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Berani Saja Tidak Cukup Cerita Motivasi dan Inspirasi Nomor 1

Dalam beberapa kali seminar soal kewirausahaan, saya sering mendengar orang yang berkata bahwa modal utama usaha adalah keberanian alias kenekadan. Karena mendapat masukan semacam itu, otak saya pun terpacu untuk menjalankan berbagai usaha, dari sejak saya sekolah menengah atas (SMA), kuliah, dan bahkan ketika bekerja pada sebuah institusi. Usaha saya kala itu memang tergolong mikro. Skalanya memang tak besar. Tapi, modal yang saya keluarkan untuk beberapa usaha tersebut, dari jualan jam tangan, jualan aneka aksesoris, buka pengetikan komputer, broker cetakan, hingga event organizing (EO) tetap saja ukurannya cukup besar untuk kantong saya saat itu.

Asal berani dan asal ada peluang, saya pasti akan langsung maju dengan modal yang saya miliki. Hasilnya? Secara hitung-hitungan angka sangat tidak memuaskan. Tapi, secara hitung-hitungan “modal masa depan”, saya merasa tak rugi sama sekali. Tapi, sebagai manusia biasa, siapa sih yang tidak kecewa modal hilang begitu saja? Herannya, entah kenapa, suatu ketika seorang teman menawarkan sebuah peluang bisnis, karena di mata saya usaha itu cukup berprospek, tanpa memikir lagi saya invest modal saya. Dan, lagi-lagi saya kejeblos. Modal tak balik seperti harapan.

Tapi, anehnya, keberanian mem
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