... pre-set turnout for any one person. For example, George Lucas (who I look at in more detail later on) wanted to become a racing car driver before the idea of Star Wars had even entered his head! However, having survived a near fatal crash triggered the event that changed his life. This shows that sometimes talents can be triggered within people, whilst in others they may lay dormant; waiting for an event to trigger their unknown talent. I think that every one of us, potentially, has entrepreneurial talent within us; it is just a case of stumbling across the perfect opportunity, or even living through a major event that will trigger us into thinking like an entrepreneur. I do not think that entrepreneurs are born, which is what many people believe. I believe that everyone possesses an entrepreneurial talent, but I do not believe however that entrepreneurship can be taught ...

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