had to make the ends meet. You are a “latentpreneur” or latent entrepreneur.
The Latent Entrepreneur
The latentpreneur (latent entrepreneur) is someone who desires to be self-employed. Either imagining what it would be like to live life on your own terms, to be your own boss, or actively researching and planning to make a successful transition from working for someone else or slave labor to full self-employment.
If you are a latentpreneur, there is a brilliant mastermind inside you just looking for the opportunity to emerge and carve out your own path to success mastery, but with all your efforts to survive, you were unable to get enough momentum to break through the barrier to your own independence.
You were stuck in servitude to supporting someone else’s dream in order to just make a living. This is the trap that most Americans get stuck in (and corporate America is banking on it). The goal is to find that sweet spot. To pay you just enough to get by, but little enough that you cannot get too far ahead or break free.
Pandemic Opportunity
One of the most exciting things that is taking place, right now, amidst the doom and gloom of the coronavirus pandemic is that latent entrepreneurs are readying the emergence of their dreams to release their entrepreneurship in all its glory.
They are using this time to study, plan, and brainstorm their way into an exciting new life, fully empowered as masters of their own destinies. There is a massive transformation taking place that would not have been possible, if not for the COVID-19 lockdown.
There are different kinds of people who respond differently when given a mandatory period of restraint of isolation. The full spectrum of responses is expressed while the pandemic restrictions are being enforced. On one end of the spectrum, there is apathy, depression, and suicidal ideation, and on the other end of the spectrum, you see increased optimism, creativity, enthusiasm, and determination.
The latentpreneur sees the possibility of a bright future ahead and empowered with increased time on his or her hands, can turn this otherwise negative circumstance into the chrysalis which facilitates the change necessary to make the otherwise seemingly impossible leap to greatness.
Telecommuter Transformation
Even if you are telecommuting and working 40 hours a week from home, you could pick up at least another 10 hours per week (probably more) to focus on your dream building.
Latentpreneurs are capitalizing on those recaptured moments that were previously lost to commuting to and from work or commiserating with other employees in passing, and turning them into precious moments spent building the foundation for their virtual empire.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you found these latent entrepreneurs staying up late, burning the midnight oil researching and making plans.
They are taking this precious opportunity to make a difference in their lives and the world by transforming from latent entrepreneurs to full-on entrepreneurs, putting themselves behind the wheel, and taking charge of their own destinies.
Opportunity Abounds
To latentpreneurs, everything is an opportunity, and no stone is left unturned.
This is a golden opportunity for latentpreneurs all around the world.
I think you will be surprised at what emerges from the ashes of these pandemic flames.
What about you?