¿TE QUEJAS O EMPRENDES?

“I cannot. It’s impossible. No one can do that. This situation is horrible. We cannot change that. It is too difficult. It is not my fault. I do not have enough time. I don’t want. Things are like this and that’s all. Some people are in a worse situation. You have to deal with that.”

Which of those sentences is your favourite one? Or which one of them are you usually take as your excuse?

We love to look for excuses in order to avoid doing difficult challenges, and even more we love to complain about our current situation and status quo. That’s why we do not even try to look for solutions; but we eager to look for people who are willing to listen to our problems and complaints. However, time passes by and our problems remain. This is why we need to change our mind-set and put an effort to finally tackle the issues that are bothering us.

With this urge and desire of tackling and solving particular social problems the term social entrepreneurship was born. How cool is making business by tackling a social issue? The term refers to the practice of combining innovation, resourcefulness and opportunity to address critical social and environmental challenges.  As you know, entrepreneurship means starting, exploring and taking risks, but all of it in a context of freedom, where we can use our creativity and take advantage of the opportunities that are around us.

There are not that many barriers that are actually stop us to start a new project or to develop an idea. The main obstacle that usually comes to our minds is the financial one. However, talking about social entrepreneurship, this must be the last thing that worries us.

So, if there are way more advantages than barriers why the term of social entrepreneurship is not very popular in Spain?

From my point of view it is a matter of education. And with education I’m not only talking about the School and the University. The environment and the context where you grow are also crucial. In Spain, we are so used to not leave our comfort zone. Why should we take risks if there is the possibility to fail? If something is bothering you, stop complaining, stand up and look for a solution. Look for like-minded people who share your worries and try to create a game-changing idea out of these concerns! In my hometown, Madrid, you can find wonderful co-working spaces, such us the Impact Hub, where you can share ideas and develop them. The idea of working alone, from my personal experience is not useful anymore. The perfect idea is always coming by sharing knowledge and perspectives. And that this not only my opinion you can see with the more than 200 co-working spaces around Madrid.

But, coming back to the Education aspect. The traditional education system is based just in the transmission of information, in a theoretical perspective, and in the changing world where we live this is not longer sustainable. The entrepreneurship education is related to high levels of education, to the last steps before accessing the businesses world. Something that is completely wrong. It is necessary to change the education system and adapt it to the reality, implementing creativity and innovation in the day to day of children. The education must be visual and more practical in order to let the children think by themselves since they are young.

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