Last night I attended a talk by Andreas Widmer the director of
Entrepreneurship Programs at CUA and President of the Carpenter's Fund. I did
some further research last night on Mr. Widmer and found this quote:
Entrepreneurship is an invitation to be creative, to participate in God's creative act. The human person is the only investment with teh potential of infinitie returns. Thus person-centered entrepreneurship is a most noble calling.
Entrepreneurship is an invitation to be creative, to participate in God's creative act. The human person is the only investment with teh potential of infinitie returns. Thus person-centered entrepreneurship is a most noble calling.
During my philosophy studies, I was
particularly intrigued by the ontological concept of participation. Karol
Wojtyla's thought continuing into when he was Pope as John Paul II, centered
greatly around Personhood and his participation in the Divine person. He went
to state that by work man participates in the divine work of creation. I agree
with Widmer in that entrepreneurship is a most noble calling--a vocation. In it
not only does one's "creation" benefit one's person, but it also has
repercussions into the rest of society, allowing others to participate in one's
"creation" which is itself a participation in the divine.

Mike, this was a really great reflection on entrepreneurship as a vocation. I think it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the tasks that keep us busy each day point to something so much greater, something so "noble."
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