I got this exercise from our Entrep Guest, Mr. Silverio who owns the Guadalupe Commercial Complex. He was an entrep guest at ADB which I used to teach also.
The challenge consist of penetrating the hard potato with a soft straw.
This a challenge of the mind over matter, of being positive, of can do attitude. Many would usually think that it is an impossible task.
Some of the strategies used: Akeel used force, others screwed it, others slowly but surely. But at the end of the day, they met the challenge. Competition, ie knowing that others were done, was a motivator too.
We sometimes define entrepreneurship is a "passionate belief in the dream, which others sometimes think are impossible." It is a belief in the "power of dreams" that could be sometimes obsessive.
Do you believe in your dreams, and your ability to achieve them?
